Sao Miguel Island Hidden Gems: A Full Day Exploration with Lunch

Discover the hidden gems of São Miguel Island on a full-day exploration. Escape the crowds and explore the island’s beautiful landscapes, waterfalls, and more. No difficult walks required!

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Miradouro Caldeiras de Ribeira Grande - Discover the hidden geothermal gem of São Miguel island. Stroll along a water channel enveloped by lush, wild vegetation.
  • Fenais da Ajuda - Experience breathtaking coastal views featuring intriguing caves and rock formations on the cliffs.
  • Cascata do Risco - Wander through a picturesque garden…
What's Included
  • Lunch included
What's Not Included
  • Bottled water
Additional Information

São Miguel Island is stunning throughout and offers much more than just the famous attractions. This tour provides an opportunity to discover beyond the typical tourist spots, guided by a local expert!
Begin the day with a brief visit to a lesser-known geothermal area. Then, embark on the first short walk of the day, located in the island’s heart,…

Cancellation Policy

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

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Alex_h
Jul 23, 2025
Best Azores Tour - This was the best tour that I did during my time on the Azores. The sites were beautiful and our guide, Joao was absolutely fantastic. Would highly recommend to anyone visiting Sao Miguel.
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Michellecw1512vq
Jul 23, 2025
It is a must experience!! - Our guide Joao did an excellent job with a lot of passion! He was so entertaining with our group and he was explaining very detailed about the history of Sao Miguel and showed us beautiful hidden germs!! We are lucky that we added the third tour as well as we also had the east and west tour with pure azores company. It made our trip amazing and we totally recommend it!! Thank you so much for showing us around! We will never forget this experience!
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U680hsmarcelm
Jul 23, 2025
Amazing Islandtrip - The trip with Joao was very funny and informative. We learned a lot about the acores and the Island Sao Miguel and have many of stunning views all over the amazing nature, vulcanos, caves, waterfalls and the atlantic ocean.
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Elsief919
Jul 16, 2025
Hidden Gems!! - WOW! This was an amazing tour. First of all, Gonzalo, our tour guide was the best of the best. He was so knowledgable, friendly, outgoing, always took his time to make sure everyone was comfortable and happy. He has a gift for making everyone feel important and valued. Not all tour guides can bring a group of strangers together and have them feel like friends by the end of the day like he did. I wish he would be our guide on our next tour! The tour itself is incredible! We had done the tour of the west side of the island, and had already booked the east side tour so we debated doing this one too, but it was so worth it! Each place we went to was more beautiful and breathtaking than the one before. All of them so unique and special. Hidden gems is a perfect description because that is exactly what you will see. Furthermore, we were given as much time as we wanted at each location. Gonzalo did not rush us, on the contrary he encouraged us to take as much time as we wanted at each spot. He really was the BEST!!!
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Ewayul
Jul 16, 2025
Couldn't have been better! - We enjoyed beautiful waterfalls and great sceneries. We visited the places which are not that popular among tourist. We also had a lot of fun thanks to Joao's (our guide) great sens of humor and interesting stories and facts, he shared with us, related to the places we visited as well as to the islands🙂
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Nathan
Jul 16, 2025
Beautiful places with the perfect guide - We did a full-day excursion with João... visiting many of the island's hidden gems. Both the tour and the guide are highly recommended. The places are very beautiful, places you can only dream of. João is very professional and creates a super good atmosphere!
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Victoria_v
Jul 12, 2025
Fantastic experience!... - Fantastic experience! Marcio our guide was amazing! He made sure to keep everyone in the group comfortable. Everything was PERFECT! Marcio went above and beyond. Super impressed. Totally worth every penny.
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Heidisl7551ab
Jul 10, 2025
Perfect excursion - We had a fantastic day with João DaCosta, João showed us very nice hidden places and we had a lot of fun. Also it was very informative, we learned a lot about the area. On top of that there was a delicious meal. All in all: A successful day
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Helene_l
Jul 5, 2025
The hidden treasures of Sao Miguel. - Our guide Joao was excellent! He taught us a wealth of information about Sao Miguel. We visited some beautiful places! Remember to have your swimsuit with you to make a little jump in the falls. I highly recommend this excursion. I loved it from scratch.
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Stevengs6466qw
Jul 5, 2025
Off the beaten path tour San Miguel - Joao was an excellent guide and a very kind man. The places we visited were very beautiful and unique. The information Joao provided was interesting and valuable
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From $86
up to 8 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).