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Barranco del Arado superiore: Canyon End
2025-08-16: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Arado Équipement ok qui mérite peut-être à être resserrer dans la partie supérieure. Nous sommes partis tôt pour éviter les guides sur la part...
2025-05-06: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Arado DC+++quelques mouvements d'eau non problématiques. Il faut venir avec une clé à molette pour resserrer de nombreux écrous. (Quelle: htt...
2024-08-20: Approach path is beautiful, in fact, more interesting than the canyon... Some simple rapppels at the beginning and at the end, high point is the 48m (this time dry) and the following airy 28m cascades...
Return: Directly at the bridge get off on the left and walk up to the car (700m).

Barranco del Arado superiore: Canyon Start
2025-08-16: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Arado Équipement ok qui mérite peut-être à être resserrer dans la partie supérieure. Nous sommes partis tôt pour éviter les guides sur la part...
2025-05-06: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Arado DC+++quelques mouvements d'eau non problématiques. Il faut venir avec une clé à molette pour resserrer de nombreux écrous. (Quelle: htt...
2024-08-20: Approach path is beautiful, in fact, more interesting than the canyon... Some simple rapppels at the beginning and at the end, high point is the 48m (this time dry) and the following airy 28m cascades...
Approach: From the bridge/parking lot, follow the hiking sign (wooden sign) "Cascata do Arado" (orographic left). Shortly you will reach the viewpoint at 750m where you can check the water level before continuing up. The path is marked with stone markers and leads through a beautiful mountain landscape. After a few meters of altitude you cross a tributary (left) of the Arado river and shortly after you come to a fork in the road. On a hill you can already see the big 45m waterfall. Continue in a right turn between the Arado and the left tributary until you reach another hill with a view of the enchanting Arado high valley. Keeping left, one descends shortly to the path at 930m (entry) (if one does not want to do the waterfall, one descends before to the path).
Tour: The canyon begins with a walking passages and small downclimb in open terrain. This is followed by 3 shorter rappel sections where the last rappel, before the big waterfall, can be jumped. The high waterfall (45m) is rappelled on the right with little water contact. Immediately after follows an exposed belay on the right side. The fixed traverese rope is not normally needed. To make the descent easier for others, because of a narrow spot (danger of entrapment), the first person can set up a rope line (drill hooks available at the bottom). Now follows a long walking and descending section with some possible jumps. A higher sloping step in the middle of the canyon can be rappelled left or bypassed right. Shortly after, there is a pool with several possible jumps (beware of the stone in the pool!). An aquatic cascade of 3 steps follows, which are also the last steps. In order to get to the first rappel of the cascade, you have to rappel in front of the huge granite block under which you swim (stand on the right). After the beautiful cascade there is another walking and descending section that leads shortly to the bridge/exit (here begins the Arado inferiore).

Barranco del Arado superiore: Parking Entry and Exit
2025-08-16: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Arado Équipement ok qui mérite peut-être à être resserrer dans la partie supérieure. Nous sommes partis tôt pour éviter les guides sur la part...
2025-05-06: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Arado DC+++quelques mouvements d'eau non problématiques. Il faut venir avec une clé à molette pour resserrer de nombreux écrous. (Quelle: htt...
2024-08-20: Approach path is beautiful, in fact, more interesting than the canyon... Some simple rapppels at the beginning and at the end, high point is the 48m (this time dry) and the following airy 28m cascades...
Access: From the dam bridge (Rio Cavado) Geres you drive in the direction of Vila do Geres/ Espanha. After about 6 km, turn right in the direction of Ermida. From here, follow the mountain road in the direction of Ermida. Continue until you reach a fork in the road with signs for "Cascata do Arado". After turning right, the asphalt road changes to a gravel road with holes that goes down to the Arado. Directly at the bridge there are several parking possibilities.
Return: Directly at the bridge get off on the left and walk up to the car (700m).

Barranco del Arado superiore: Waypoint
Comment: depart de la piste (descente)
Approach: From the bridge/parking lot, follow the hiking sign (wooden sign) "Cascata do Arado" (orographic left). Shortly you will reach the viewpoint at 750m where you can check the water level before continuing up. The path is marked with stone markers and leads through a beautiful mountain landscape. After a few meters of altitude you cross a tributary (left) of the Arado river and shortly after you come to a fork in the road. On a hill you can already see the big 45m waterfall. Continue in a right turn between the Arado and the left tributary until you reach another hill with a view of the enchanting Arado high valley. Keeping left, one descends shortly to the path at 930m (entry) (if one does not want to do the waterfall, one descends before to the path).

Rio Poio (inferiore): Canyon Start
Comment: Anhand Einstiegshöhe ermittelt
Approach: From the parking lot at approx. 430m, follow the path left of the road to the pipeline, which is already visible on the approach. Be careful not to take the path along the ridge here, but always climb along the pipeline (some thorn bushes). A little further up you will come to a fence. Follow the path, which is still clearly visible at the beginning, slightly uphill. Gradually, the path/trail becomes less and less recognizable. Cross the slope with little difference in altitude until you reach a ridge. Here you descend briefly (old wooden paths). Continue along the path until you reach a beautiful rocky viewpoint at approx. 550m. From the viewpoint, descend again along the rock face until the 60m waterfall becomes visible. You can choose to enter above or below the waterfall. (To enter above, look for a suitable path above the rock fence waterfall.) The last meters to the lower entry are downclimbed or rappelled on a small step at approx. 500m, 10m (bolts available).
Tour: The tour starts above or below the 60m waterfall, depending on the entry option. You can jump left and right into the beautiful large pools. This is followed by a small step that is rappelled from the left. Then comes a short walking and abseiling section. The next step is either jumped 12m (deep pool) or rappelled left. This is followed by another walking and abseiling section that exits at the last step before the inflow of er. Here you can first rappel left 5m on a ledge and then jump another 5m. From the tributary it is another 40 minutes of walking and downclimbing in an open canyon, interrupted by a 5-10m jump in the middle. Follow the stream past a ruin to the large stone wall where you are left out of the canyon.

Rio Poio (inferiore): Canyon End
Comment: Anhand Ausstiegshöhe ermittelt
Return: Follow the steep slope straight up to the road/parking lot.

Carcerelha: Canyon Start
2024-08-19: Not much stress, easy all the way down. For a fun day.
Approach: (with 2nd car: 0min) From the parking exit (approx. 220m) follow the road for approx. 20min to the bridge with the large turnout on the left. Directly at the signs Lago4 you descend 20m to the stream.
Tour: The tour starts with a nice 8-12m jump in a large pool (bolts left). This is followed by a longer walking and abseiling section which is not boring due to several possible jumps. Caution is advised on some slippery downclimbs as there are often hidden stones under the water surface. In the middle of the canyon, there are then two compelling rappels (10/15m), interrupted by a short walking passages with possible jumps (4/7m). The 15m rappel is followed by another longer walk and downclimb into a somewhat narrower canyon. Here you downclimb skillfully over slippery rocks before reaching the last steps. The first steps are usually bypassed on the right using a traverese rope that can be pulled off (watch out for the first pool, which often recedes). This is followed by a cascade of 5 and 15m which can be jumped and slid/jumped and rappelled or only rappelled (be careful with the last edge due to the current/fall). After the last deep pool you leave the canyon after approx. 100m on the left side.

Carcerelha: Canyon End
2024-08-19: Not much stress, easy all the way down. For a fun day.
Return: Approx. 100m after the last pool, a small path is visible approx. 150m left. Follow this path for about 10 minutes up to the road.

Carcerelha: Unknown Parking
2024-08-19: Not much stress, easy all the way down. For a fun day.
Comment: Parking Entrada
Access: Desde España por el embalse de Lindoso (OU540) hacia Portugal o desde Ponte da Barca hacia España por la N203. A la altura del puente del Río Tamente giraremos hacia Ermida por la CM1348 y seguiremos por la CM1349. Pasaremos Froufe y tras pasar Lourido tendremos una curva a derechas con el río a nuestra izquierda abajo. Aquí hay una zona para aparcar el coche de retorno o si solo llevamos uno. Con el coche de acceso seguimos por la carretera y justo al lado del puente sobre el río tenemos mucho sitio donde aparcar.
Return: Approx. 100m after the last pool, a small path is visible approx. 150m left. Follow this path for about 10 minutes up to the road.

Carcerelha: Unknown
Comment: Final del barranquet

Carcerelha: Unknown1
Comment: Cotxe sortida 1

Carcerelha: Unknown2
Comment: Cotxe sortida 2

Rio Conho: Canyon Start
Approach: Si tenemos dos coches desde la pista de acceso solo habrá que bajar al río por la pista que sale a la derecha de la casa: Si solo tenemos un coche, en el cruce de pistas tendremos que subir por la pista de la izquierda, la de la derecha es el retorno. Podremos llegar hasta la casa y girar a la derecha para bajar por la pista hasta el río.
Tour: The tour begins at 680m with a longer walking and downclimbing section with a few small steps that can be jumped (be careful!) or downclimbed (max. 10m). After approx. 40-45 minutes you reach the highest abseiling point. First you rappel 10m and then you can choose between the 37m right (slippery) in the water or left out of the water. Shortly afterwards, there is another 20m abseil (left). After this last higher rappel, there are two small slippery steps, the first of which is downclimbed on the left and the next on the right. The following blocked open terrain is bypassed as far left as possible until you reach a forest road (Steinmanderl). Exit at approx. 480m.

Rio Conho: Canyon End
Return: Follow the forest road for only about 80m. Then follow the inconspicuous path left on the orographic right side of the stream. After a while, the path changes to the left side and soon leads to the bridge/parking lot at 380m. Here the stream flows into the Rio Toco.

Rio Conho: Unknown
Comment: CabConho

Rio Conho: Unknown1
Comment: Coches

Rio Conho: Unknown2
Comment: Fafião

Rio Conho: Unknown3
Comment: FinConho

Frio: Canyon End
2025-05-31: Longer and colder than expected... The anchor at the top of the initializing big one is a free-hanging sort making it rather uncomfortable. The second half is an adventure park with lots of exiting op...
2025-05-01: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Frio Canyon ludique et beau. La nature sauvage reprenant ses droits par endroit. Bien équipé. Marche d’approche et de retour super facile. Les...
2025-04-21: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Frio Un tres beau canyon. Si on le fait sans la grande cascade d´entrée de 45 m, le Frio est aussi parfait pour l´initiation. (Quelle: https:/...
Return: Shortly before reaching the fish farm, turn right onto an open water drainage and follow the path to the road.

Frio: Canyon Start
2025-05-31: Longer and colder than expected... The anchor at the top of the initializing big one is a free-hanging sort making it rather uncomfortable. The second half is an adventure park with lots of exiting op...
2025-05-01: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Frio Canyon ludique et beau. La nature sauvage reprenant ses droits par endroit. Bien équipé. Marche d’approche et de retour super facile. Les...
2025-04-21: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Frio Un tres beau canyon. Si on le fait sans la grande cascade d´entrée de 45 m, le Frio est aussi parfait pour l´initiation. (Quelle: https:/...
Comment: (descente_1)
Approach: From the upper car in a westerly direction down into the streambed. After about 70 m you reach the high entry waterfall.
Tour: 9 rappel in a varied, colorful, not very deep canyon. Intermediate entry and exit on the left below the bridge. The 45m rappel either in the beam or left bank dry.

Frio: Parking at Entry
2025-05-31: Longer and colder than expected... The anchor at the top of the initializing big one is a free-hanging sort making it rather uncomfortable. The second half is an adventure park with lots of exiting op...
2025-05-01: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Frio Canyon ludique et beau. La nature sauvage reprenant ses droits par endroit. Bien équipé. Marche d’approche et de retour super facile. Les...
2025-04-21: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Frio Un tres beau canyon. Si on le fait sans la grande cascade d´entrée de 45 m, le Frio est aussi parfait pour l´initiation. (Quelle: https:/...
Comment: (descente_3)
Access: From Funchal on the ER-103 over Monte to the Col de Poiso and beyond down. About 2.4 km after the col, a forestry track turns off to the left in a sharp bend; the upper car can be parked on the right on the road widening (32.723614,-16.889656). The lower car can be left at the forester's house (with fish farm) on the edge of the hamlet of Ribeiro Frio (32.733585,-16.887082). This can be reached by driving downhill from the upper parking lot on the ER-103 for about 2 km in the direction of Faial.
Return: Shortly before reaching the fish farm, turn right onto an open water drainage and follow the path to the road.

Frio: Parking at Exit
Comment: (descente_4)
Access: From Funchal on the ER-103 over Monte to the Col de Poiso and beyond down. About 2.4 km after the col, a forestry track turns off to the left in a sharp bend; the upper car can be parked on the right on the road widening (32.723614,-16.889656). The lower car can be left at the forester's house (with fish farm) on the edge of the hamlet of Ribeiro Frio (32.733585,-16.887082). This can be reached by driving downhill from the upper parking lot on the ER-103 for about 2 km in the direction of Faial.
Return: Shortly before reaching the fish farm, turn right onto an open water drainage and follow the path to the road.

Frio: Intermediate Canyon Exit
Comment: sortie après partie sup. (après le pont) (descente)
Access: From Funchal on the ER-103 over Monte to the Col de Poiso and beyond down. About 2.4 km after the col, a forestry track turns off to the left in a sharp bend; the upper car can be parked on the right on the road widening (32.723614,-16.889656). The lower car can be left at the forester's house (with fish farm) on the edge of the hamlet of Ribeiro Frio (32.733585,-16.887082). This can be reached by driving downhill from the upper parking lot on the ER-103 for about 2 km in the direction of Faial.

Fisgas do Ermelo: Canyon Start
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Approach: From Belvdere on the road closed with barrier in a wide curve up to 740 m above sea level, then beyond 65 meters of altitude down to the stream.
Tour: It is an attractive tour, although relatively long and serious, which generates certain difficulties due to insufficient belays. The fact that there is no anchor at the first 6 m drop seems understandable in view of the fact that the canyon is located in a national park, even if an explicit prohibition is not perceptible (2007). So about after the third high rappel, the water disappears in a long rock crevice. Here, during the first search, only an anchor with a thin rope was found, which could not have been reached without a rope belay; moreover, it would have forced the rappeler directly into the narrow crevice with a strong water flow. Only after a thorough search for an alternative was a tape loop found about 10 m further to the right, somewhat hidden, which made it possible to rappel onto a tape that could be used to bypass the narrow chute at the top.

Fisgas do Ermelo: Canyon End
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Return: After the last 5 m drop, a knotted rope is stretched up the right side. However, since no tracks were recognizable at the upper end and the unknown path seemed too risky in steep terrain, we preferred to walk downhill in the streambed for another hour until an exit presented itself at a widening of the streambed. Tracks led steeply uphill here, but it seemed better to cross a small side stream to a neighboring meadow with fruit trees and a hut, and from there to a dirt road 30 meters above. This leads - at the beginning a gate is to be climbed around - with small height fluctuations altogether 100 elevator meters upward - out on the tarred road with the vehicle parked below.

Fisgas do Ermelo: Parking at Entry
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Comment: bellevue (descente)
Access: From Vila Real approx. 10 km on the E 82 in the direction of Porto, then right onto the N304 in the direction of Ermelo. After 20km (from the turnoff) and passing just below Ermelo, you will reach the road bridge over the Rio Olo (330m above sea level). After the bridge, turn right and follow the signs for Fisgas do Ermelo. If you have 2 vehicles, park the first one 1 km after the junction at the bridge at a track on the right (stone posts on both sides) (440 m a.s.l.).With the other vehicle, continue uphill, at the chapel at the saddle then on the far right and up to the Belvedere at the end of the road (3.1 km from the lower vehicle parking, 600 m a.s.l.). Here park 2nd vehicle and take a look at the waterfalls, but they are visible here only to a small extent.
Return: After the last 5 m drop, a knotted rope is stretched up the right side. However, since no tracks were recognizable at the upper end and the unknown path seemed too risky in steep terrain, we preferred to walk downhill in the streambed for another hour until an exit presented itself at a widening of the streambed. Tracks led steeply uphill here, but it seemed better to cross a small side stream to a neighboring meadow with fruit trees and a hut, and from there to a dirt road 30 meters above. This leads - at the beginning a gate is to be climbed around - with small height fluctuations altogether 100 elevator meters upward - out on the tarred road with the vehicle parked below.

Fisgas do Ermelo: Parking at Exit
Access: From Vila Real approx. 10 km on the E 82 in the direction of Porto, then right onto the N304 in the direction of Ermelo. After 20km (from the turnoff) and passing just below Ermelo, you will reach the road bridge over the Rio Olo (330m above sea level). After the bridge, turn right and follow the signs for Fisgas do Ermelo. If you have 2 vehicles, park the first one 1 km after the junction at the bridge at a track on the right (stone posts on both sides) (440 m a.s.l.).With the other vehicle, continue uphill, at the chapel at the saddle then on the far right and up to the Belvedere at the end of the road (3.1 km from the lower vehicle parking, 600 m a.s.l.). Here park 2nd vehicle and take a look at the waterfalls, but they are visible here only to a small extent.
Return: After the last 5 m drop, a knotted rope is stretched up the right side. However, since no tracks were recognizable at the upper end and the unknown path seemed too risky in steep terrain, we preferred to walk downhill in the streambed for another hour until an exit presented itself at a widening of the streambed. Tracks led steeply uphill here, but it seemed better to cross a small side stream to a neighboring meadow with fruit trees and a hut, and from there to a dirt road 30 meters above. This leads - at the beginning a gate is to be climbed around - with small height fluctuations altogether 100 elevator meters upward - out on the tarred road with the vehicle parked below.

