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Madeira Sailboat Adventure: Scenic Coastal Views
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28 Ratings
Funchal
Experience a one-of-a-kind adventure aboard a classic Madeira sailboat, accommodating up to 16 passengers. Delight in swimming along the coastline while taking in views of Madeira’s southern coast, the city of Funchal, and Cabo Girão.
Experience a one-of-a-kind adventure aboard a classic Madeira sailboat, accommodating up to 16 passengers. Delight in swimming along the coastline while taking in views of Madeira’s southern coast, the city of Funchal, and Cabo Girão.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Marina do Funchal - Experience a stunning sunset from the sea and enjoy a refreshing swim near Cabo Girão. The tour includes a bar service offering cocktails and snacks. Additionally, a musician will be on board to enhance the experience!
- Marina do Funchal - Experience a stunning sunset from the sea and enjoy a refreshing swim near Cabo Girão. The tour includes a bar service offering cocktails and snacks. Additionally, a musician will be on board to enhance the experience!

What's Included
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Use of snorkeling equipment
Location
Marina do Funchal
Store nº10 Orange color in Funchal Marina
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
5.0
(28 Ratings)
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Marco
Jul 8, 2025
Superb experience - Superb experience with a lovely and fun crew. Made our final day special with great music onboard a cozy ship watching the sunset. Strongly recommend for everyone looking for an amazing evening at sea.
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Nicolemp6683dw
Jul 8, 2025
MAGICAL, MAGICAL, MAGICAL! Amazing end to a beautiful day in funchal - What a FANTASTIC, MAGICAL end to a day! Our group consist of a couple and 2 friends ages 27-57 and we can't praise this trip enough. From emailing the staff to enquire about our meet up point and them ringing within minutes to ensure we knew where we were going, to the staff on board who could not do enough for us to have the most enjoyable time possible. The live music was perfectly fitting for the beauty that was around us whilst enjoying a cocktail or two from the bar. We had use of snorkels and a paddle board during the swim stop and to top it off we ended the trip by seeing lots of exciting dolphins putting a display on for us & of course the sunset! Don't hesitate just book it. You will not regret it. Thank you ventura and your amazing staff! ❤️🐬
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Sandra_s
Jun 4, 2025
Great driver! - The driver, Fernando, dropping us off and picking us up gets a 5 star. He knew the trail and was very personable. I would simply add that PR3 is a trail that is all roots and stones, so bear that in mind when booking.
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Roylb1441ja
Oct 4, 2020
Amazing day - Amazing day en the crew is lovely as wel! We spotted some pilot whales so our day couldn’t be any better! Would highly recommend this tour and sail boat.
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Angelam_0_0
Sep 19, 2020
Fab trip - The last day of our holiday was made magical by this fabulous boat trip, the small sailing boat was so much better than the larger catamaran cruises going out. The trip was utter heaven, getting up close to dolphins and whales and later secluded beaches for a swim
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Johannasi9876tp
Sep 17, 2020
Wonderful experience - When we took the trip we sighted a group of pilot whales. The captain managed to move the boat close to a distance of just around 2 meters from them without disturbing them. It was amazing! I think this experience is rather rare, but besides the boat trip with this very nice crew was also worthwhile.
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Isabellamerly
Sep 11, 2020
Sailing boat trip - Brilliant 3 hour trip on a beautiful sailing boat, first out to see dolphins and then back along the coast. Our guide Anna and captain Alex were excellent- knowledgeable and passionate about their jobs and the island.
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Vladimir
Aug 5, 2020
The best sailing tour we ever did - Thank you guys for a great experience. We were lucky to be the only 2 people on the 10.30am trip so we got a private tour.
First we headed out about 3 miles into the open sea and saw a large group of spotted dolphins that swam along and under the boat, never seen wild dolphins so close before.
Then we sailed to Cabo Girao, enjoying the great views of the island and returned to Funchal following the coastline.
The crew was really nice and gave us a lot of information, you can see they are so passionate and really enjoy what they are doing.
We recommend this tour to everyone, in our opinion it's a lot better than the catamaran tours that have 100 people on board, especially considering the current situation with the Covid-19.
Will definetely do it again next time we are in Madeira!
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John-the-admiral
Mar 13, 2020
Super guys - Excellent crew plenty of dolphins fine scenery lovely old boat what more can I say except a bit of actual sailing would have been nice
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Johncbrierley64
Mar 12, 2020
hugely enjoyable trip - We would have enjoyed this even if we hadn't seen the dolphins (and a sunbathing Leatherback turtle). Alex and his colleague (sorry, i didn't catch the name) were very knowledgeable and kept us informed of developments on our trip - just six of us on the boat so plenty of opportunity to follow the action. We also appreciated that Ventura have the animal's conservation and well-being at heart.
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