Queimadas to Caldeirão Verde Levada Walk: Explore the Deep Valley of São Jorge Brook

Embark on a thrilling hike from Queimadas to Caldeirão Verde Levada Walk and explore the stunning deep valley of São Jorge Brook. Marvel at the impressive levada and be mesmerized by the breathtaking Caldeirão Verde lake.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Parque Florestal das Queimadas - At the Queimadas Forestry Park there is a shelter (Casa de Abrigo das Queimadas), which retains the original features of the typical houses of Santana, including a marvelous thatched roof.
  • Green Cauldron (Caldeirao Verde) - The Caldeirão Verde lake is formed by water that falls from the bed of the Caldeirão…
What's Included
  • Live commentary
  • Insurance
What's Not Included
  • Bottled water
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Initiating from Queimadas Forestry Park, this is a return journey that traverses some astonishingly sharp grades, offering one of the best ways to explore the São Jorge brook’s profound valley on foot. It is necessary to carry a flashlight as the journey includes traversing through a tunnel.
Caldeirão Verde’s levada, a remarkable 18th-century creation,…

Location
Monumental Experience
Estrada Monumental
We are located at the entrance of the Shopping Center, on the right side. Our shop is easy to find, just look for a yellow smiley face, shop sign.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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635szilviar
Aug 13, 2025
Levada walk - Beautiful walk along a levada in the Laurisilva forest. Our guide/guide was kind and informative. The walk was quite technical due to the uneven terrain (rocks and roots) and there were four tunnels along the way, some quite low.
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Jhonatan_f
May 18, 2023
Breathtaking views along... - Breathtaking views along the walk. Excellent guide. Amazing walking tour through tunnels and narrow paths along the cliffs. Highly recommended.
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Silvia
Jun 30, 2022
Excellent experience - We loved the experience, it was a very well spent day. Super punctual. Super friendly guide and attentive to the whole group. Beautiful route.
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Susanaf1110
May 20, 2022
wonderful - Wonderful tour, fabulous guide and the beautiful landscape all well organized thank you Happy Tours all very professional
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Markus_e
May 5, 2022
good trip. Absolutely worth to enjoy the levada walk - good trip. Absolutely worth to enjoy the levada walk at good weather conditions. Well organized, no delay, pick-up without any problems
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Teresa
Aug 9, 2025
Beautiful walk above the clouds! - Great tour, with beautiful scenery, and not too strenuous. The transport was smooth and comfortable and the guide was lovely, really knowledgeable and attentive, ensuring the guests were all feeling well at various stop points, and also funny and kept things light. Being August it was very busy, but this still made for a great day, and we'd definitely recommend this trip. We are a family with two early teens.
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Darnholme
Jun 10, 2025
Great walk in good weather - perhaps! - This was a highly recommended walk, and we had a great guide who drove us in a minibus from Funchal and back, as well as accompanying on the walk. As an experince of a Levada, it was very good, with narrow paths, steep drops and three tunnels. However we were a victim of the weather on the return trip, perhaps expected due to the altitude of the walk. The walk itself is easy. We were impressed by our guide who swithched easily between French, German, English and Portuguese.
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Z4025wtchristinep
Oct 28, 2021
Hiking in the rain - Well drawn walk and little elevation gain. Unfortunately in the rain for us ... Beautiful discovery of wildlife, blue hydrangeas in bloom and typical houses. Pass through the cantina da Serra in Santana! A little pearl!!
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Janet_p
Dec 31, 2022
Long walk on difficult terrain! - Our guide Elton was great. Communication was poor re pick up arrangements and what you needed to take on the day. Overall we had a good day though. Take sturdy shoes, a waterproof and a torch and a packed lunch.
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Alixb600
Dec 30, 2024
Dishonest Agency: Absolutely avoid - Dishonest Agency: Absolutely avoid The seller convinced us to buy a hike that would look like the one we wanted to do. He actually sold us a hike whose trail had been closed for several days. The morning of departure we had no information, the minibus drove us to another departure point (much closer than the hiking place we had bought) where we had to wait for another group and a guide who told us that the hike purchased was inaccessible but that if we refused the one it offered us a bus could take us back to Funchal (we got this information at 10:30, we had no time for another option for the day). The agency refused to compensate us even though it sold us a hike on a track that it knew was closed because we had accepted the "alternative". Shameful and dishonest practice.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).