Safe and sound - What a great experience .the beauty of the area on the hike is stunning. As a solo traveller I met some lovely people on my tour but my guide Tim made this tour very special with his very safe driving to and from the hike .Tim gave us plenty of information about area and was very aware of everyone's abilities on hike .a true gentleman. Many thanks .

Excellent - Nice tour, beautiful nature, great views, good service, nice tour guide and not too expensive

Madeira - Tours to fall in love with the island - We have booked 3 day tours with feeling Madeira: Day hike Pico Ruivo, tour Madeira west and hike 25 springs. All tours were top, great guides and tight program but always flexible and responsive to wishes/interests of the group. The main advantage is that the group size is manageable as it is toured in minibuses. Anytime again: Thanks to the guides Johnny, Mattias and Phil😉👍

Levada do Alecrim I loved - Very nice levada 😄 Levada do alecrim with Emanuel too top 😄 We had a good walk. The ride was simple I recommend a stick and good walking shoes 😄 sublime landscape

Great tours - not responsive back office - We did several tours with Feeling Madeira: Nuns Valley, East Tour, 25 Fontes, and Pico Areeiro/Pico Ruivo. The tours were great and the tour guides were truly excellent. We booked the tours the day we arrived, but my wife fell ill after we completed the first tour and was unable to do any of the remaining tours. We notified the office and were told that the next one was too late to cancel but the remainder would be cancelled. Despite this, we never received a refund (in whole or in part), the office didn't return calls, texts, or emails. It was disappointing and an expensive lesson.

Overcrowding also damages tourism - There was great expectation about this walk on the island of Madeira, motivated by the comments and images on the company’s website; however, some important information was not recorded there, for example, the need for waterproof shoes and the existence of a relatively long and narrow tunnel to be travelled on foot (people may suffer from claustrophobia). In addition, the high number of people on the trail made it difficult to move in narrower places, forming queues, as well as impeding man's interaction with nature. I suggest that those interested in hiking on the island, choose other levadas.

Guided Moderate Levada walk. - Our tour on the 2/10/2024 had a delayed start due to some admin problems for the pick up.(not from our hotel). This may have caused the walk to have been hurried. The group was too large which meant that the guides minimal dialogue was not audible to all. The walk could have been better orchestrated by him having a microphone and going at a slower pace which would have kept us closer together in view of the large group. The overall trip including the driver who did our hotel pick up/return drop off could have explained the situation and compensated by giving some useful commentary on route to meet the guide and people who were late in joining the bus. While the Lavadas are emblematic of Madeira the popular ones are becoming crowded.

Not as expected, far too crowded and disappointing end views. - Chose this walk on a paid tour based on the photos which I would say are not a good representation of the actual waterfall area. Whilst the walk itself is not strenuous you do have to go through a pitch black tunnel for approximately 20 minutes so take a torch or use your torch on your phone. I would definitely not recommend this if you suffer with confined spaces. There are 3 sets of steep steps so be prepared for those. The path is so overcrowded with people in both directions although one part of it is supposed to be one way. The scenery on the way to the waterfall was the best part although you are in the trees most of the time so can't see much else. There is no real no room to enjoy eating at the waterfall due to people clambering over all the rocks. It definitely did not look like the wide angle photographs and was a dark, wet area. I didn't even bother taking photos there. There's nowhere nearby to sit either, just on the side of the walkways. For me this was a very disappointing tour which was padded out by a stop at a roadside cafe on the way back to fill the time, not a full day of sightseeing in my opinion.

SO MUCH HARD WORK FOR NOTHING - Attracted by the photos of the travelers and the ease of the route we decide to undertake this excursion. We park the car in the large parking lot and start to go down a small asphalt road 2.5 km ..... then finally begins the path of another 2.5 km with water features to finally get to the first fountain (or were all 25 in that?) also because the path ended right there. And now? now you have to go back and do 5 km all uphill (including the steps) for seeing a large fountain with 24 other fountains ???? bhà ..... the effort is not worth it

NON-COMPLIANCE - We had the excursion to 25Fontes contracted within a multi-day vacation package. On the day of the tour we were NOT picked up, even though we were at the meeting point ten minutes before the pickup time which was at 9h05'. After 20 minutes of the hour (they themselves request that we give them 15' complimentary in case there is any delay in pickups) we phoned to know what happened and NOBODY answered . At 12h we were sent SMS saying that we were not at the meeting point at the indicated time, which is totally a LIE, and saying that they would see if they returned the money. ZERO PROFESSIONALISM, AND ON TOP OF THAT THEY ARE JUSTIFIED BY LIES.