Salto (Intermedio): Canyon Start
2024-07-05: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Salto médio Équipement correct. Les points du premier grand rappel de 40m sont cachés dans la végétation RD. Le second grand rappel de 40m se...
Approach: see Google aerial photos in "Photo Gallery
Tour: 6-8 rappel, after entry (E3 or E2), see also photos u. Video

Salto (Intermedio): Parking at Exit
2024-07-05: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Salto médio Équipement correct. Les points du premier grand rappel de 40m sont cachés dans la végétation RD. Le second grand rappel de 40m se...
Access: see Google aerial photos in "Photo gallery", also for the implementation
Return: At the bridge out to the right and to P2, see Google aerial photos in "Photo gallery".

Salto (Intermedio): Parking Entry and Exit
2024-07-05: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Salto médio Équipement correct. Les points du premier grand rappel de 40m sont cachés dans la végétation RD. Le second grand rappel de 40m se...
Access: see Google aerial photos in "Photo gallery", also for the implementation
Return: At the bridge out to the right and to P2, see Google aerial photos in "Photo gallery".

Salto (Intermedio): Parking at Entry
Access: see Google aerial photos in "Photo gallery", also for the implementation
Return: At the bridge out to the right and to P2, see Google aerial photos in "Photo gallery".

Salto (Intermedio): Canyon End

Texeira: Canyon Start
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2025-05-09: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Teixeira Temps orageux, on est resté sur ce canyon en DC. équipement au top, à priori canyon à guide l'été. (Quelle: https://www.descente-can...
Approach: From the car on the dirt road high above the Texeira level there, pass through a tunnel next to or on the concrete water intake and then left down to the river.
Tour: see video and photos meanwhile new stands with new (max.) rappel lengths, see topos

Texeira: Canyon End
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2025-05-09: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Teixeira Temps orageux, on est resté sur ce canyon en DC. équipement au top, à priori canyon à guide l'été. (Quelle: https://www.descente-can...
Return: It would be more convenient to get out of the car at the house before (shortly after the bottleneck), but this is only possible with the consent of the owners, since a gate must be unlocked for the way up to the street (in our case a polite request was successful).

Texeira: Alternative Canyon End
2025-10-06: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Teixeira (Quelle:
2025-09-08: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Teixeira DC- Très beau final dans l'immense vasque (saut possible aussi depuis la sortie de la vasque par une escalade RD raide mais sur de tr...
2025-05-09: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Teixeira Temps orageux, on est resté sur ce canyon en DC. équipement au top, à priori canyon à guide l'été. (Quelle: https://www.descente-can...
Comment: proprietée privée, demander á depasser (descente)
Return: It would be more convenient to get out of the car at the house before (shortly after the bottleneck), but this is only possible with the consent of the owners, since a gate must be unlocked for the way up to the street (in our case a polite request was successful).

Texeira: Parking Entry and Exit
Access: From Porto on the A 1/E 1 approx. 53 km southwards. At Aveira take the intersecting A 25/IP 5/E 80 in the direction of Viseu (east). About 20 km after the turn at exit 9, leave the highway in the direction of Sever de Vouga. A little later, cross the Rio Vouga and, after the bridge, take the N16 that runs along the river in an easterly direction. Pass through Paredes and continue along the river on the EM 569. 44 km after leaving the freeway, turn right onto the N 227 and enter Sao Jao da Serra. At the central square in the village, behind the church, the road to Cercal branches off. At the end of Cercal, follow the forest road for another 3 km, avoiding oncoming traffic if possible. Where the forest road, which was flat until now, begins to descend steeply, park the
Return: It would be more convenient to get out of the car at the house before (shortly after the bottleneck), but this is only possible with the consent of the owners, since a gate must be unlocked for the way up to the street (in our case a polite request was successful).

Cedros inf.: Canyon Start
2023-11-17: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Cedros Au début le canyon était sec, à chaque rappel il y a un peu plus d'eau, les dernières cascades ont un bon débit.Tous les rappels, à l'e...
Approach: You can now walk down the closed tarred road not quite 2 km to the houses of Rabacal or you can take a shuttle bus (down 2 euros, up 3 euros - 2010). From Rabacal (good signposting - 2010), first follow the Levado do Risco for a few hundred meters towards Cascada do Risco; then the signpost 'Levada 25 Fontes' prompts us to descend onto it. We now follow Levada 25 Fontes, crossing Rib. Grande and then reach Rib. da Água Negra below the 50m waterfall, where the 25 springs trickle out of the basalt below. Here is the entry to Rib. Água Negra inferiore. However, we continue to follow the levada and finally reach Rib. dos Cedros. There is also an access option via the "Levadas das 25 Fontes" through the "Tunel do Rabacal". Parking is required at the barbecue area at the third last hairpin bend of the ER211.
Tour: 7 rappel, see photos u. Video

Cedros inf.: Canyon End
2023-11-17: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Cedros Au début le canyon était sec, à chaque rappel il y a un peu plus d'eau, les dernières cascades ont un bon débit.Tous les rappels, à l'e...
Return: At the meeting with the Rb. Água Negra (from the left) you can get off on the Levada da Rocha Vermelha. Follow it to the left and you will reach the bridge over the Rib. Grande (just before, on the righthand side, the 85 m drop of the Rib. do Alecrim - only 40 m to be seen), crosses the Rib. Gr. and climbs steeply up the path, keeping left, until you reach Levada 25 Fontes again. Here, turn right for a few hundred meters, until the path on the left leads up to the houses of Rabacal.Alternatively, you can continue along the lower part of Rib. Alternatively, you can descend the lower section of Rib. Água Negra until the confluence with Rib. da Janela (cf. in this respect and for the return from there description to Rib. da Água Negra).

Cedros inf.: Parking at Entry
2023-11-17: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Cedros Au début le canyon était sec, à chaque rappel il y a un peu plus d'eau, les dernières cascades ont un bon débit.Tous les rappels, à l'e...
Access: On the ER 105 one drives either from Encumeada or from Porto Moniz to the mentioned plateau. It can also be reached from Calheta via the ER 211. On the western edge of the plateau, the ER 105 passes the Hotel Pico da Urze with the restaurant 'Jungle Rain' at 1400 m altitude. From here, drive 2 km in the direction of Porto Moniz (back if necessary) and then turn right down onto a small tarred road. This is then closed after 50 m with a barrier. In front of the barrier there is plenty of space on the left for parking the vehicle.
Return: At the meeting with the Rb. Água Negra (from the left) you can get off on the Levada da Rocha Vermelha. Follow it to the left and you will reach the bridge over the Rib. Grande (just before, on the righthand side, the 85 m drop of the Rib. do Alecrim - only 40 m to be seen), crosses the Rib. Gr. and climbs steeply up the path, keeping left, until you reach Levada 25 Fontes again. Here, turn right for a few hundred meters, until the path on the left leads up to the houses of Rabacal.Alternatively, you can continue along the lower part of Rib. Alternatively, you can descend the lower section of Rib. Água Negra until the confluence with Rib. da Janela (cf. in this respect and for the return from there description to Rib. da Água Negra).

Cedros inf.: Waypoint
Comment: (Parking - Rabacal avec shuttlebus) (descente)
Approach: You can now walk down the closed tarred road not quite 2 km to the houses of Rabacal or you can take a shuttle bus (down 2 euros, up 3 euros - 2010). From Rabacal (good signposting - 2010), first follow the Levado do Risco for a few hundred meters towards Cascada do Risco; then the signpost 'Levada 25 Fontes' prompts us to descend onto it. We now follow Levada 25 Fontes, crossing Rib. Grande and then reach Rib. da Água Negra below the 50m waterfall, where the 25 springs trickle out of the basalt below. Here is the entry to Rib. Água Negra inferiore. However, we continue to follow the levada and finally reach Rib. dos Cedros. There is also an access option via the "Levadas das 25 Fontes" through the "Tunel do Rabacal". Parking is required at the barbecue area at the third last hairpin bend of the ER211.

Badanela (inferiore): Canyon Start
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Approach: We now continue along the "main road", the tarred surface ends (anno 2016) and after about 200m we turn off onto a dirt road to the right. We follow it - on the right below we see the also canyoning accessible stream Alem - and come about 700m after the junction to a bridge over the Alem. It now goes 100m further slightly uphill, then we turn right at a fork of the track and reach a small meadow plain. 300m after the last fork, the track enters the forest. Here, in 2016, construction work was in progress to extend the slope. The slope transformed into an old mule track. Roughly estimated about 900m after entering the forest (anno 2016), a path completely overgrown with ginger plants branches off to the right. It is very difficult to find and was also overlooked by us at first. The approximate GPS coordinates for the turnoff are 39°27'56.14 "N 31°10'20.42 "W. We follow this old path down to the river. Measured entry coordinates here are 39°27'59.0 "N 31°10'19.7 "W.
Tour: The tour starts with a jump into a large pool under a rock overhang on the left bank. After about 40 min. of wading, downclimbing and swimming, we come to a 12m rappel (according to the cited book - estimated probably just under 10m) into a large, almost circular pool. Here we jumped. After another 45 min. we come to an inclined rappel (16m), which leads into a large, also circular pool. Immediately afterwards, the last rappel (19m) awaits us. After that we go downstream for another 20 minutes until we reach the reservoir. Here you should climb the steep bank on the left as early as possible to avoid the following mud passage to the reservoir.

Badanela (inferiore): Canyon End
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Return: From the dam wall up the slope we reach after 400m or about 10 min the car parked on the righthand side.

Badanela (inferiore): Parking Entry and Exit
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Access: From Santa Cruz we take the road ER 1-2 in the direction of Ponta Delgada (northern direction, near the coast). Calculated from the northern exit of the runway of the airport of Santa Cruz we reach after about 2.7 km the center of Fazenda (de Santa Cruz). There we turn left in front of the church dominating the village and follow a road first in direction SW, later more in direction WSW for about 1,25 km. Here the road forks. On the right we go down to the small reservoir, where the exit is at the end of the tour. On the "main road" to the right we find here a parking place for the car.
Return: From the dam wall up the slope we reach after 400m or about 10 min the car parked on the righthand side.

Badanela (inferiore): Parking Entry and Exit1
Access: From Santa Cruz we take the road ER 1-2 in the direction of Ponta Delgada (northern direction, near the coast). Calculated from the northern exit of the runway of the airport of Santa Cruz we reach after about 2.7 km the center of Fazenda (de Santa Cruz). There we turn left in front of the church dominating the village and follow a road first in direction SW, later more in direction WSW for about 1,25 km. Here the road forks. On the right we go down to the small reservoir, where the exit is at the end of the tour. On the "main road" to the right we find here a parking place for the car.
Return: From the dam wall up the slope we reach after 400m or about 10 min the car parked on the righthand side.

Rio Cabrao: Canyon Start
Approach: At the orographic. right edge of the open canyon on climbing tracks upward, then later in the streambed itself to a prominent bend ('entry').
Tour: Mainly for collectors, possibly with children;100 m above the start of the descent an old mill, which is still very well preserved.

Rio Cabrao: Canyon End
Return: Before the culvert right to the road.

Ancora: Canyon Start
Approach: from the bridge left down to the creek
Tour: Not exactly overwhelming, but as a bathing tour (possibly with children) quite nice; largely lead footsteps along the shore, the abseils you can bypass or climb downSo you can also, if only 1 car is available, the tour in the stream there and back.

Ancora: Canyon End
Return: After the last and attractive double step with the large pool, a slope goes up to the left, meets a sandy slope at the top, which we follow to the right. Later this is paved and moves up the mountain. Beyond the crest it goes slightly downhill again. Later it branches and we follow the right paved branch down to Pincho to the car.

Ancora: Parking at Entry
Access: From Braga, take the A 3 north towards Valenca and the Spanish border. After about 40 km, change to the A 27 freeway in the (western) direction of Viana do Castelo. After another 15 km, take exit 2 ('Lanheses,Mexeido') and drive north on the N 305 to reach Amonde after 8 winding kilometers and a few hundred meters further the houses of Pincho. Leave your car at the bar or in the open space below for the exit, and take the other car back the way you came, for about 2.5 km, until you reach a prominent crossroads in the forest. Turn left onto the EM 526 and after another 3.5 km you will arrive in Montaria. Go through the village keeping to the right and turn left at a bend to the right ('Viveiro Forestal do Portodeira'). The road, which is no longer paved at the exit, descends in a northerly direction to a picnic area by the bridge (entry).
Return: After the last and attractive double step with the large pool, a slope goes up to the left, meets a sandy slope at the top, which we follow to the right. Later this is paved and moves up the mountain. Beyond the crest it goes slightly downhill again. Later it branches and we follow the right paved branch down to Pincho to the car.

Ancora: Parking at Exit
Access: From Braga, take the A 3 north towards Valenca and the Spanish border. After about 40 km, change to the A 27 freeway in the (western) direction of Viana do Castelo. After another 15 km, take exit 2 ('Lanheses,Mexeido') and drive north on the N 305 to reach Amonde after 8 winding kilometers and a few hundred meters further the houses of Pincho. Leave your car at the bar or in the open space below for the exit, and take the other car back the way you came, for about 2.5 km, until you reach a prominent crossroads in the forest. Turn left onto the EM 526 and after another 3.5 km you will arrive in Montaria. Go through the village keeping to the right and turn left at a bend to the right ('Viveiro Forestal do Portodeira'). The road, which is no longer paved at the exit, descends in a northerly direction to a picnic area by the bridge (entry).
Return: After the last and attractive double step with the large pool, a slope goes up to the left, meets a sandy slope at the top, which we follow to the right. Later this is paved and moves up the mountain. Beyond the crest it goes slightly downhill again. Later it branches and we follow the right paved branch down to Pincho to the car.

Ferreiro: Canyon Start
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Approach: We overcome the barrier and follow the dirt road in a southwesterly direction. After 210 m it turns to the north, we ignore the turnoff straight ahead. After another 300 m we are at the Ribeira do Ferreiro below a waterfall. On the left bank we go down the stream for about 50 m, then we enter the stream (if necessary with a jump after prior testing).
Tour: After only 5 minutes we come to the first rappel (R1 - 45m). Now, interrupted by short walking passages, one rappel follows the other: R2 - 24m; R3 - 10m; R4 - 17m. A longer passage follows, where the stream course is covered with large boulders. \nThen we are above the big vertical - almost 110m. After the entry rappel R5 - 20m, 3 switchbacks follow, each set back a bit (danger of falling rocks) to the left: R6 - 45m; R7 - 10m; R8 - 40m. Then you swim in the large pool, which is also fed by a left side stream. In case of larger water flow, there may be difficulties here (a5). We climb the stone wall above the big pool and find a final sloping rope there: R9 - 40m.\n

Ferreiro: Canyon End
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Return: At the bottom we follow the stream to the lake Lagoa das Patas, on which we have been looking down for a long time. We swim to the left in a southeasterly direction and after about 120m we reach the far shore at the trees. The lake is quite weedy and so one should not be surprised about a corresponding "hanging" at the exit. Finally, we follow the path that leads from the lake down to the road and the parking lot.

Ferreiro: Parking at Entry
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Access: From Fajâ Grande on the west side of the island we drive in the direction of Fajâzinha or Santa Cruz Das Flores. After about 3 km (from the center of Fajâ Grande) we cross the Ribeira do Ferreiro. After the bridge on the right we park the car for the exit. \With the second car we continue in the direction of Santa Cruz, after 300 m we cross the Ribeira Grande and after another 3.9 km we meet the ER 1-2. Now we continue to the left in the direction of Santa Cruz. After a little more than 2 km on the ER 1-2, we turn left from this road onto a dirt road. About 250 m further on, a dirt road goes left at a sharp angle through the bushes. Here we park our second car.
Return: At the bottom we follow the stream to the lake Lagoa das Patas, on which we have been looking down for a long time. We swim to the left in a southeasterly direction and after about 120m we reach the far shore at the trees. The lake is quite weedy and so one should not be surprised about a corresponding "hanging" at the exit. Finally, we follow the path that leads from the lake down to the road and the parking lot.

Ferreiro: Parking at Exit
Access: From Fajâ Grande on the west side of the island we drive in the direction of Fajâzinha or Santa Cruz Das Flores. After about 3 km (from the center of Fajâ Grande) we cross the Ribeira do Ferreiro. After the bridge on the right we park the car for the exit. \With the second car we continue in the direction of Santa Cruz, after 300 m we cross the Ribeira Grande and after another 3.9 km we meet the ER 1-2. Now we continue to the left in the direction of Santa Cruz. After a little more than 2 km on the ER 1-2, we turn left from this road onto a dirt road. About 250 m further on, a dirt road goes left at a sharp angle through the bushes. Here we park our second car.
Return: At the bottom we follow the stream to the lake Lagoa das Patas, on which we have been looking down for a long time. We swim to the left in a southeasterly direction and after about 120m we reach the far shore at the trees. The lake is quite weedy and so one should not be surprised about a corresponding "hanging" at the exit. Finally, we follow the path that leads from the lake down to the road and the parking lot.

