Magnificent East Tour: Explore Camacha's Wicker Factory and Pico do Areeiro's Breathtaking View
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28 Ratings
Camacha
Embark on the Magnificent East Tour and discover the wonders of Camacha's Wicker Factory and the breathtaking view from Pico do Areeiro. Explore Santana's triangular houses and enjoy scenic stops at Ponta de São Lourenço and Machico. Departure from the hotel at 9:00 am and return by 5:00 pm.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Camacha parish church - Camacha is a beautiful village located in a wooded area, over a high plateau, at the Northeast of Funchal, in Madeira. This village is famous for its excellent basketing and its folkloric group.
What's Included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and/or taxes
Additional Information

The hotel departure is scheduled at 9:00 am bound for the parish of Camacha, where you can witness the wicker production process. From there, we ascend to Pico do Areeiro, 1818m high, to admire the stunning mountain ranges, valleys, and parish of Curral das nuntas nestled deeply in a grand valley. A descent to Ribeiro Frio follows, housing a trout nursery with trout being released into the stream later.

The itinerary includes a visit to the heart of Santana to witness the distinctive triangular dwellings with straw roofs, and a subsequent stop at Faial. On our return to Funchal, there will be additional stops at Ponta de São Lourenço’s lookout point and Machico.

The return to the hotel is planned for 5:00 p.m.

Location
Camacha parish church
Sitio da Igreja
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Denise_s
Mar 24, 2024
Great Day Out - Great full day tour. Amazing lunch at a local restaurant (22€) 3 courses with wine. Guide very knowledgeable
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Sandra_b
Mar 18, 2024
Great value day out - Renato the guide was excellent. Very knowledgeable and interesting. A great value day out with the right amount of stops.
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Daniel_o
Jan 2, 2024
Take Excellence With You When You Take the East Side Tour of Madiera - First and foremost, our driver and tour guide, Renato Rodrigues, drove the tour van SAFELY throughout the tour, especially when the road and weather conditions, and bad driving of other drivers, suddenly created hazardous driving conditions. Sustaining such superb skill level at the steering wheel throughout a full day tour is an essential qualification that can not be taken for granted in the challenging road and weather conditions encountered in Madiera. Meanwhile, Renato conducted the tour and his fluent conversations with everyone on the tour in BOTH Portuguese and English! Hence, everyone on the tour understood it. Our tour guide greeted each passenger with a radiant smile and engaged them with a friendly personality that kept them interested in his presentations that balanced a blend of history and humor. When my wife took this tour, she had impaired mobility because of major orthopedic surgery several months before it. I appreciated the wonderful way that Renato ensured that she and each of the other passengers embarked and disembarked the van SAFELY. I am pleased to recommend the East Side tour to Madeira tourists, and especially if that tour is led by Renato Rodrigues. Dan Ottaviano, Commander U.S. Navy, Retired
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Travina_b
Aug 26, 2023
Brilliant from start to finish !! - We were picked up exactly on time by our guide, he was friendly, funny and very knowledgeable, all of the stops were just the right amount of time and we were shown some stunning scenery and some very special places. He was a very safe driver and we felt relaxed and confident with him. All in all we have no negatives to share it was an all round positive experience, the tour was extremely well organised and superb value for money, we cant thank you enough. Martin & Treena
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Drucey2
Feb 3, 2023
Fantastic tour, amazing tour guide, A MUST ! - This was an absolutely brilliant tour highly recommend these fantastic company. Sergio was our driver, he was brilliant, informative, caring and could not do enough for us. We were a group of 6, family, celebrating a 80th and 60th birthday. He looked after my mum especially. He even surprised us with a cake !!! He had so much knowledge of the island, great English, and made the tour so interesting. Please use this company, they are brilliant. We will be back.
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Linda_m
Oct 12, 2022
Wonderful trip - so much variety. - Wonderful trip with an excellent guide. We were introduced to beaches, forest, desert, mountains and agricultural land all in a few hours. Renato was so knowledgeable about the fruits and vegetables we passed, pointing out specimens. Scenery from the viewpoints was stunning too.
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Kathleen
Feb 22, 2022
Excellent tour & good value. - Really enjoyed the tour especially being above the clouds on Pico Arieira. Gabriel was very informative and fun and Renato an excellent driver. The only downside was that as we didn't book the lunch we had two hours to kill in Santana which is a very quiet and uninteresting town. One hour would have been more than enough. I appreciate that the people having lunch needed that time so maybe stop in a more interesting town. Machico looked much nicer!
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Saina
Feb 11, 2022
A pleasant introduction of the east of Madeira - In the description you will find the routes, I would like to share some photos. The service was excellent from start to finish, we had Renato Rodrigues as a cheerful guide, because of his headset everyone on the bus can hear him easily. 😃 I do reveal that the lunch stop is highly recommended. The stops are pleasant and last an average of 30 minutes, which is long enough to admire the town.
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Keith_r
Feb 3, 2023
Enjoyable trip of one side of beautiful island - Santana, lovely town where we had a long stop. One criticism. The tour advertised traditional wicker basket making at Camacha, but when we got there, the guide said that it had stopped during covid and not restarted. Coupled with rainy weather, the last third of the tour was a washout.
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Patrycja_t
Apr 19, 2022
Great driver - Even though our trip got cut short due to problems with the car, the driver was lovely & very informative. He told us alot about the country and specific places would do it again if i had more time but was leaving next day.
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