Madeira Agriculture Tour: Visit Farms, Enjoy Local Lunch, and Explore Farming Techniques
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Madeira
Experience the vibrant agriculture of Madeira on this guided tour. Visit banana and vegetable farms, a cattle farm, and a rum factory. Enjoy a local lunch and learn about farming techniques. Small groups, hotel pick-up, and drop-off included.
Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Madeira - This amazing agriculture tour includes,
    Pick up and Drop off
    Guided tour with professional guides through the different farms
    Small Groups
    We offer lunch and drinks
    Tastings and snacks included
    Drive through the old roads of Madeira
    Visit to a private family banana farm and the biggest cooperation of bananas. Fruit and Vegetable farm that supply most of our supermarkets, Rum factory and all its production this includes tasting of rum and honey cake.
    Cow farm that provides milk to the making of our famous madeira cheese and a cow farm where our beef cows are found. On our drive back you can stop at the cable car viewpoint.
    The lunch is traditional in a traditional restaurant, fresh maderian vegetables and a visit to the village where the tour takes place.
    For this tour you must bring comfortable shoes and a jacket for the mountains.
    We offer all security and safety during this tour especially when coming around the animals. The tour is 6hrs counting with our lunch stop
    Return - Hotel.
What's Included
  • Lunch meal included
  • Complimentary drinks
  • Snacks provided
  • Rum tasting experience
  • Food and drinks throughout
Additional Information

Included: Hotel Pick-Up and Drop-Off, Certified Tour Guide, Small Group Setting. Maderian-Style Lunch, Snacks and Beverages are Provided.
Suggestions: Remember to Wear Sturdy Shoes and Warm Jackets.

During this trip, you’ll explore an exclusive banana plantation in Funchal, the largest Banana Cooperative using the historical road to another noteworthy local family fruit and vegetable farm that caters the majority of our island’s supermarket chains, a cow farm supplying most of the milk for our renowned “requeijão” cheese, and witness the traditional methods of milking. Take a break for lunch in a conventional restaurant, explore this charming farming village. Tour the rum factory and also visit this attraction, rum tasting and maderian cake sampling included. Interestingly, this factory is the main exporter of honey cake. Post-lunch, you will drive through the bucolic countryside in the North and halt at the cable car viewpoint.
End of the day, we drop you back at your Hotel.
In essence, this is an insightful journey into understanding the farming methods in Madeira.

  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • No public transportation nearby
  • Not stroller accessible
  • Not suitable for pets
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Pick ups from Machico to Santana have additional cost of between 10 to 35€ Pick up in Hotels from Ribeira Brava to Prazeres have an additional cost of 10 to 35€. Pick up from the front of the Cruise have an additional cost of 4,50€ per person and children 2,00€.
  • This tour does not take place on weekends and public holidays
  • Guests must bring comfortable shoes because there is some walking involved in this tour.
  • Please inform the guide if you are vegetarian or Vegan.
  • pick up and drop off included
  • Due to the organization of this tour and visits that need to be scheduled bookings must be made until 14h00 the day before
  • Cancellations within 24hours
Location
Madeira
Cancellation Policy

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

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Lena_w
Feb 16, 2023
Great experiece - Great experiece. We learned alot about farming and the life at Madeira. With just one other couple and a guide eager to tell us everything it was great. How they handle the bananas was the best part.
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