Rio Poio (superiore): Canyon Start
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Approach: From P1 directly down into the streambed below the water drainage. For the "quick entry" E2 see Google aerial photo in "Photo Gallery".
Tour: See topographic view, photos and videos; key passage is the narrows.

Rio Poio (superiore): Parking at Exit
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Comment: P2 für Ausstieg
Access: see Google aerial photo in "photo gallery", likewise to the conversion (in addition also )
Return: Still before the exit of the valley cut left up to the road and to P2

Rio Poio (superiore): Parking at Entry
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Comment: P1 für Zustieg
Access: see Google aerial photo in "photo gallery", likewise to the conversion (in addition also )
Return: Still before the exit of the valley cut left up to the road and to P2

Rio Poio (superiore): Canyon End
Return: Still before the exit of the valley cut left up to the road and to P2

Cedro (Intermedio): Canyon Start
Approach: Either from P1 to E1 (above the bridge) and "pre" the upper less interesting but short part , see http://ropewiki.com/Cedros_(Upper) or from P2 (promising ?) to direct entry to Cedros med. at E2. The time given is for the direct access to E2.
Tour: 7 rappel in the middle part (The indicated route time is valid - only - for the middle part). See also photos & videos

Cedro (Intermedio): Parking at Exit
Comment: P2 (für direkten Zustieg zu E2)
Access: From Calhela to Loiral 2° see Google aerial photo in "Photo Gallery", as well as to a possible conversion - if you "attach" Cedro(s) inferiore, which must be done partly on a slope.
Return: Either append the lower part (Cedros inferiore) or get off at the bridge onto trail PR3SJO and head east up to P3.

Cedro (Intermedio): Canyon End
Return: Either append the lower part (Cedros inferiore) or get off at the bridge onto trail PR3SJO and head east up to P3.

Ribeira Seca inf.: Canyon Start
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Approach: From the parking lot a few meters down in a northeasterly direction, we meet the tunnel exit of Levada dos Tornos. We cross in the tunnel to the northern side of the mountain (700 m) and reach Rib. Seca. First anchor orographic. left of the waterfall.
Tour: 8 rappel, aquatic, attractive ambience

Ribeira Seca inf.: Canyon End
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Comment: 200m devant le pont de la route = 100m devant la passarelle à gauche vers la levada (descente)
Return: The exit on a small road on the orographic left bank about 500 m before the bridge relatively close to the river is probably not recommended because of the rise from the river bed.\nExit at the latest at the road bridge. However, about 200m before (and 100m before a water jetty) you can turn left onto the walled water pipe and follow it to the lower vehicle (in order not to pass this exit, you should first follow the water pipe from the lower parking lot up to this exit point - 10 minutes).

Ribeira Seca inf.: Alternative Canyon End
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Comment: Sortie alternative pour parking alternative (50m vers le haut, herbeux) (descente)
Return: The exit on a small road on the orographic left bank about 500 m before the bridge relatively close to the river is probably not recommended because of the rise from the river bed.\nExit at the latest at the road bridge. However, about 200m before (and 100m before a water jetty) you can turn left onto the walled water pipe and follow it to the lower vehicle (in order not to pass this exit, you should first follow the water pipe from the lower parking lot up to this exit point - 10 minutes).

Ribeira Seca inf.: Parking at Entry
Access: From Faial on the north coast on the ER 103 in the direction of Funchal. Steadily uphill you pass Sâo Roque do Faial after about 3 km and after about 5 km you reach the few houses of Cruzinhas. Here we turn right towards Lombo do Gallego and descend in switchbacks to the bridge over the Rib. Seca. With the other one we drive back up to Cruzinhas, turn right (south) on the ER 103 and after about 800 m we cross a river. Immediately after the bridge, we turn right onto a dirt road that takes us to the Central Hidroeléctrica de Fajá da Nogueira electric plant after about 4 km. We drive under the reservoir to the right and then park the second vehicle at the foot of the mountain slope.
Return: The exit on a small road on the orographic left bank about 500 m before the bridge relatively close to the river is probably not recommended because of the rise from the river bed.\nExit at the latest at the road bridge. However, about 200m before (and 100m before a water jetty) you can turn left onto the walled water pipe and follow it to the lower vehicle (in order not to pass this exit, you should first follow the water pipe from the lower parking lot up to this exit point - 10 minutes).

Ribeira Seca inf.: Parking at Exit
Access: From Faial on the north coast on the ER 103 in the direction of Funchal. Steadily uphill you pass Sâo Roque do Faial after about 3 km and after about 5 km you reach the few houses of Cruzinhas. Here we turn right towards Lombo do Gallego and descend in switchbacks to the bridge over the Rib. Seca. With the other one we drive back up to Cruzinhas, turn right (south) on the ER 103 and after about 800 m we cross a river. Immediately after the bridge, we turn right onto a dirt road that takes us to the Central Hidroeléctrica de Fajá da Nogueira electric plant after about 4 km. We drive under the reservoir to the right and then park the second vehicle at the foot of the mountain slope.

Ribeira Seca inf.: Parking at Exit1
Comment: alternative Parking aval (mais sortie vers le haut 50m herbeux) (descente)
Access: From Faial on the north coast on the ER 103 in the direction of Funchal. Steadily uphill you pass Sâo Roque do Faial after about 3 km and after about 5 km you reach the few houses of Cruzinhas. Here we turn right towards Lombo do Gallego and descend in switchbacks to the bridge over the Rib. Seca. With the other one we drive back up to Cruzinhas, turn right (south) on the ER 103 and after about 800 m we cross a river. Immediately after the bridge, we turn right onto a dirt road that takes us to the Central Hidroeléctrica de Fajá da Nogueira electric plant after about 4 km. We drive under the reservoir to the right and then park the second vehicle at the foot of the mountain slope.

Algares: Canyon Start
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2024-06-06: Nice green jungle canyon. Had to search a bit for the correct entrypoint. Missed the 3rd anchorpoint at the big cascade. Just managed it with the ropelengths. From 2nd anchor to floor was about 75m. L...
Approach: From the bridge we walk as long as possible along the left bank of the stream. At the latest 100m (meters) below a small water drainage we then climb into the slippery streambed.
Tour: We climb 2 steps one after the other (8m and 12m). At the first step we find the anchor for the handrail on the left edge of the stream under the water surface, about 3m from the edge. After these two rappels and a run we arrive at the edge of the high cascade (75m in total). The anchor for the first rope run (16m) is in the middle of the stream. Rappels of 35m and 30m follow. The belay between these is offset to the right (by one edge). Now alternate runs with downclimb and rappel (R6 -10m; R7 - 35m; then a 4m step for rappel; R8 - 6m; R9 - 25m; R10 - 30m).

Algares: Canyon End
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Return: After the last rappel you walk a good 10 min. in the streambed and can then exit left onto a slope that leads directly down to the car. The exit was marked in 2016 with cairns and an "Exit" wooden board on a tree on the left bank. Without these aids, you will miss the exit here, which does not hurt, because then you just get off at the next bridge to the left and here also comes to the lower car (20 min. additional time).

Salto (Superiore): Canyon Start
Approach: From P1 down the slope in the last third of a slight left turn on one of the heels that walk roughly parallel to the slope, to the right to the stream at E1, see also aerial photos in "Photo Gallery".
Tour: 7 rappels (max. 20m) up to A1, a total of 9 rappels (max. 30m) up to A2; see also photos and videos

Salto (Superiore): Parking at Exit
Access: see aerial photos in "Photo Gallery", also to a possible implementation. P1 is about 100m after the road bridge, where the slope starts down to the right.
Return: At conversion P1 to P2 the crossing path to the right (west) and to P2.\nWithout conversion up to the road, there right to P1.\nSee also aerial photos in "Photo Gallery".

Salto (Superiore): Parking at Exit1
Access: see aerial photos in "Photo Gallery", also to a possible implementation. P1 is about 100m after the road bridge, where the slope starts down to the right.
Return: At conversion P1 to P2 the crossing path to the right (west) and to P2.\nWithout conversion up to the road, there right to P1.\nSee also aerial photos in "Photo Gallery".

Salto (Superiore): Parking at Entry
Access: see aerial photos in "Photo Gallery", also to a possible implementation. P1 is about 100m after the road bridge, where the slope starts down to the right.
Return: At conversion P1 to P2 the crossing path to the right (west) and to P2.\nWithout conversion up to the road, there right to P1.\nSee also aerial photos in "Photo Gallery".

Salto (Superiore): Canyon End

Vimieiro: Canyon Start
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Approach: In the same direction, follow the initially wide, later narrower path, cross the dam on the right and continue through the forest until you reach a wooden sign "Vereda dos Barbinhas". Cross the river Seixal here and look for the faintly recognizable path opposite (cairn). Climb up the steep wall until you reach the Levada do Seixal. Change here (there is no room for this at the entry point!) and then walk to the left for a few minutes to the entry point.
Tour: The first step can be rappelled down a small tree, downclimbing is often tricky because the rock is very slippery. From now on, abseiling point follows abseiling point, and after three waterfalls, the two high Multipitch waterfalls are already waiting. If you don't miss the intermediate stands, you can work with 40-meter ropes. After a spectacular series of three high abseils, there is a short break to catch your breath before the next exciting passage is reached. This is also the only really deep pool on the tour. The tour then comes to a relaxed end with two short abseils. After the last rappel, a path leads off to the left.

Vimieiro: Parking Entry and Exit
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Access: From Seixal, drive south on the ER221 towards Chao da Ribeira, follow the road to the exit, then continue on the dirt road to the fish farm. Park here.
Return: Follow the narrow path that leads back to the access. Cross the Seixal and return through the forest to the car.

Vimieiro: Canyon End
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Return: Follow the narrow path that leads back to the access. Cross the Seixal and return through the forest to the car.

Seixal (inferiore): Canyon Start
2025-06-01: The access path is a bit chaotic in the streambed, pick the most unpleasant option there that starts the climb. The canyon itself is pretty, except for the long walking sections in the debris.
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2024-11-10: I added the lower part after the Superiore. It has a few nice sections but not as great as the upper part. Shortly before the exit there is a long walking passage.
Approach: see entry from the levada.
Tour: 13-15 rappel, relay in C38 (13/23), see also topographic view, photos & videos

Seixal (inferiore): Parking Entry and Exit
2025-06-01: The access path is a bit chaotic in the streambed, pick the most unpleasant option there that starts the climb. The canyon itself is pretty, except for the long walking sections in the debris.
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2024-11-10: I added the lower part after the Superiore. It has a few nice sections but not as great as the upper part. Shortly before the exit there is a long walking passage.
Access: See Google aerial photo in "Photo gallery
Return: After the inflow of the Hortela continue a few meters in the streambed (with a rappel) and then out onto the trail, follow it back to the car.

Seixal (inferiore): Canyon End
2025-06-01: The access path is a bit chaotic in the streambed, pick the most unpleasant option there that starts the climb. The canyon itself is pretty, except for the long walking sections in the debris.
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2024-11-10: I added the lower part after the Superiore. It has a few nice sections but not as great as the upper part. Shortly before the exit there is a long walking passage.
Return: After the inflow of the Hortela continue a few meters in the streambed (with a rappel) and then out onto the trail, follow it back to the car.

Hortelã inferior : Canyon Start
2025-12-28: High waterfall at the start is particularly impressive when there is a lot of water. Otherwise unfortunately quite a bit of streambed walking (very slippery).
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Approach: From the parking lot, take the path further south. After crossing the river, follow a narrow path steeply uphill through the forest until you reach the Levada do Seixal. Turn right and follow it to the Ribeira do Hortelã (just before a tunnel behind the large waterfall). This is the entry point (above the levada is the anchor for the rope traverse, directly below the edge is the anchor for the long rappel).

Hortelã inferior : Parking Entry and Exit
2025-12-28: High waterfall at the start is particularly impressive when there is a lot of water. Otherwise unfortunately quite a bit of streambed walking (very slippery).
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Access: Drive all the way back from Seixal along the south-facing valley. There is a free parking lot at the fish farm. Here you will also find a large information board for the canyoning tours there.
Return: After the tributary of the Rib. do Seixal 1 small rappel, then out onto the path and back to the car.

Hortelã inferior : Canyon End
2025-12-28: High waterfall at the start is particularly impressive when there is a lot of water. Otherwise unfortunately quite a bit of streambed walking (very slippery).
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Return: After the tributary of the Rib. do Seixal 1 small rappel, then out onto the path and back to the car.

Esguilhao: Canyon Start
Approach: Either we enter the stream directly at the bridge or - better - we walk first on the right bank on the meadow until the entry into the meadow is unavoidable.
Tour: A sequence of about 13 rappels awaits us, but jumps and slides are largely absent.

Esguilhao: Canyon End
Return: Once we reach the concrete bridge, we take the mule track coming from Cedros, which takes us to Ponta Ruiva and our second car parked there.

Salto (inferiore): Canyon Start
Approach: see Google aerial photos in "Photo Gallery
Tour: 17 rappel, see also photos & videos.

Salto (inferiore): Parking at Exit
Access: see Google aerial photos in "Photo Gallery
Return: When we reach the rocky coastline, we go left along the coast for about 1 km and then keep left at a convenient place up to the hiking trail PR3SJO. We follow this to the left and return to P3 or P2 via E4.

Salto (inferiore): Parking Entry and Exit
Access: see Google aerial photos in "Photo Gallery
Return: When we reach the rocky coastline, we go left along the coast for about 1 km and then keep left at a convenient place up to the hiking trail PR3SJO. We follow this to the left and return to P3 or P2 via E4.

Salto (inferiore): Parking at Entry
Access: see Google aerial photos in "Photo Gallery
Return: When we reach the rocky coastline, we go left along the coast for about 1 km and then keep left at a convenient place up to the hiking trail PR3SJO. We follow this to the left and return to P3 or P2 via E4.

Salto (inferiore): Canyon End

Alecrim: Canyon Start
Approach: You can now walk down the closed tarred road for about 300 m until it crosses the Alecrim in a ford, or you can climb up along the edge of the ER 110 until you reach Levada Ribeira Grande. Follow it to the left (east) until it crosses the Alecrim (300 m of descent and 2 smaller rappels to the entry at the road ford).
Tour: Continuing after Levada 25 Fontes is actually only worthwhile when there is water flow. In this case, you can get out immediately before the double step C11/C85 without a path on the left up to Levada 25 Fontes (100 m), if you want to do without the C85.

Alecrim: Canyon End
Return: Either exit left on the crossing Levada 25 Fontes and then orographic. right up to Rabacal.If there is still water flowing below the levada and / or you have long ropes, you can continue to descend and after 4 smaller rappels to the 85 m rappel. At the confluence of the Alecrim with the Ribeira da Janela, follow the orographic left bank upwards to the footbridge. From here, take the path on the right up to Rabacal.

Cales II: Canyon Start
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Approach: Either enter a few meters downstream north of the old bridge (View with Google Earth: 32.699343/-16.903446) or north of the road bridge (32.700972/-16.903361) of ER-103.
Tour: Probably the only canyon descending south from the main ridge; 8 rappels in basalt, longer run in scree streambed. Rappels partly bypassable or rappeling from trees possible.

Cales II: Canyon End
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Return: After the wide ramp-like drop towards the exit of the canyon, you can see a cemented platform at the bottom (former water catchment). Here on the right bank downstream to the road, as the last waterfalls are not secured (2010).

Cales II: Parking at Entry
2024-10-07: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Cales We did part 3. The first 4-5 abseils are nice (guided part) after that there is endless walking on slippery stones, through thorns and o...
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Access: From Funchal on the ER-103 via Monte in the direction of Col de Poiso. A few kilometers after the end of Monte, in the hamlet of Terreiro da Luta, turn right onto the ER-201 and continue northeast for about 1400 m until you reach the Cales. Take the second car back to Terreiro da Luta, turn right again onto the ER-103 and drive uphill for about 2 km. After a long straight with a half avenue, you will see the administration building of the Parque Ecologico on the left. Park the other car here.
Return: After the wide ramp-like drop towards the exit of the canyon, you can see a cemented platform at the bottom (former water catchment). Here on the right bank downstream to the road, as the last waterfalls are not secured (2010).

Cales II: Parking at Exit
Access: From Funchal on the ER-103 via Monte in the direction of Col de Poiso. A few kilometers after the end of Monte, in the hamlet of Terreiro da Luta, turn right onto the ER-201 and continue northeast for about 1400 m until you reach the Cales. Take the second car back to Terreiro da Luta, turn right again onto the ER-103 and drive uphill for about 2 km. After a long straight with a half avenue, you will see the administration building of the Parque Ecologico on the left. Park the other car here.
Return: After the wide ramp-like drop towards the exit of the canyon, you can see a cemented platform at the bottom (former water catchment). Here on the right bank downstream to the road, as the last waterfalls are not secured (2010).

Cedro (inferiore): Canyon Start
Approach: Either Cedro(s) med. "upstream" (for access at E1 or E2 cf. then there) or from P3 on the trail PR3SJO down to E3, see Google aerial photo in "Photo Gallery".
Tour: 10 rappel in the lower part, see also photos & videos

Cedro (inferiore): Canyon End
Return: Arrived at the coast, you have theoretically 3 possibilities:\n1. Pick up by boat (must be organized; only possible in calm seas)\n2. Along the coast in a westerly direction. This involves swimming a short distance (about 30m) during high tide, which is also only possible when the sea is calm. Also during low tide a passage at the waterline can be impossible in stronger swell. In this case the only option is to climb over the rocks. This is not easy, also because the ground is slippery. When you reach the mouth of the Cavaletes at the houses, take the trail PR3SJO to the right (eastward) up to P3, (the second section is then identical to the approach trail).\n3. The 3rd possibility of an exit with return is identical to the second with the difference that upon reaching the mouth of the Cavaletes at the houses, the trail PR3SJO is continued in a westerly direction close to the coast until you reach the car at P4.

Alquevins (inferior): Canyon Start
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Approach: On the left, the mule track goes towards Ponta dos Ilhéus and the entry to Ilhéus inferior. But we continue to the right up the long straight road, following the signs Ponta Ruiva, Peninha and Cabouco. A small sign here also points the way to the Ilhéus med. as well as to the Alquevins. The wide mule track, paved with unhewn stones, narrows and, after reaching the highest point, goes slightly downhill again. At a fork we stay left and a little later we arrive at the entry to the Ilhéus med. We continue along the mule track, we cross two more streams, we keep left down at a fork of the path, we cross another stream and with the fourth stream we reach our entry.
Tour: The stream, which never notches very deep, begins with several (3) small (max. 10m) rappels and initially shorter, then longer walking passages. After about half an hour we come to the first higher rappel - R4 (30m). This is followed by the inclined rappel R5 (35m). We swim through a longer pool, at the exit of which an impressive view of the sea and the coast opens up. The following step of 45m can be done by rope or after about 25m left / or 30m right break (R6/R7).Here should be a last emergency exit possibility (pathless through the jungle) before reaching the final vertical leading into the sea. After another small swimming passage we come to the final highlight, the 70m drop down to the sea. Again, there are alternative abseil routes to the left of the "beam" or on the right edge of the beam. We first rappelled 15m to the right edge of the ray (R8), then 30m keeping slightly to the right to an intermediate belay which is 18m above the sea. These 18m (R7) can also be jumped. A few meters above sea level there is apparently another anchor. Also from here a smaller jump into the sea is possible.

Alquevins (inferior): Canyon End
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Return: The adaequate way of the "way back" is to pick up by boat (see info under "Notes"). In the cited book a swimming possibility (only with absolutely calm sea) in the direction of Ponta do Ilhéu (approx. 1.2 km) is pointed out, but I would advise against it.

Barrosas inf.: Canyon Start
2025-09-30: very slippery. The first part marches in the river, proper canyon starts in second part.
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Approach: We now continue along the said meadow path, slightly downhill, with views of the sea and the coast. Later we enter a sparse coppice forest and, always marching downhill, cross 3 side streams/rivulets before reaching the main stream Rib. das Barrosas (entry). After the stream, the path would rise again.
Tour: We enter a comparatively little open canyon. Jumps or slides are sometimes possible throughout the canyon, but only after thorough prior examination. First, 4 rappels between 15m and 18m await us, A longer walking passages follows, where possibilities for an emergency exit to the left would open up. After a 20m rappel and a shorter walking section, the stream begins to deepen from the 6th rappel (8m). After 2 more rappels (11m u. 10m) and some passages of rappel we look out to the sea and then stand at the final rappel, 22m above the sea. The belay must be roped up here via the water-bearing chute on the left.

Barrosas inf.: Canyon End
2025-09-30: very slippery. The first part marches in the river, proper canyon starts in second part.
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Return: Only pick up with boat

Jose Fraga (inferior): Canyon Start
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Approach: We go back on the road 50 m in the direction of Fajã Grande. Here a larger gap opens up between the houses. We turn left and follow the path that initially goes along the left edge of the field bordered with rough stones towards the slope (anno 2016 here wooden signpost "Canyon J. Fraga inferiore/Cao inferiore/Casas inferiore"). The trail enters the coppice forest and moves only slightly uphill at the beginning. After about 10 min and about 20 m, before the trail exits the coppice to the north, a side trail turns left uphill (2016 also trail sign "Canyon"). Now it goes steeply uphill. At elevation 138 a.s.l. we cross the Fraga River at the ruins of a mill. We continue, often over steps, until at 320 a.s.l. a path leaves the main path on the left (2016 signs to the left to Fraga inferiore, to the right up to Cao and Casas, both inferiore). After a few meters we are in the stream (entry).
Tour: In quick succession, 8 rappels are lined up, usually with handrails to the anchor (40m - 30m - 16m - 8m - 45m - 7m - 30m - 18m). The stands are comfortable. Permanently you can enjoy the view.

Jose Fraga (inferior): Canyon End
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Return: After the last rappel first in the stream downhill, then at a house with a round apse out to the right and to the road. On this then to the right a few meters to the car.

Funda da Ponta Ruiva inf.: Canyon Start
Approach: The approach road a few meters further, the mule track to Cedros goes off to the left. We walk on it until the concrete bridge over "our" stream. Here we get on.
Tour: 7 rappels, some possible jumps and slides. Substrate less slippery than most other canyons on the island. The last (8th) rappel (15m) we are also - bumpy - slid, but the receiving rappel was only about 1.60m deep and the subsoil a rock plate (!). 10m above the rubble beach the tour is over.

Funda da Ponta Ruiva inf.: Canyon End
Return: After the aforementioned last rappel and without having descended to the beach, you climb up a fishermen's path on the left - initially in steep terrain. Later, the path then moves up through open coppice forest to our starting point in Ponta Ruiva.

Ilheus (inferior): Canyon Start
2025-10-04: Very beautiful
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Approach: To the right up the long straight road leads to the entry to the middle part of Ilhéus and to Ponte Ruiva, Peninha and Cabouco. We take the mule track off to the left towards Ponta dos Ilhéus.
Tour: 6 rappel in mostly gloomy ambience. Then the view of the sea opens up, but as a rule you get off before the last 2 rappel that lead down to the beach (3m+20m). Alternatively, if the sea is calm, you can organize a pickup by boat.

Ilheus (inferior): Canyon End
2025-10-04: Very beautiful
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Return: After the view of the sea opens up, after a tree trunk lying across the streambed, climb up to the right. Follow the footprints upwards until you reach the mule track. On it, turn right to the dilapidated mill and the bridge where the access was made to the lower part, then continue up to the parked car.

Ilheus (intermedio): Canyon Start
2025-10-04: Very beautiful
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Approach: On the left, the mule track goes towards Ponta dos Ilhéus and the entry to Ilhéus inferior. We continue from the right up the long straight road, following the signs Ponta Ruiva, Peninha and Cabouco. A small sign here also points the way to the Ilhéus med. as well as to the Alquevins. The wide mule track, paved with unhewn stones, narrows and, after reaching the highest point, goes slightly downhill again. At a junction we stay left and a little later we come to the stream and thus to the entry.
Tour: After 5 rappels in rich tropical fauna we come to the C45, the highlight of this descent.

Ilheus (intermedio): Canyon End
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Return: After the C45 we leave the streambed to the right on an old, open, water pipe that leads to the ruins of a mill. Here we take the path to the left over the bridge and come back to our car on it.\nAlternatively, you can continue the Ilhéus inferior until the sea (see there).

Mouco: Canyon Start
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Approach: We now follow this trail, crossing successively two streams and after about 30 minutes we come to a third, "our" stream (entry).
Tour: After a few meters, the first rappel (R1 - 13m) awaits us. There follow 4 more rappels (max. 11m) in the openly dahinplätschernden stream. Then several steps with a rappel überwunden (R6 - 40m). After that würde an exit möglichkeit eröffnen. Now begins the vertical part. Üvia R7 - 7m, R8 -35m, R8a - 4m, R9 -24m and R10 - 6m we reach the "Schlüsselstelle", an almost 100m high vertical wall, which is part of a largeßen cauldron and opens up an impressive deep view of the sea and the depths below. With a 5m - handrail we come to the stand on the edge. After R11 - 28m we reach the nächste stance, which is slightly offset from the fall line to the right. Now follows R12 - 40m in free slope. The next belaystation is located directly above the closed lava ring and may require a small commuter. Below the high wall follow 3 rappels, partly in the beam in a somewhat incised chute (23m - 20m - 16m). Then the geröllige Küstensaum is reached.

Mouco: Canyon End
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Return: We turn right and after some time we come to a rocky outcrop protruding into the sea, which is climbed around. A fixed rope facilitates the descent here (2016). In the following bay, purple markings lead upärts and orographic (!) to the left of the descending ditch. In 2016, on the occasion of the international meeting (CIMA), the path was cut out by the ginger wild growth, but this will probably be different in years when such a meeting does not take place on Flores. After reaching the plateau, we cross the meadow and rejoin the PR1FLO trail that we took. On this left to the car.\nIf one should not be able to find the here described re-ascent to the plateau, könntete alternatively another more pleasant and probably also clearer ascent möglichkeit offer themselves. To do this, you go about 600 m further along the geröllige Küste in the direction of the lighthouse. Then you have to look at the height of a large rock on the seashore for the beginning of a path that üover the steep slope above the Küste up führt (not verified, but from above the beginning of the path down clearly recognized and path in the topograf. Map to find. The beginning of the path is estimated at GPS: 39.513712° N -31.232629 E (WSG 84) or UTM: 25S 651932.4375277 (WSG 84) ) - see also the route sketched on the photo according to the topographic view. One comes on it to a viewpoint, takes from there the narrow Straße to the "Hauptstraße" and gets on it right up to the car. See me now confirmed by . So apparently also in

Silva: Canyon Start
Approach: Immediately before the bridge right down into the streambed.
Tour: A descent in tropical ambience awaits us with a total of 12 rappels, mostly from trees. Rappels 8 and 9 have the greatest height with 24m and 40m; all others are below 20m. At the exit of the canyon we walk out to the rocky seashore.

Silva: Canyon End
Return: At about the height of the large rock in the streambed, we make our way vertically up through the reed belt. We climb the steep slope without a trail and come across (at least in 2016) a thin rope that leads us to the right to the beginning of an old path. It leads us steeply uphill. Where the old path exits the forest, we turn before the meadow on another path, then cross a meadow to the right down to the now visible parking lot of the lower car.\nShould we have only one car at the top of the access, do not turn right at the edge of the forest, but continue straight up to Caveira, the last meters then on the mentioned Rua José Pereira Borges to ER 1-2. Here then left to the car at the bridge.

Fazenda inf.: Canyon Start
2025-09-28: slippery, jumps possible
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Approach: From the car back to the bridge and immediately south of the bridge down to the creek.
Tour: Walking, downclimbing, involuntary slides and 3 rappels (8m - 12m - 22m) await us. The 1st rappel goes into a pool that siphons. If the water flow is greater, be aware of the danger this poses (when rappelling, you can go out to the left without having to rappel all the way into the pool). At the E-Werk you can exit directly or continue to the last step that descends into the sea.

Fazenda inf.: Canyon End
2025-09-28: slippery, jumps possible
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Return: From the E-Werk up the road to ER 1-2, unless you have parked a second car at the E-Werk.

Agua Negra: Canyon Start
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Approach: You can now walk down the closed tarred road not quite 2 km to the houses of Rabacal or take a shuttle bus (2 euros down, 3 euros up). From Rabacal (good signposting - 2010), first follow the Levado do Risco for a few hundred meters in the direction of Cascada do Risco; then the signpost 'Levada 25 Fontes' prompts us to descend onto it. We now follow the Levada 25 Fontes, cross the Rib. Grande and then reach the Rib. da Água Negra below the 50 m waterfall, where the 25 springs trickle out of the basalt below.\n\nAn access option is also available via the "Levadas das 25 Fontes" through the "Tunel do Rabacal". You must then park at the barbecue area in the third-last hairpin bend of the ER211.
Tour: Even the approach is a pleasure; after the interesting access (with possible jumps), there is a longer walking passages in off-road terrain before it gets interesting again - and stays that way. After about half of the descent, you reach the Levada Vermelha, where the Rib. dos Cedros joins from the right. Continue under the levada until it joins the Rib. da Janela coming from the left.

Agua Negra: Canyon End
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Return: Turn left out onto the rocks and uphill along the edge of the Água Negra until you reach a path that leads uphill (past a small stone house) to Levada Vermelha. Follow this to the right until you reach the bridge over the Rib. Grande (just before, on the righthand side, the 85 m drop of the Rib. do Alecrim - only 40 m visible), cross the Rib. Gr. and, keeping left, follow the path steeply uphill until you reach Levada 25 Fontes again. Turn right here for a few hundred meters until the path on the left leads up to the houses of Rabacal.

Fafiao inf.: Canyon Start
Approach: We continue uphill to the north on a dirt road, passing two turn-offs to the left. We take the trail to the left after a few hundred meters (in 2005 there were blue beehives here). We climb uphill to the NNW above the Rio Toco. After reaching about 750 m above sea level, the path descends again and we reach a bridge over the Rio Toco at about 700 m above sea level (entry)
Tour: See photos & video

Fafiao inf.: Canyon End
Return: At 545 m above sea level, immediately after the first plastic pipes across the river, turn left and walk up an initially overgrown track (the slightly downhill track below is the wrong one!) to the car (approx. 25 min.). If you miss the right exit or can't find it, you can walk down the riverbed to the road bridge and from there back up the road to the left to Fafião

Folhado (inferiore): Canyon Start
2025-12-27: In the upper part 2 fresh landslides, after the confluence with Hortela quite a lot of water but without problems.
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Approach: see (up to the designated point)
Tour: 16 rappels, see also topographic view, photos and videos

Folhado (inferiore): Parking Entry and Exit
2025-12-27: In the upper part 2 fresh landslides, after the confluence with Hortela quite a lot of water but without problems.
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Access: See Google aerial photo in "Photo gallery
Return: After the inflow of the Hortela continue a few meters in the streambed (with a rappel) and then out onto the trail, follow it back to the car.

Folhado (inferiore): Canyon End
2025-12-27: In the upper part 2 fresh landslides, after the confluence with Hortela quite a lot of water but without problems.
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Saltadouro: Canyon Start
2024-08-24: First part (2/3rd) is super boring, only some pools make it bearable. The final... It could be pretty and amusing with a completely different rigging approach. The now existing explo-style is rather a...
Approach: At the exit of the right-hand bend, where the upper vehicle is parked at the edge of the N 103, a small paved road goes down to the left. This meets a similar road coming up from the right. Follow the latter on the left (in a south-westerly direction) down to the stone bridge over the Saltadouro (entry on the left).
Tour: In the chaos at the exit, the rappel anchors are not always easy to find; twice you rappel on rope slings through narrow holes into cavities below.

Saltadouro: Canyon End
2024-08-24: First part (2/3rd) is super boring, only some pools make it bearable. The final... It could be pretty and amusing with a completely different rigging approach. The now existing explo-style is rather a...
Return: Turn left at the bridge. If you have parked a second car, follow the dirt road to the left (in a southerly direction) up to the N 103; if you only have the car in Ruivaes, follow the dirt road to the right over the bridge in a northerly direction until you come to a small road that leads up to Ruivaes, see map section in

Saltadouro: Parking at Entry
2024-08-24: First part (2/3rd) is super boring, only some pools make it bearable. The final... It could be pretty and amusing with a completely different rigging approach. The now existing explo-style is rather a...
Access: From Braga on the N 103 (east) towards Chaves. After 45 km you reach Ruivaes. If you have a second car, park it about 3 km before Ruivaes on the N 103, where a dirt road comes up from the bottom left, see map at
Return: Turn left at the bridge. If you have parked a second car, follow the dirt road to the left (in a southerly direction) up to the N 103; if you only have the car in Ruivaes, follow the dirt road to the right over the bridge in a northerly direction until you come to a small road that leads up to Ruivaes, see map section in

Saltadouro: Parking at Exit
Access: From Braga on the N 103 (east) towards Chaves. After 45 km you reach Ruivaes. If you have a second car, park it about 3 km before Ruivaes on the N 103, where a dirt road comes up from the bottom left, see map at
Return: Turn left at the bridge. If you have parked a second car, follow the dirt road to the left (in a southerly direction) up to the N 103; if you only have the car in Ruivaes, follow the dirt road to the right over the bridge in a northerly direction until you come to a small road that leads up to Ruivaes, see map section in

Saltadouro: Parking at Entry1
Access: From Braga on the N 103 (east) towards Chaves. After 45 km you reach Ruivaes. If you have a second car, park it about 3 km before Ruivaes on the N 103, where a dirt road comes up from the bottom left, see map at

Ribeira de Água d'Alto: Canyon Start
2025-06-08: Access path is rather steep but obvious, a bit overgrown and short (start by the green handrail, up to a water tank or what, than follow the pipeline). Takes 20-25 minutes. The big one needs careful...
2024-11-03: Low water level. All stands in good condition. Access at the stairs with green handrail from the road.
2024-10-19: Short but always beautiful canyon.
Approach: Follow the path up the left bank at the sewage treatment plant.
Tour: C15 Rope traverse C15 c95 (C45, C50)

Ribeira de Água d'Alto: Canyon End
2025-06-08: Access path is rather steep but obvious, a bit overgrown and short (start by the green handrail, up to a water tank or what, than follow the pipeline). Takes 20-25 minutes. The big one needs careful...
2024-11-03: Low water level. All stands in good condition. Access at the stairs with green handrail from the road.
2024-10-19: Short but always beautiful canyon.
Return: Go through the tunnel under the road to the Atlantic coast. Then turn right along the coast until after a few meters a staircase leads up to the road.

Ribeira de Água d'Alto: Parking Entry and Exit
2025-06-08: Access path is rather steep but obvious, a bit overgrown and short (start by the green handrail, up to a water tank or what, than follow the pipeline). Takes 20-25 minutes. The big one needs careful...
2024-11-03: Low water level. All stands in good condition. Access at the stairs with green handrail from the road.
2024-10-19: Short but always beautiful canyon.
Access: Road from São Vicente in the direction of Seixal. Park directly at the Agua Alto waterfall, just before the Agua de Alto tunnel.
Return: Go through the tunnel under the road to the Atlantic coast. Then turn right along the coast until after a few meters a staircase leads up to the road.

Ribeira do Campanário: Canyon Start
2026-01-05: Very short and unfortunately a lot of garbage in the canyon. Otherwise the high waterfall is fun after rainfall. We rappelled through in one, it was easy to pull off.
2025-03-26: Very short but intense and spectacular. The high waterfall has an intermediate stand in a direct line after about 50 meters. This is not optimally drilled in, the rope runs over a rough edge and jams...
2023-01-18: Very short abseil canyon with only one key section
Approach: Follow the hiking trail in the direction of Calhau da Lapa. This hiking trail leads along the "Ribeira do Campanário" stream
Tour: From the railing, rappel into the canyon. This is followed by a 15-meter-high rappel, shortly afterwards the technically complex 90-meter waterfall on the left bank, consisting of a short feeder and the initially free-hanging C90. The extremely exposed abseil stand is very far ahead and can only be reached via another short abseil point and a lot of skill or experience. The rope course is free-hanging over a long stretch and therefore very gentle on the rope. Initially you are next to the waterfall, but you get closer and closer to the water or the spray until you finally find yourself in the middle of the waterfall. As the canyon is very short, we did another round immediately afterwards. Below the C90, we walked through the riverbed to Calhau da Lapa.

Ribeira do Campanário: Canyon End
2026-01-05: Very short and unfortunately a lot of garbage in the canyon. Otherwise the high waterfall is fun after rainfall. We rappelled through in one, it was easy to pull off.
2025-03-26: Very short but intense and spectacular. The high waterfall has an intermediate stand in a direct line after about 50 meters. This is not optimally drilled in, the rope runs over a rough edge and jams...
2023-01-18: Very short abseil canyon with only one key section
Return: Follow the hiking trail to Campanario

Ribeira do Campanário: Parking Entry and Exit
2026-01-05: Very short and unfortunately a lot of garbage in the canyon. Otherwise the high waterfall is fun after rainfall. We rappelled through in one, it was easy to pull off.
2025-03-26: Very short but intense and spectacular. The high waterfall has an intermediate stand in a direct line after about 50 meters. This is not optimally drilled in, the rope runs over a rough edge and jams...
2023-01-18: Very short abseil canyon with only one key section
Access: On the VR1, take the Campanário exit. Drive towards Estrada de São Brás and park near the bridge over the Ribeira do Campanário.
Return: Follow the hiking trail to Campanario

Ribeira do Cidrao: Canyon Start
2024-10-06: Short, pretty beginner's tour. We walked up from the bottom (50min.) and needed the same amount of time to walk down the canyon to the car.
2024-03-02: Condition of all anchor points is top. The access was destroyed by an earth rut, but has since been repaired. Local guides had also just built an alternative access on the day of our tour. We refrai...
2023-01-15: Tour video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dseeR3DFef8
Approach: The access first follows a forest road slightly uphill (there is a small construction company on the right). Then follow the track downhill and always straight ahead, the track becomes narrower and becomes a path, follow this downhill until you reach a levada, which is initially covered by concrete slabs. Now continue to the right, a little later over a narrow green bridge and continue to follow the levada until you reach the stream.
Tour: Some low abseiling points and a nice slide. Be careful, there were several sprained feet on this slide in the 2023 season!

Ribeira do Cidrao: Canyon End
2024-10-06: Short, pretty beginner's tour. We walked up from the bottom (50min.) and needed the same amount of time to walk down the canyon to the car.
2024-03-02: Condition of all anchor points is top. The access was destroyed by an earth rut, but has since been repaired. Local guides had also just built an alternative access on the day of our tour. We refrai...
2023-01-15: Tour video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dseeR3DFef8
Return: The canyoning tour exits shortly before the ER107 road. Here turn right up over the boulder field. Alternatively, after the bridge, take the forest path on the left bank, but there is another anchor in the area of the bridge.

Ribeira do Cidrao: Parking at Exit
2024-10-06: Short, pretty beginner's tour. We walked up from the bottom (50min.) and needed the same amount of time to walk down the canyon to the car.
2024-03-02: Condition of all anchor points is top. The access was destroyed by an earth rut, but has since been repaired. Local guides had also just built an alternative access on the day of our tour. We refrai...
2023-01-15: Tour video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dseeR3DFef8
Access: From Funchal, follow the ER107 to Curral das Freiras. Immediately after the long tunnel, turn right up to the parking entry (picnic area) and park at the roadside.
Return: The canyoning tour exits shortly before the ER107 road. Here turn right up over the boulder field. Alternatively, after the bridge, take the forest path on the left bank, but there is another anchor in the area of the bridge.

Ribeira do Cidrao: Parking at Entry
Access: From Funchal, follow the ER107 to Curral das Freiras. Immediately after the long tunnel, turn right up to the parking entry (picnic area) and park at the roadside.
Return: The canyoning tour exits shortly before the ER107 road. Here turn right up over the boulder field. Alternatively, after the bridge, take the forest path on the left bank, but there is another anchor in the area of the bridge.

Ribeira Funda: Canyon Start
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2025-12-29: Great, short canyon! Can be easily combined with Pedra Branca without having to move the car.
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Approach: From Ribeira Funda it is a short, easy to find hiking trail to the canyon of the same name. It starts at the parking lot to the right of the house. Always follow this path without turning left into the plantations. After a good 10 minutes you reach the mostly dry streambed of the canyon. Enter the Funda or alternatively follow the path to Terra d'Alem, which flows into the Funda.
Tour: It starts with a downclimb, a small rappel and a short run. This is followed by the 60 meter high waterfall, for which there are anchor points both on the right bank and on the left bank (on the tree). For both abseil points there are anchors for a rope traverse / feeder, for the right-bank feeder to the belay station of the C60 these are very far back. There is room for a maximum of three people at the two belays, so larger groups must plan for ropes for the feeders (2x20m). These can then also be used for the short abseils. Below the C60, the canyon is cut deep, at the following C8 it becomes almost dark. This is followed by several small to medium rappels, jumpable a maximum of twice. The C22 at the end is another beautiful waterfall with sea views.

Ribeira Funda: Canyon End
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2025-12-29: Great, short canyon! Can be easily combined with Pedra Branca without having to move the car.
2025-12-10: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Funda (inférieure) Après les pluies du week-end, le niveau d'eau est spectaculaire, en particulier au niveau des deux hautes cascades. (Quelle...
Return: The tour exits directly at the old coastal road on the Atlantic. Follow this road to the right for a few minutes to the parking exit. (approx. 5 minutes) With only one car parked in Ribeira Funda, the way back is self-explanatory. After climbing over the wall, simply follow the old road through the tunnels to Ribeira Funda (approx. 15 minutes). If you have parked in the official parking lot, follow the old road for another 700 meters until you reach the new road. Turn left here to the parking lot. (approx. 10 minutes)

Ribeira Funda: Parking at Exit
2026-01-15: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Funda (inférieure) Nous avons rétabli plusieurs points et remplacé certains ancrages à vis par des ancrages chimiques. En période de tres gros...
2025-12-29: Great, short canyon! Can be easily combined with Pedra Branca without having to move the car.
2025-12-10: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Funda (inférieure) Après les pluies du week-end, le niveau d'eau est spectaculaire, en particulier au niveau des deux hautes cascades. (Quelle...
Comment: Vorsicht vor Steinschlag. Auf keinen Fall im Rettungstunnel parken!
Access: VE2 highway from Seixal to Porto Moniz. If you only have one car, you can park in Ribeira Funda (see parking lot for access). Large groups with several vehicles should park at the exit of Seixal (see parking lot "Access and exit"), which considerably extends the access. It is not recommended to park a car in front of the steep tunnel near the exit (exit parking lot), as there is often rockfall from the steep slopes above. DO NOT park in the newer rescue tunnel, you will be ticketed and/or your vehicle will be towed away.
Return: The tour exits directly at the old coastal road on the Atlantic. Follow this road to the right for a few minutes to the parking exit. (approx. 5 minutes) With only one car parked in Ribeira Funda, the way back is self-explanatory. After climbing over the wall, simply follow the old road through the tunnels to Ribeira Funda (approx. 15 minutes). If you have parked in the official parking lot, follow the old road for another 700 meters until you reach the new road. Turn left here to the parking lot. (approx. 10 minutes)

Ribeira Funda: Parking at Entry
Comment: Bitte hier diskret parken, der wenige Platz ist bei Anwohnern beliebt. In keinem Fall die gekreuzte Wendefläche nutzen!
Access: VE2 highway from Seixal to Porto Moniz. If you only have one car, you can park in Ribeira Funda (see parking lot for access). Large groups with several vehicles should park at the exit of Seixal (see parking lot "Access and exit"), which considerably extends the access. It is not recommended to park a car in front of the steep tunnel near the exit (exit parking lot), as there is often rockfall from the steep slopes above. DO NOT park in the newer rescue tunnel, you will be ticketed and/or your vehicle will be towed away.
Return: The tour exits directly at the old coastal road on the Atlantic. Follow this road to the right for a few minutes to the parking exit. (approx. 5 minutes) With only one car parked in Ribeira Funda, the way back is self-explanatory. After climbing over the wall, simply follow the old road through the tunnels to Ribeira Funda (approx. 15 minutes). If you have parked in the official parking lot, follow the old road for another 700 meters until you reach the new road. Turn left here to the parking lot. (approx. 10 minutes)

Ribeira Funda: Parking Entry and Exit
Comment: Dies ist der "offizielle" Parkplatz, der etwa 750 Meter vom o.g. Ausstiegsparkplatz entfernt ist.
Access: VE2 highway from Seixal to Porto Moniz. If you only have one car, you can park in Ribeira Funda (see parking lot for access). Large groups with several vehicles should park at the exit of Seixal (see parking lot "Access and exit"), which considerably extends the access. It is not recommended to park a car in front of the steep tunnel near the exit (exit parking lot), as there is often rockfall from the steep slopes above. DO NOT park in the newer rescue tunnel, you will be ticketed and/or your vehicle will be towed away.

Ribeira das Furnas: Canyon Start
2026-01-06: The damaged stance can be left out and rappelled from above in one go. For the remaining stands, see Mitch's comment. Unfortunately again a lot of garbage in the stream... The "Segnes feeling" at the...
2025-06-26: Apparently there was a strong flood between April 20th and today. Although the canyon is passable, at least we got down safely, some of the anchors in the narrow area are bent. Two of them are definit...
2025-04-20: The high rappels are worthwhile, for anchors see description Mitch. Access is no longer possible as the path is closed, only shuttle by car possible. At the access to the creek it goes from the path t...
Approach: By car: Walk up the Vereda das Furnas stairway, which offers a great first impression of the waterfalls. When the path flattens out, stay on it for a few more minutes until a small path between a wooden telephone pole and a steel electricity pylon leads down into the cultivated fields. Orientation is somewhat difficult here, depending on the path you choose, you will end up more or less high up in the stream. Ideally, you should start the tour under a large tree with a small downclimb a few meters before the first rappel. (60 min) With two cars: Walk a few meters further towards the village and then descend the stairway and follow it along the houses. Shortly after the last houses are behind you, a small path branches off sharply down to the left between a wooden telephone pole and a steel electricity pylon. See above for the rest. (25 min)
Tour: It doesn't start very spectacularly with a few small abseils. After the 4th anchor, we find ourselves in a beautiful, deep canyon. At the 8th anchor, the character of the canyon changes again massively: the canyon opens up significantly and we find ourselves in the 85-metre-high cascade of Furnas Canyon. This is rappelled in two lengths. There is limited space for 3 to 4 people at the intermediate belay station. This is followed by a 50 meter waterfall (10m + 40m, there is just enough uncomfortable space for people at the intermediate stand) and a 20 meter waterfall. A little further through the undergrowth and you can see the back of the church.

Ribeira das Furnas: Canyon End
2026-01-06: The damaged stance can be left out and rappelled from above in one go. For the remaining stands, see Mitch's comment. Unfortunately again a lot of garbage in the stream... The "Segnes feeling" at the...
2025-06-26: Apparently there was a strong flood between April 20th and today. Although the canyon is passable, at least we got down safely, some of the anchors in the narrow area are bent. Two of them are definit...
2025-04-20: The high rappels are worthwhile, for anchors see description Mitch. Access is no longer possible as the path is closed, only shuttle by car possible. At the access to the creek it goes from the path t...
Return: Climb up the concrete wall on the right and go behind the church to the car. Behind the church there is a brief feeling of blessing.

Ribeira das Furnas: Parking Entry and Exit
2026-01-06: The damaged stance can be left out and rappelled from above in one go. For the remaining stands, see Mitch's comment. Unfortunately again a lot of garbage in the stream... The "Segnes feeling" at the...
2025-06-26: Apparently there was a strong flood between April 20th and today. Although the canyon is passable, at least we got down safely, some of the anchors in the narrow area are bent. Two of them are definit...
2025-04-20: The high rappels are worthwhile, for anchors see description Mitch. Access is no longer possible as the path is closed, only shuttle by car possible. At the access to the creek it goes from the path t...
Access: By car: Parking lot at the chapel of Meia Legua. With two cars: Drive up to Furna and park directly after the tunnel before entering the village.
Return: Climb up the concrete wall on the right and go behind the church to the car. Behind the church there is a brief feeling of blessing.

Ribeira das Furnas: Parking at Entry
Access: By car: Parking lot at the chapel of Meia Legua. With two cars: Drive up to Furna and park directly after the tunnel before entering the village.
Return: Climb up the concrete wall on the right and go behind the church to the car. Behind the church there is a brief feeling of blessing.

Ribeira da Igreja (inférieur): Canyon End
2023-01-17: Various titanium glued anchors set.
2023-01-17: Very dangerous approach! Pay attention to tides, swell and cable car operating times!
2021-01-26: First ascent, all expedition-style anchors from DIY chains.
Return: When you reach the sea, turn orographic right (the sea will be on your left). If the high tide cuts off the path at a rock ledge, you can climb it. There is an anchor at the top to rappel down the other side. After a good 15 minutes over rough scree, you can climb 2 to 3 meters up a bad staircase of boulders on the right. Follow the path at the top until it joins a paved road. Now turn left and walk to the valley station of the cable car (45 min). Take this to the top. Pay attention to the travel times. If the cable car does not run (wind, too late, defective), you can climb 200 meters northeast of the cable car via the Vereda do Calhau to the top station. The path initially leads up steep steps through the Ribeira do Tristao canyon. Keep right at the fork. (450 m, 75 min).

Ribeira da Igreja (inférieur): Parking Entry and Exit
2023-01-17: Various titanium glued anchors set.
2023-01-17: Very dangerous approach! Pay attention to tides, swell and cable car operating times!
2021-01-26: First ascent, all expedition-style anchors from DIY chains.
Access: From Porto Moniz, take the Achadas da Cruz cable car (Teleferico).
Return: When you reach the sea, turn orographic right (the sea will be on your left). If the high tide cuts off the path at a rock ledge, you can climb it. There is an anchor at the top to rappel down the other side. After a good 15 minutes over rough scree, you can climb 2 to 3 meters up a bad staircase of boulders on the right. Follow the path at the top until it joins a paved road. Now turn left and walk to the valley station of the cable car (45 min). Take this to the top. Pay attention to the travel times. If the cable car does not run (wind, too late, defective), you can climb 200 meters northeast of the cable car via the Vereda do Calhau to the top station. The path initially leads up steep steps through the Ribeira do Tristao canyon. Keep right at the fork. (450 m, 75 min).

Lajeado (Ribeira Grande): Canyon Start
2024-10-23: All stands and jumps are good, the upper part is very commercial. In the lower part there is an incredible view. E47 and E73 are hanging belays - a step loop is recommended. On the exit, it is best to...

Lajeado (Ribeira Grande): Canyon End
2024-10-23: All stands and jumps are good, the upper part is very commercial. In the lower part there is an incredible view. E47 and E73 are hanging belays - a step loop is recommended. On the exit, it is best to...

Lajeado (Ribeira Grande): Parking Entry and Exit
2024-10-23: All stands and jumps are good, the upper part is very commercial. In the lower part there is an incredible view. E47 and E73 are hanging belays - a step loop is recommended. On the exit, it is best to...

Ribeira das Mijas Velhas: Canyon Start
2023-01-22: Moderately interesting canyon. We didn't find the right approach straight away and can't define the best route. Wonderful views on the approach. The canyoning tour is varied, but very poorly equipped...
Tour: MC10 AN (rope traverse ~10 meters from the tree) C35 (rappel ~35 meters) DES (downclimb) C5 AN C6 DES C7 AN C6 DES C4 ON DES C10 Marche + several DES (walk & downclimb several times) C10 Marche + several DES C40 C20 C8 C12 AN

Ribeira das Mijas Velhas: Canyon End
2023-01-22: Moderately interesting canyon. We didn't find the right approach straight away and can't define the best route. Wonderful views on the approach. The canyoning tour is varied, but very poorly equipped...
Return: The tour exits just before the road

Ribeira das Mijas Velhas: Parking Entry and Exit
2023-01-22: Moderately interesting canyon. We didn't find the right approach straight away and can't define the best route. Wonderful views on the approach. The canyoning tour is varied, but very poorly equipped...
Access: Drive to Tabua and park there.
Return: The tour exits just before the road

Ribeira do Passo: Canyon Start
2025-12-30: Apart from the 50m waterfall as a highlight, otherwise a lot of streambed wading with undergrowth and wood.
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2025-04-22: Everything ok
Approach: A relaxed access along the Levada do Faja Rodriguez leads to the Ribeira do Passo inferior canyon.

Ribeira do Passo: Canyon End
2025-12-30: Apart from the 50m waterfall as a highlight, otherwise a lot of streambed wading with undergrowth and wood.
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2025-04-22: Everything ok
Return: Follow the Levada do Lanço in the direction of flow through some side valleys to the lower parking lot.

Ribeira do Passo: Parking at Exit
2025-12-30: Apart from the 50m waterfall as a highlight, otherwise a lot of streambed wading with undergrowth and wood.
2025-05-29: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Passo (inférieur) Descente à 6CAF Avignon/Nyons. Approche 40mn, descente 4h30, retour 20mn. Eau 13°.Trouvé une paire de lunette de soleil de v...
2025-04-22: Everything ok
Access: Park at Lanco or on the ER208 at Miradouro.
Return: Follow the Levada do Lanço in the direction of flow through some side valleys to the lower parking lot.

Ribeira do Passo: Parking at Entry
Access: Park at Lanco or on the ER208 at Miradouro.
Return: Follow the Levada do Lanço in the direction of flow through some side valleys to the lower parking lot.

Abelheira: Canyon Start

Abelheira: Canyon End

Além inférior: Canyon Start

Além inférior: Canyon End

Badanela Supérior: Canyon Start

Branco: Canyon Start
Approach: We follow the road to the bridge and go down to the river.
Tour: No major complications

Branco: Canyon End
Return: A path on our left will take us up to the road, we take it to the left and then left again to go to the M569.

Branco: Parking at Entry
Access: We must reach the village of Couto de Esteves. From Oliveira de Frades on the N227 towards São João da Serra. Follow the N227 to Lameiras. Turn right to Couto de Esteves on the M569. At Couto turn right to Sever do Vouga. Just at the exit of the village we have a park on the left just before the bridge over the river Branco. We park
Return: A path on our left will take us up to the road, we take it to the left and then left again to go to the M569.

Branco: Parking at Exit
Access: We must reach the village of Couto de Esteves. From Oliveira de Frades on the N227 towards São João da Serra. Follow the N227 to Lameiras. Turn right to Couto de Esteves on the M569. At Couto turn right to Sever do Vouga. Just at the exit of the village we have a park on the left just before the bridge over the river Branco. We park
Return: A path on our left will take us up to the road, we take it to the left and then left again to go to the M569.

Cabo: Canyon Start
2025-10-07: very slippery. anchoring from trees. exit from canyon not obvious

Caimbro: Canyon Start

Caldeirões Inferior: Canyon Start

Caldeirões Inferior: Canyon End

Cão Superior: Canyon Start
2025-10-01: very beautiful, garden like canyon. might cut a rope

Capulla: Canyon Start
2025-12-30: We rappelled the 110m in one go, the ropes were easy to pull off.
2024-10-09: Beautiful rappel with a 111 m high waterfall.
2024-10-09: With Levada hike there and back a very nice tour.

Capulla: Canyon End
2025-12-30: We rappelled the 110m in one go, the ropes were easy to pull off.
2024-10-09: Beautiful rappel with a 111 m high waterfall.
2024-10-09: With Levada hike there and back a very nice tour.

Casas Inférior: Canyon Start
2025-10-06: Nice canyon. Approaches path very muddy

Cavaletes: Canyon Start

Delgado (Partie A): Canyon Start

Delgado (Partie A): Canyon End

Delgado (Partie A): Parking at Entry

Delgado (Partie A): Parking at Exit

Delgado (Partie B): Canyon Start

Delgado (Partie B): Canyon End
Return: The way back, which is also the access route for Delgado C, is extremely exposed and certainly even more dangerous downhill. It leads through the cliff face onto the old, partly buried coastal road, which you follow for a few hundred meters to the Veu de Noiva viewpoint. A car should be parked here.

Delgado (Partie B): Parking at Entry
Return: The way back, which is also the access route for Delgado C, is extremely exposed and certainly even more dangerous downhill. It leads through the cliff face onto the old, partly buried coastal road, which you follow for a few hundred meters to the Veu de Noiva viewpoint. A car should be parked here.

Delgado (Partie B): Parking at Exit
Return: The way back, which is also the access route for Delgado C, is extremely exposed and certainly even more dangerous downhill. It leads through the cliff face onto the old, partly buried coastal road, which you follow for a few hundred meters to the Veu de Noiva viewpoint. A car should be parked here.

Fonte: Canyon Start

Funda Fazenda Lajes: Canyon Start

Galinhaca: Canyon Start

Galinhaca: Canyon End

Grande inferior: Canyon Start
Comment: Entrer dans le canyon au Niveau du pont

Grande inferior: Canyon End
Comment: Sortie à la centrale hydroélectrique

Grande inferior: Unknown Parking
Comment: Se garer au niveau de la conduite forcée

Hortelã superior (partie 1): Canyon Start
2024-11-08: On access, always follow the path marked with a yellow and black flutter line. Even if the path is confusing. All anchors are in good condition. It is also advisable to use the small rope traverses, a...
Approach: From the parking lot, cross the road through the metal gate and follow the hiking trail to the "start of the stream" (according to GPS) (approx. 1000m). Then turn left onto the narrow path and follow the trail. The path is marked with yellow and black ribbons (as of 11/2024) and is very winding.
Tour: Beautiful canyon with a great multipitch. The highlight is the almost completely free-hanging 40m rappel at the end of the multipitch.

Hortelã superior (partie 1): Canyon End
2024-11-08: On access, always follow the path marked with a yellow and black flutter line. Even if the path is confusing. All anchors are in good condition. It is also advisable to use the small rope traverses, a...
Comment: Arrivée à la Levada Do Norte
Return: Over the Levada do Norte to the hiking trail. From there, either follow the trail down towards Chao da Ribeira (second car at the bottom) or ascent to the car on the plateau. Or you can walk the lower part of the canyon.

Hortelã superior (partie 1): Parking at Entry
2024-11-08: On access, always follow the path marked with a yellow and black flutter line. Even if the path is confusing. All anchors are in good condition. It is also advisable to use the small rope traverses, a...
Access: Park on the plateau via the ER209 road in the parking lot near the coordinates. There is a metal gate on the opposite side (start of access)
Return: Over the Levada do Norte to the hiking trail. From there, either follow the trail down towards Chao da Ribeira (second car at the bottom) or ascent to the car on the plateau. Or you can walk the lower part of the canyon.

Hortelã superior (partie 1): Parking at Exit
Access: Park on the plateau via the ER209 road in the parking lot near the coordinates. There is a metal gate on the opposite side (start of access)
Return: Over the Levada do Norte to the hiking trail. From there, either follow the trail down towards Chao da Ribeira (second car at the bottom) or ascent to the car on the plateau. Or you can walk the lower part of the canyon.

Hortelã superior (partie 2): Canyon Start
2025-12-28: High water level after rainfall, superiore fun!
2024-11-08: Stream and anchors in good condition. Have previously done part 1. Part 1 and part 2 are often grouped together as the superiore part.
Comment: Départ de la Levada Do Norte
Approach: Via several hiking trails to Levada do Norte up to the canyon. Jungle Rain/ Beira do Lombo Queimado is crossed along the way.
Tour: Part goes from Levada do Norte to Levada do Seixal. Shortly before the exit, Jungel Rain superiore/ Beira Lombo Queimado comes in from the right. The last rappel ends on Levada do Seixal and exits "backwards" into the tunnel. The rest of the waterfall belongs to the lower part and is rappelled from the right of the levada to the intermediate belay.

Hortelã superior (partie 2): Canyon End
2025-12-28: High water level after rainfall, superiore fun!
2024-11-08: Stream and anchors in good condition. Have previously done part 1. Part 1 and part 2 are often grouped together as the superiore part.
Comment: Sortie au milieu de la C76 sur la Levada do Seixal
Return: Over the Levada do Seixal to the hiking trail. From there, either follow the trail down towards Chao da Ribeira (second car at the bottom) or ascent to the car on the plateau. Or you can walk the lower part of the canyon.

Hortelã superior (partie 2): Parking at Entry
2025-12-28: High water level after rainfall, superiore fun!
2024-11-08: Stream and anchors in good condition. Have previously done part 1. Part 1 and part 2 are often grouped together as the superiore part.
Access: Same as section 1 if you park at the top. If only one car is parked at the bottom, then drive to Chao da Ribeira on the ER221. Drive through the village until you reach the exit of the road/path.
Return: Over the Levada do Seixal to the hiking trail. From there, either follow the trail down towards Chao da Ribeira (second car at the bottom) or ascent to the car on the plateau. Or you can walk the lower part of the canyon.

Hortelã superior (partie 2): Parking at Exit
Access: Same as section 1 if you park at the top. If only one car is parked at the bottom, then drive to Chao da Ribeira on the ER221. Drive through the village until you reach the exit of the road/path.
Return: Over the Levada do Seixal to the hiking trail. From there, either follow the trail down towards Chao da Ribeira (second car at the bottom) or ascent to the car on the plateau. Or you can walk the lower part of the canyon.

Hortelã superior (partie 2): Waypoint
Comment: Accès Llevadas d\'approche
Approach: Via several hiking trails to Levada do Norte up to the canyon. Jungle Rain/ Beira do Lombo Queimado is crossed along the way.

José de Fraga Supérior: Canyon Start

Jungle Rain: Canyon Start
2024-11-06: Well equipped and nice to walk. We did Vimieiro afterwards.
2024-10-04: 1st hour of the canyon is not so great. We recommend adding Hortela inferiore or Vimiero. Access trail:
2023-10-04: A great tour with Hortela inferiore afterwards.

Laje Gauche: Canyon Start

Laje Gauche: Canyon End

Lajeado: Canyon Start
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2025-06-06: The beginning is pure jumps (except for the 20m) and longer walks, the second part is a super airy descent pair with high drops and hanging belays. I'd recommend an alternative approach: park at Rab...
Approach: First follow the path to the Levada do Pico da Urze, then follow this levada for a short distance to reach the Lajeado canyon. Alternative access: Park in Rabacal, from there an easy 3.5km walk along the Levada de Alecrim to the canyon. If you start here (and not 200m further up), you can save yourself a longer streambed hike, but you will miss R1. If you despair at this easy jump, you can always climb over it from below (more jumps follow anyway).
Tour: We were in the first part, which is particularly suitable for canyoning enthusiasts who love jumping. The highest parts in this part measure 20 meters. The second part follows on seamlessly with an 80-meter cascade. This is followed later by a 130 meter high cascade.

Lajeado: Parking at Entry
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2025-06-06: The beginning is pure jumps (except for the 20m) and longer walks, the second part is a super airy descent pair with high drops and hanging belays. I'd recommend an alternative approach: park at Rab...
Access: There are plenty of places to park your car on the ER105 road.
Return: At the exit before the C80: Shortly before the C80, a path leads out of the canyon on the left bank. At the beginning, a short section is very steep and athletic, then a leisurely, albeit constantly uphill hiking trail.

Lajeado: Intermediate Canyon Exit
2025-12-07: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Lajeado Uniquement la partie touristique, sans les grandes rappels. Eau froide, équipement presque partout dernier cri, nombreux sauts magnifi...
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2025-06-06: The beginning is pure jumps (except for the 20m) and longer walks, the second part is a super airy descent pair with high drops and hanging belays. I'd recommend an alternative approach: park at Rab...
Comment: Ende Lajeado supérieur / Startpunkt des C80
Access: There are plenty of places to park your car on the ER105 road.
Return: At the exit before the C80: Shortly before the C80, a path leads out of the canyon on the left bank. At the beginning, a short section is very steep and athletic, then a leisurely, albeit constantly uphill hiking trail.

Lombo (centre): Canyon Start

Lombo (centre): Canyon End

Lombo droit: Canyon Start

Lombo droit: Canyon End

Lordelo: Canyon Start
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Approach: On the back side of the bridge, a trail leads down to the left bank of the river.
Tour: Interesting descent, although hampered by the poor condition of the facilities.

Lordelo: Canyon End
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Comment: Lagoa da barragem. Nadar até à estrada (200m)
Return: At the end of the river we have a footbridge that crosses it and takes us to the track where we have parked. If we have the car on the bridge we will have to climb up to it.

Lordelo: Parking at Entry
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Access: We must reach the village of Lourizela (Couto de Esteves). From Oliveira de Frades on the N227 towards São João da Serra. Follow the N227 to Lameiras. Turn right to Couto de Esteves on the M569 and after 200m turn left to Lourizela. If we have two cars, we will leave the access car at the bridge between Lourizela and Couto. The return car will be left on the road that goes down to the reservoir at the end.
Return: At the end of the river we have a footbridge that crosses it and takes us to the track where we have parked. If we have the car on the bridge we will have to climb up to it.

Lordelo: Parking at Exit
Comment: chemin de terre
Access: We must reach the village of Lourizela (Couto de Esteves). From Oliveira de Frades on the N227 towards São João da Serra. Follow the N227 to Lameiras. Turn right to Couto de Esteves on the M569 and after 200m turn left to Lourizela. If we have two cars, we will leave the access car at the bridge between Lourizela and Couto. The return car will be left on the road that goes down to the reservoir at the end.
Return: At the end of the river we have a footbridge that crosses it and takes us to the track where we have parked. If we have the car on the bridge we will have to climb up to it.

Agua do Vento (inferior): Canyon Start
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2025-12-17: Descent from Paul da Serra, 1h30, very cold and windy, we started in full neoprene, later the pants were enough. At the beginning a few unspectacular rappels await you, then the canyon narrows very ni...
Comment: Die Schlucht beginnt unter der Brücke vor dem Tunnel
Approach: 1) From the fish farm, walk further into the valley until you reach a broken dam. Cross it orographic left (stairs) and follow the path through the forest. At the exit before the river Seixal there is a wooden sign "Lombo Barbinhas". Cross the river here and continue straight ahead towards the mountain (faint tracks). Then follow the steep path uphill (single wooden steps, rotten) until you reach the Levada do Seixal (water channel). Follow this to the right in the direction of flow. About 100 meters later there is a small path that leads further uphill. Follow this until you reach the Levada do Norte. Here we go left in the direction of flow of the levada for 500 m until we reach a bridge and a tunnel. The canyon begins under the bridge. (2h) 2) From the upper parking lot we walk almost north on a wide track ("Terra Cha"). We pass the accesses to Seixal superior and Hortela superior (both on the left). After a good 2.1 km (30 min), we turn left onto the slightly sloping slope. This leads to a hiking trail that descends steeply through the forest to the Levada do Norte ("Vereda do Lombo Barbinhas"). Once you reach the levada, turn right and follow the levada in the direction of flow for 500 meters until you reach a bridge and a tunnel. The canyon begins under the bridge. (1h45min)
Tour: The canyon begins rather harmlessly with a few short downclimbs and abseils up to a maximum of 15 meters. Then, somewhat unexpectedly, you are confronted with a huge panorama that stretches as far as the parking lot at the fish farm. A 20-meter rope traverse / rappel brings us to the edge of a "mega" waterfall. After another 15 meters, we reach the last, extremely exposed and free-hanging abseil, after which the wall overhangs. From here, the route descends 150 meters into the depths, the first 130 of which are free-hanging. There is only room for 2 people at each belay station, so take ropes with you. On every second tour, the falling ropes fall into unreachable, sharp-edged ledges from which they can no longer be pulled out. There have already been several rescues! After this rappel, there are three more (60, 15, 50 meters), this and the phenomenon described above must be taken into account when planning the rope!

Agua do Vento (inferior): Canyon End
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Return: After the last waterfall, follow the watercourse more or less closely downhill through the forest until you can cross the main river of the valley (mostly dry here). Turn right and a little later you will reach the car.

Agua do Vento (inferior): Parking at Entry
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2025-12-17: Descent from Paul da Serra, 1h30, very cold and windy, we started in full neoprene, later the pants were enough. At the beginning a few unspectacular rappels await you, then the canyon narrows very ni...
Comment: Infotafel Canyoning, am besten gegenüber parken.
Access: There are two options: 1) Access with only one car from the bottom, approach via Seixal and Chao da Ribeira to the exit of the slope to the parking lot (exit) at the fish farm. 2) Access with reparking (over 30 km, 45 min) from the upper parking lot (entry).
Return: After the last waterfall, follow the watercourse more or less closely downhill through the forest until you can cross the main river of the valley (mostly dry here). Turn right and a little later you will reach the car.

Agua do Vento (inferior): Parking at Exit
Comment: Direkt an der Fischfarm (Infotafel Canyoning)
Access: There are two options: 1) Access with only one car from the bottom, approach via Seixal and Chao da Ribeira to the exit of the slope to the parking lot (exit) at the fish farm. 2) Access with reparking (over 30 km, 45 min) from the upper parking lot (entry).
Return: After the last waterfall, follow the watercourse more or less closely downhill through the forest until you can cross the main river of the valley (mostly dry here). Turn right and a little later you will reach the car.

Meio: Canyon Start

Mesa: Canyon Start

Mesa: Canyon End

Mizarela: Canyon Start

Moinhos: Canyon Start

Paraduça: Canyon Start
Approach: (Ver mapa)

Paraduça: Canyon End
Return: You reach the bridge over the highway

Paraduça: Parking at Entry
Access: By the N227 between São João da Serra and Junqueira. Take the M569 north to Paraduça, just before arriving you pass the bridge over the river and there is a place to park the return car or if you only have one. With the access car we must go up to Rua dos Moinhos (see map).
Return: You reach the bridge over the highway

Paraduça: Parking at Exit
Access: By the N227 between São João da Serra and Junqueira. Take the M569 north to Paraduça, just before arriving you pass the bridge over the river and there is a place to park the return car or if you only have one. With the access car we must go up to Rua dos Moinhos (see map).
Return: You reach the bridge over the highway

Pedra Branca: Canyon Start
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2025-12-29: Rope on the high rappel was difficult to pull off.
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Approach: From the parking entry, follow the path on the right that leads towards the mountain and after a few meters crosses a small bridge and then a streambed that is almost always dry. The trail then climbs up the slope parallel to a wall for a few minutes. Depending on the state of maintenance, which varies greatly from year to year, a machete is helpful. Currently (November 2024), the path is very passable, even if it is narrow and exposed in places in the upper section. Finally, the path turns off into the forest and shortly afterwards you reach a large tree with a large blue (also November 2024) sling attached to its roots. (Total approx. 10 minutes) From here, you can rope a good 25 meters into the canyon. The access is marked with a red dashed line on the map provided here.
Tour: 10 abseiling points. The first rappel is the highest waterfall of the tour at approx. 50 meters. After several small drops, the canyon exits with an approx. 30 meter high waterfall, where a rappel guide to the lakeside boundary wall of the road is possible (two glued anchors).

Pedra Branca: Canyon End
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2025-12-29: Rope on the high rappel was difficult to pull off.
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Return: If a car is parked at the exit, the way back is to climb out of the basin. If there is only one car on the tour, turn right along the old ER 101 to the main road. Then turn left through the short tunnel, another 100 meters along the road and then the most strenuous part of the tour follows with the ascent to the car. Fortunately, this is very short. (Total return journey approx. 10 minutes)

Pedra Branca: Parking at Entry
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2025-12-29: Rope on the high rappel was difficult to pull off.
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Access: From Sao Vicente: Drive in the direction of Porto Moniz. Approx. 500 m after the Seixal tunnel, turn left steeply uphill and park at the top next to the picnic table. From Porto Moniz: Drive in the direction of Sao Vicente. Drive through the Faja Contreiras tunnel, then through another short tunnel, 100 meters after that turn steeply right at the top, park at the top next to the picnic table. There is the (less sensible) option of parking a second car at the end of the canyon (exit parking lot), turn off onto the old ER 101 between the short tunnel and the Faja Contreiras tunnel. Sometimes this road is closed. There is often some debris on it, which indicates the risk of falling rocks. After a good 100 meters you reach the final waterfall. Shortly afterwards, you can park your car on the left. When the waves are high, water sometimes splashes over the wall.
Return: If a car is parked at the exit, the way back is to climb out of the basin. If there is only one car on the tour, turn right along the old ER 101 to the main road. Then turn left through the short tunnel, another 100 meters along the road and then the most strenuous part of the tour follows with the ascent to the car. Fortunately, this is very short. (Total return journey approx. 10 minutes)

Pedra Branca: Parking at Exit
Access: From Sao Vicente: Drive in the direction of Porto Moniz. Approx. 500 m after the Seixal tunnel, turn left steeply uphill and park at the top next to the picnic table. From Porto Moniz: Drive in the direction of Sao Vicente. Drive through the Faja Contreiras tunnel, then through another short tunnel, 100 meters after that turn steeply right at the top, park at the top next to the picnic table. There is the (less sensible) option of parking a second car at the end of the canyon (exit parking lot), turn off onto the old ER 101 between the short tunnel and the Faja Contreiras tunnel. Sometimes this road is closed. There is often some debris on it, which indicates the risk of falling rocks. After a good 100 meters you reach the final waterfall. Shortly afterwards, you can park your car on the left. When the waves are high, water sometimes splashes over the wall.
Return: If a car is parked at the exit, the way back is to climb out of the basin. If there is only one car on the tour, turn right along the old ER 101 to the main road. Then turn left through the short tunnel, another 100 meters along the road and then the most strenuous part of the tour follows with the ascent to the car. Fortunately, this is very short. (Total return journey approx. 10 minutes)

Privada: Canyon Start

Ribeiro Bonito: Canyon Start
2023-10-11: We parked near the "Posto florestal do cascalho". We walked everything according to the book description "the best canyoning in Portugal" and were at the stream in 1h50. Here you can usually walk orog...

Ribeiro Bonito: Canyon End
2023-10-11: We parked near the "Posto florestal do cascalho". We walked everything according to the book description "the best canyoning in Portugal" and were at the stream in 1h50. Here you can usually walk orog...

Rocha Alta: Canyon Start

Rumanias: Canyon Start

Urzela: Canyon Start

Vessadas (inférieur): Canyon Start
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Approach: Shortcut
Tour: Jumps, ledges and little else. Very frequented by companies

Vessadas (inférieur): Canyon End
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Return: At the footbridge we leave to the left and go up to the road. If we continue descending, after rappel 6 we can climb up the margin to the height of the footbridge.

Vimes: Canyon Start

Agualva: Canyon Start

Amaro: Canyon Start

Bica da Cana: Canyon Start

Caldeira (inférior esquerdo): Canyon Start

Cascalho (Inf): Canyon Start

Castelhanos: Canyon Start

Coelhas - Salto do Farinha: Canyon Start

Elias: Canyon Start

Elias: Canyon End

Engenho: Canyon Start

Entre Ribeiras: Canyon Start

Fajã Redonda: Canyon Start

Funda: Canyon Start

Funda Supérior: Canyon Start

Fundão: Canyon Start

Grande: Canyon Start

Grande - Aveiro: Canyon Start

Grande Supérior - Lombadas: Canyon Start

Lajinhas: Canyon Start

Lajinhas: Canyon End

Lajinhas: Parking at Entry

Lajinhas: Parking at Exit

Maloás: Canyon Start

Meio: Canyon Start1

Moinhos: Canyon Start1

Moinhos: Canyon End

Moirato: Canyon Start

Mosteiros: Canyon Start

Mosteiros: Canyon End

Mosteiros: Parking at Entry

Pari: Canyon Start

Paúl do Inferno: Canyon Start

Paúl do Inferno: Canyon End

Paúl do Inferno: Parking at Exit
Comment: Parking pour véhicule normal

Paúl do Inferno: Unknown Parking
Comment: Parking pour véhicule 4x4 (Llevada do Norte)

Pedra Vermelha: Canyon Start

Pico da Sé: Canyon Start

Pigeons: Canyon Start

Pigeons: Unknown Parking

Praia Supérior - Pico da Vela: Canyon Start

Redécouverte: Canyon Start

Redécouverte: Canyon End

Résurrection: Canyon Start

Résurrection: Canyon End

Salto Esquerdo: Canyon Start

Salto Verde: Canyon Start

Sanguinhal Esquerda: Canyon Start

Saõ Tomé Supérior: Canyon Start

Três Voltas Supérior: Canyon Start

Verde (intermedaire): Canyon Start

Verde (intermedaire): Canyon End

Cales I: Parking at Entry
2023-01-23: Tour video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udv4iXcqBR8
Access: Park one car at ER103, park the second car at ER202.
Return: Follow the obvious hiking trails back to the road.

Cales I: Parking at Exit
2023-01-23: Tour video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udv4iXcqBR8
Access: Park one car at ER103, park the second car at ER202.
Return: Follow the obvious hiking trails back to the road.

Cales I: Canyon Start
2023-01-23: Tour video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udv4iXcqBR8
Approach: Short walk to the Ribeira das Cales
Tour: Cales I is an easy canyon. The highest rappel measures approx. 12 meters. This canyon is less suitable for beginners in poor physical condition, as there is quite a lot of walking and climbing to do. Cales I is nothing exciting for advanced canyonists.

Cales I: Canyon End
Return: Follow the obvious hiking trails back to the road.

Delgado (Partie C): Canyon Start
2024-02-25: Beautiful canyon. Anchor points mostly in good condition, some high-quality titanium glued anchors. Access is extremely precarious. If you have a queasy feeling, you should turn back immediately - it...
Approach: From the viewpoint, follow the old coastal road back towards Sao Vicente. Shortly before the old tunnel, which is now buried, a steep path goes up on the right-hand side. At the beginning, this is easily recognizable and obvious from the old steps. After a short time, the quality of the old path deteriorates noticeably. The condition becomes worse and worse and more dangerous. If you have a queasy feeling, it is better to turn back immediately. The path is very overgrown in places. Progress is therefore very difficult and slow. After about 200 meters in altitude, the worst is over and the path is in better condition again.
Tour: Beautiful canyon. Anchor points all in good condition, some with high-quality titanium glued anchors. Approx. 20 to 30 meters below the anchor point of the C90, orographic to the right, there is a rock window of the tunnel of the old coastal road ER 101. The canyon can be exited here at high tide or if the waves are too strong. However, there is NO longer a safe way back via the ER101 due to numerous landslides. Large parts of the old road no longer exist! The intermediate stand in the final waterfall is exposed and, depending on the wind, is more or less exposed to the spray. There is only room for two people here. This should be taken into account when planning the rope.

Delgado (Partie C): Canyon End
2024-02-25: Beautiful canyon. Anchor points mostly in good condition, some high-quality titanium glued anchors. Access is extremely precarious. If you have a queasy feeling, you should turn back immediately - it...
Return: The C90 exits directly below the cliffs on the Atlantic Ocean. The way back along the cliffs is only possible at low tide. It leads orographic right over round stones including small climbing sections. At the trickiest passage, you can climb a rock ledge and rappel from an anchor at the top to escape the waves. The anchor is currently (October 2024) heavily rusted, but will be replaced soon. After a good 30 minutes, the coast becomes flatter and the road can be glimpsed. Shortly afterwards, you can cross under the road in a concrete channel (Corrego da Furna waterfall) and then exit to it. The parking exit is opposite. Without a second car, follow the coastal road through a long tunnel to the parking entry (another 30 min).

Delgado (Partie C): Parking at Entry
2024-02-25: Beautiful canyon. Anchor points mostly in good condition, some high-quality titanium glued anchors. Access is extremely precarious. If you have a queasy feeling, you should turn back immediately - it...
Access: From Sao Vicente, take the VE2 in the direction of Seical / Porto Moniz. After the Joao Delgado tunnel, park at the Veu de Noiva viewpoint.
Return: The C90 exits directly below the cliffs on the Atlantic Ocean. The way back along the cliffs is only possible at low tide. It leads orographic right over round stones including small climbing sections. At the trickiest passage, you can climb a rock ledge and rappel from an anchor at the top to escape the waves. The anchor is currently (October 2024) heavily rusted, but will be replaced soon. After a good 30 minutes, the coast becomes flatter and the road can be glimpsed. Shortly afterwards, you can cross under the road in a concrete channel (Corrego da Furna waterfall) and then exit to it. The parking exit is opposite. Without a second car, follow the coastal road through a long tunnel to the parking entry (another 30 min).

Delgado (Partie C): Parking at Exit
Access: From Sao Vicente, take the VE2 in the direction of Seical / Porto Moniz. After the Joao Delgado tunnel, park at the Veu de Noiva viewpoint.
Return: The C90 exits directly below the cliffs on the Atlantic Ocean. The way back along the cliffs is only possible at low tide. It leads orographic right over round stones including small climbing sections. At the trickiest passage, you can climb a rock ledge and rappel from an anchor at the top to escape the waves. The anchor is currently (October 2024) heavily rusted, but will be replaced soon. After a good 30 minutes, the coast becomes flatter and the road can be glimpsed. Shortly afterwards, you can cross under the road in a concrete channel (Corrego da Furna waterfall) and then exit to it. The parking exit is opposite. Without a second car, follow the coastal road through a long tunnel to the parking entry (another 30 min).

Delgado (Partie C): Waypoint
Comment: Abzweig von ER101 auf den alten Pfad
Approach: From the viewpoint, follow the old coastal road back towards Sao Vicente. Shortly before the old tunnel, which is now buried, a steep path goes up on the right-hand side. At the beginning, this is easily recognizable and obvious from the old steps. After a short time, the quality of the old path deteriorates noticeably. The condition becomes worse and worse and more dangerous. If you have a queasy feeling, it is better to turn back immediately. The path is very overgrown in places. Progress is therefore very difficult and slow. After about 200 meters in altitude, the worst is over and the path is in better condition again.

Delgado (Partie C): Alternative Canyon End
Comment: Tunnel ER101 - Achtung: Straße existiert wegen Erdrutsch überwiegend nicht mehr!

Ribeira das Cales III: Canyon Start
2024-10-07: If you want to get out of the habit of canyoning, you can do it. After 6 rappels, go up on the left, as the guided tours do.
2024-10-07: The first 4-5 rappels are nice (this part is also guided). After that comes the 1st wooden blockage and from then on, apart from a few ok rappels (some without belays), the canyon is the biggest sucki...
2024-02-27: Beautiful waterfalls but unfortunately a lot of walking. The first anchor point is great, but the quality deteriorates noticeably in the canyon. In the last third, natural anchors have to be used in p...

Ribeira das Cales III: Canyon End
2024-10-07: If you want to get out of the habit of canyoning, you can do it. After 6 rappels, go up on the left, as the guided tours do.
2024-10-07: The first 4-5 rappels are nice (this part is also guided). After that comes the 1st wooden blockage and from then on, apart from a few ok rappels (some without belays), the canyon is the biggest sucki...
2024-02-27: Beautiful waterfalls but unfortunately a lot of walking. The first anchor point is great, but the quality deteriorates noticeably in the canyon. In the last third, natural anchors have to be used in p...

Funda Meia Légua: Canyon Start
2024-12-09: Since the heavy rains at the exit of October, there has been a lot more garbage in the canyon. It's a shame that the locals are spoiling their beautiful island like this. We did a bit of sawing work i...
2024-10-25: We drove up for 20 minutes and then descended for another 15 minutes via stairs - so it would have been worth walking up. Unfortunately there was a lot of garbage in the stream and the water quality w...
2024-02-28: Very beautiful canyon with a really spectacular cascade. Unfortunately a lot of garbage in the canyon. New anchors would significantly enhance and simplify the canyon.
Approach: By car: Follow the road to Faja da Ribeira in a wide arc and take the Vereda da Eira do Mourao path upwards. Unfortunately, the route is not entirely clear at the start, with various similar-looking paths leading between the houses. Follow this path through the mountainside until it crosses the stream at a small bridge. (40 min) With two cars: A short easy trail (Vereda da Eira do Mourao) leads down through the houses at the exit of the road heading south. It crosses the stream at the entry point. It is quite steep in places but well maintained. (15 min)
Tour: At the bridge into the stream, which is usually very slippery here. Downclimbing is virtually impossible. The first anchor is somewhat hidden far ahead on a ledge. Several medium-height abseils warm you up for the 90-meter-high final waterfall. This is conquered using rope traverses and two lengths. You are sure to be watched from the supermarket parking lot! Caution: Always stay on the ropes until the next anchor! The canyon is not optimally equipped (as of early 2024). Some of the next anchor points cannot be reached if you pull off the rope too early! Caution 2: There is room for a maximum of two people at some intermediate points, so this must be taken into account when planning the rope.

Funda Meia Légua: Canyon End
2024-12-09: Since the heavy rains at the exit of October, there has been a lot more garbage in the canyon. It's a shame that the locals are spoiling their beautiful island like this. We did a bit of sawing work i...
2024-10-25: We drove up for 20 minutes and then descended for another 15 minutes via stairs - so it would have been worth walking up. Unfortunately there was a lot of garbage in the stream and the water quality w...
2024-02-28: Very beautiful canyon with a really spectacular cascade. Unfortunately a lot of garbage in the canyon. New anchors would significantly enhance and simplify the canyon.
Return: Follow the stream until it joins the Ribeira Brava river. Walk a good 50 meters upstream, climb a dam on the right (ororgraphically left), then cross the river and take the stairs up to the parking lot of the hardware store. Beware, you are entering private property here and only friendly people are allowed to cross the parking lot ;-) In a few meters you will reach the parked car.

Funda Meia Légua: Parking at Entry
2024-12-09: Since the heavy rains at the exit of October, there has been a lot more garbage in the canyon. It's a shame that the locals are spoiling their beautiful island like this. We did a bit of sawing work i...
2024-10-25: We drove up for 20 minutes and then descended for another 15 minutes via stairs - so it would have been worth walking up. Unfortunately there was a lot of garbage in the stream and the water quality w...
2024-02-28: Very beautiful canyon with a really spectacular cascade. Unfortunately a lot of garbage in the canyon. New anchors would significantly enhance and simplify the canyon.
Comment: Parkplatz am Ende der Straße in Eira do Mourao
Access: By car: On leaving Ribeira Brava in the direction of Sao Vicente, before the tunnel, take the turn-off to the commercial area (Continente supermarket). Park your car in the public parking lot (please do not park in the supermarket parking lot). The final waterfall can be seen from the parking lot. With two cars: Take the second car via Campanario in the direction of Sao Paulo and then drive to Eira de Mourao. Park at the exit of the Estr. da Eira do Neto. In terms of time, the shuttle is not worth it, it's more for lazy canyonists who don't feel like lugging the long ropes to the top.
Return: Follow the stream until it joins the Ribeira Brava river. Walk a good 50 meters upstream, climb a dam on the right (ororgraphically left), then cross the river and take the stairs up to the parking lot of the hardware store. Beware, you are entering private property here and only friendly people are allowed to cross the parking lot ;-) In a few meters you will reach the parked car.

Funda Meia Légua: Parking Entry and Exit
Comment: Parkplatz außerhalb des Sportgeländes kurz vor dem Continente Parkplatz
Access: By car: On leaving Ribeira Brava in the direction of Sao Vicente, before the tunnel, take the turn-off to the commercial area (Continente supermarket). Park your car in the public parking lot (please do not park in the supermarket parking lot). The final waterfall can be seen from the parking lot. With two cars: Take the second car via Campanario in the direction of Sao Paulo and then drive to Eira de Mourao. Park at the exit of the Estr. da Eira do Neto. In terms of time, the shuttle is not worth it, it's more for lazy canyonists who don't feel like lugging the long ropes to the top.
Return: Follow the stream until it joins the Ribeira Brava river. Walk a good 50 meters upstream, climb a dam on the right (ororgraphically left), then cross the river and take the stairs up to the parking lot of the hardware store. Beware, you are entering private property here and only friendly people are allowed to cross the parking lot ;-) In a few meters you will reach the parked car.

Ribeira do Seixal (superior): Canyon Start
2024-12-17: Anchor points OK
2024-11-10: Very varied canyon with a few jumps. Anchors are in good condition. We went through the streambed during access as we couldn't find the way.
2024-02-29: Very nice canyon. Anchor points mostly OK. In places tricky downclimbs with lots of water due to lack of anchor points. At the exit of Seixal Sup there are various canyons for the further descent into...
Approach: A few minutes' walk from the car in a northerly direction on the wide hiking trail. Then follow the course of the stream. Very overgrown for a short stretch.
Tour: Long rappel canyon with some challenging downclimbs, especially when there is a lot of water.

Ribeira do Seixal (superior): Canyon End
2024-12-17: Anchor points OK
2024-11-10: Very varied canyon with a few jumps. Anchors are in good condition. We went through the streambed during access as we couldn't find the way.
2024-02-29: Very nice canyon. Anchor points mostly OK. In places tricky downclimbs with lots of water due to lack of anchor points. At the exit of Seixal Sup there are various canyons for the further descent into...
Return: There are numerous options. As various canyons begin at the exit of Sexial Superiore, which are otherwise only accessible via an arduous access route, it is advisable to continue via one of the many canyons, e.g. via Vimieiro.

Ribeira do Seixal (superior): Parking at Exit
2024-12-17: Anchor points OK
2024-11-10: Very varied canyon with a few jumps. Anchors are in good condition. We went through the streambed during access as we couldn't find the way.
2024-02-29: Very nice canyon. Anchor points mostly OK. In places tricky downclimbs with lots of water due to lack of anchor points. At the exit of Seixal Sup there are various canyons for the further descent into...
Access: 30 km reparking required! It is often extremely foggy on the Plato, so you should allow about 1 hour in each direction for the 30 km parking change.
Return: There are numerous options. As various canyons begin at the exit of Sexial Superiore, which are otherwise only accessible via an arduous access route, it is advisable to continue via one of the many canyons, e.g. via Vimieiro.

Ribeira do Seixal (superior): Parking at Entry
Access: 30 km reparking required! It is often extremely foggy on the Plato, so you should allow about 1 hour in each direction for the 30 km parking change.
Return: There are numerous options. As various canyons begin at the exit of Sexial Superiore, which are otherwise only accessible via an arduous access route, it is advisable to continue via one of the many canyons, e.g. via Vimieiro.

Ribeira dos Boieiros: Canyon Start
2024-03-01: Nice little tour. Quite scenic. Unfortunately, the anchors have been stolen from various stands. Thanks to the trees you can usually still get down well or often there is still an anchor or you can ju...
Approach: Link follow the path
Tour: A relatively large amount of water for Madeira with short swimming passages and low jumps. Short abseiling heights of less than 15 meters

Ribeira dos Boieiros: Canyon End
2024-03-01: Nice little tour. Quite scenic. Unfortunately, the anchors have been stolen from various stands. Thanks to the trees you can usually still get down well or often there is still an anchor or you can ju...
Return: Leave the stream at the 2nd bridge (anchors missing) and follow the path up to the parking lot

Ribeira dos Boieiros: Parking Entry and Exit
2024-03-01: Nice little tour. Quite scenic. Unfortunately, the anchors have been stolen from various stands. Thanks to the trees you can usually still get down well or often there is still an anchor or you can ju...
Comment: Parkplatz für Porto Novo & Boieiros
Access: Follow the ER203 to Eira da Cruz
Return: Leave the stream at the 2nd bridge (anchors missing) and follow the path up to the parking lot

Porto Novo: Canyon Start
2024-03-01: Nice little tour that is obviously commercially used. Accordingly very well equipped, often on the right and left bank. Relatively much water and quite fresh. Can be easily combined with the neighbori...
Approach: Follow the road, which later becomes unpaved, to the starting point of the canyon.
Tour: This canyon is very touristy and very easy. Most of the obstacles can also be avoided. All anchor points are very well equipped.

Porto Novo: Canyon End
2024-03-01: Nice little tour that is obviously commercially used. Accordingly very well equipped, often on the right and left bank. Relatively much water and quite fresh. Can be easily combined with the neighbori...
Return: At the exit of the canyon, follow a small path up to the right.

Porto Novo: Parking Entry and Exit
2024-03-01: Nice little tour that is obviously commercially used. Accordingly very well equipped, often on the right and left bank. Relatively much water and quite fresh. Can be easily combined with the neighbori...
Comment: Parkplatz für Porto Novo & Boieiros
Access: Follow the ER203 to Eira da Cruz
Return: At the exit of the canyon, follow a small path up to the right.

Ribeira das Cales IV: Canyon Start
v4 a3 III | 10min/0min/0min | 3⭐ | 30m
2024-03-03: As in the other parts of the Cales, some walking passages, but less than in Cales 3. Good anchor points where available. In some places more anchors would not hurt if there is a lot of water. Vertical...

Ribeira das Cales IV: Canyon End
v4 a3 III | 10min/0min/0min | 3⭐ | 30m
2024-03-03: As in the other parts of the Cales, some walking passages, but less than in Cales 3. Good anchor points where available. In some places more anchors would not hurt if there is a lot of water. Vertical...

Ribeiro da Camisa: Canyon Start
2026-02-19: Challenging descent in the final waterfalls for those not at an advanced level.
2025-06-08: Access path is quite a jungle. We skipped the upper 2 falls for not having mood to climb on. The 2 bigger cascades are rather technical, V4 in my opinion. The first on the left is very slippery, I'd...
2025-04-17: Look carefully for the access route.
Approach: Follow the road, which turns into a path after a few meters. A little later, follow a dry streambed uphill to the left (mostly blue signs (Poco das Pulgas). Initially, the path is logical and self-explanatory, but later there is a risk of missing important junctions and getting lost in the dense forest! Without local knowledge, it is best to use GPS tracks for navigation. The access path exits at R3. Continue upstream to the waterfall (Poco das Pulgas, R2). Now you can see the first two waterfalls. Move here (there is little space at the top), then follow the steep and muddy path on the right bank. It leads closely along a rock face and there is a rope traverse at a tricky passage. Finally you reach the entry point.
Tour: Regardless of whether you start at R1 or R3, the tour begins immediately with the first rappel. The waterfalls follow each other quickly in extremely lush vegetation. In R6 and R7 there are anchor points on the left and right. The orographic ones on the left are extremely uncomfortable and lead through the main stream when the water level is high. It is better to use the glued anchors on the right. The first two are a feeder for the rappel, which is two meters below the edge. The rope sling at the front of the tree should not be used (anymore), the tree is rotten and will eventually fall out of the wall. If the water level is normal, there is a small slide before the last waterfall, then climb out of the pool on the right. If the water level is high, you can rappel down the slide on a single hook. The danger of being swept over the edge by a strong current is real after a slide. In R 8 there are two starting points at the top, after three meters a point as a redirection point (pulling off from the bottom is then somewhat difficult) or another three meters further on a ledge an abseiling point. If this is used, you can walk the canyon with 25 ropes.

Ribeiro da Camisa: Canyon End
2026-02-19: Challenging descent in the final waterfalls for those not at an advanced level.
2025-06-08: Access path is quite a jungle. We skipped the upper 2 falls for not having mood to climb on. The 2 bigger cascades are rather technical, V4 in my opinion. The first on the left is very slippery, I'd...
2025-04-17: Look carefully for the access route.
Return: After R8, leave the canyon on the left bank and follow the path. This is very unclear in places, disappears in places (then follow the streambed), only to reappear shortly afterwards. Finally, cross the streambed to reach the first junction. Now simply downhill to the car. Attention! After R8 there is also a path that runs along the right bank and starts very invitingly. It leads back to the trail in the forest, but involves a sporty 50 meters of ascent, which you descend again directly.

Terra d'Alem: Canyon Start
2024-11-09: Initially a torture to walk through the thorns in the dry streambed. 4 rappels to the meeting point at Funda. Anchors on the first 3 rappels are 2 rings as usual. Last rappel in Funda then two pitons...
2024-03-05: At first everything was very overgrown. The amount of water in Terra d'Alem was good, but a lot of water later in Funda. Anchor in Funda very good, in Terra d'Alem not so great in places.
Approach: From the parking lot in Ribeira Funda, walk slightly uphill through the houses to the south. After a good 10 minutes you are at the entry to Ribeira Funda. Cross the (mostly dry) stream and continue on the poorly visible path until you reach the neighboring gorge (approx. 25 min). The path walks parallel to the Funda through the wooded slope. (30 minutes) From the official parking lot, take the old coastal road heading northwest and follow it until you reach an old, steep tunnel. Follow the road uphill to its exit, see above. (Approx. 40 minutes in total)
Tour: At the beginning, you struggle a little against sometimes prickly undergrowth. In the upper part, there are abseils at heights of 45, 35 and 20 meters. The equipment is OK, but nothing more. Leads into the Ribeira Funda, so that you can continue with the beautiful final passage of the Funda.

Terra d'Alem: Canyon End
2024-11-09: Initially a torture to walk through the thorns in the dry streambed. 4 rappels to the meeting point at Funda. Anchors on the first 3 rappels are 2 rings as usual. Last rappel in Funda then two pitons...
2024-03-05: At first everything was very overgrown. The amount of water in Terra d'Alem was good, but a lot of water later in Funda. Anchor in Funda very good, in Terra d'Alem not so great in places.
Comment: Ende Funda
Return: As with Ribeira Funda, the tour exits directly on the old coastal road along the Atlantic. Follow this road to the right for a few minutes to the parking exit. (approx. 5 minutes) If you only have one car in Ribeira Funda, the way back is self-explanatory. After climbing over the wall, simply follow the old road through the tunnels to Ribeira Funda (approx. 15 minutes). If you have parked in the official parking lot, follow the old road for another 700 meters until you reach the new road. Turn left here to the parking lot. (approx. 10 minutes)

Terra d'Alem: Parking Entry and Exit
2024-11-09: Initially a torture to walk through the thorns in the dry streambed. 4 rappels to the meeting point at Funda. Anchors on the first 3 rappels are 2 rings as usual. Last rappel in Funda then two pitons...
2024-03-05: At first everything was very overgrown. The amount of water in Terra d'Alem was good, but a lot of water later in Funda. Anchor in Funda very good, in Terra d'Alem not so great in places.
Comment: Dies ist der "offizielle" Parkplatz, der etwa 750 Meter vom näheren Ausstiegsparkplatz entfernt ist.
Access: VE2 highway from Seixal to Porto Moniz. If you only have one car, you can park in Ribeira Funda (see parking lot for access). Large groups with several vehicles should park at the exit of Seixal (see "Access and exit" parking lot), which extends the access by 750 meters. It is not recommended to park a car in front of the steep tunnel near the exit (exit parking lot), as there is often rockfall from the steep slopes above. DO NOT park in the newer rescue tunnel, you will be ticketed and/or your vehicle will be towed away.
Return: As with Ribeira Funda, the tour exits directly on the old coastal road along the Atlantic. Follow this road to the right for a few minutes to the parking exit. (approx. 5 minutes) If you only have one car in Ribeira Funda, the way back is self-explanatory. After climbing over the wall, simply follow the old road through the tunnels to Ribeira Funda (approx. 15 minutes). If you have parked in the official parking lot, follow the old road for another 700 meters until you reach the new road. Turn left here to the parking lot. (approx. 10 minutes)

Terra d'Alem: Parking at Entry
Comment: Bitte hier diskret parken, der wenige Platz ist bei Anwohnern beliebt. In keinem Fall die gekreuzte Wendefläche nutzen!
Access: VE2 highway from Seixal to Porto Moniz. If you only have one car, you can park in Ribeira Funda (see parking lot for access). Large groups with several vehicles should park at the exit of Seixal (see "Access and exit" parking lot), which extends the access by 750 meters. It is not recommended to park a car in front of the steep tunnel near the exit (exit parking lot), as there is often rockfall from the steep slopes above. DO NOT park in the newer rescue tunnel, you will be ticketed and/or your vehicle will be towed away.
Return: As with Ribeira Funda, the tour exits directly on the old coastal road along the Atlantic. Follow this road to the right for a few minutes to the parking exit. (approx. 5 minutes) If you only have one car in Ribeira Funda, the way back is self-explanatory. After climbing over the wall, simply follow the old road through the tunnels to Ribeira Funda (approx. 15 minutes). If you have parked in the official parking lot, follow the old road for another 700 meters until you reach the new road. Turn left here to the parking lot. (approx. 10 minutes)

Terra d'Alem: Parking at Exit
Comment: Vorsicht vor Steinschlag. Auf keinen Fall im Rettungstunnel parken!
Access: VE2 highway from Seixal to Porto Moniz. If you only have one car, you can park in Ribeira Funda (see parking lot for access). Large groups with several vehicles should park at the exit of Seixal (see "Access and exit" parking lot), which extends the access by 750 meters. It is not recommended to park a car in front of the steep tunnel near the exit (exit parking lot), as there is often rockfall from the steep slopes above. DO NOT park in the newer rescue tunnel, you will be ticketed and/or your vehicle will be towed away.

Ribeira da Furna Santana: Canyon Start
2024-03-07: Beautiful canyon! GPX tracks see https://www.christian-balla.de/FurnaSantana

Ribeira da Furna Santana: Parking at Exit
2024-03-07: Beautiful canyon! GPX tracks see https://www.christian-balla.de/FurnaSantana
Return: You get off just under the bridge (Via Expresso) on the right bank

Ribeira da Furna Santana: Parking at Entry
2024-03-07: Beautiful canyon! GPX tracks see https://www.christian-balla.de/FurnaSantana
Return: You get off just under the bridge (Via Expresso) on the right bank

Ribeira da Igreja (integrale): Parking Entry and Exit
2026-01-11: A fantastic tour thanks to Clarissa's tip. Finally a reasonable water level. The access route is already beginning to overgrow again, but is still recognizable. The last rappel can either be done in o...
2026-01-08: Spectacular view! Great water level after several days of rain. For the access, it's best to follow the photos exactly, then it works. Long ropes recommended in case an intermediate belay is overlooke...
2025-08-17: An incredible panorama awaits you from the edge of the high waterfall, before which you walk through an easy canyon that is sometimes a little overgrown and equipped with titanium glued anchors throug...
Comment: Bergstation Seilbahn
Access: Park in Achadas da Cruz at the mountain station for the cable car (Teleferico) (1 car). If you have a 2nd car: Drive back up the road and after 1.2 km take the first right (Rua Juvenal Isidoro de Carvalho). Follow this asphalt road for a good 350 meters and park on the right just before the exit (2 parking spaces by an electricity pylon).
Return: When you reach the sea, turn orographic right (the sea will be on your left). If the high tide cuts off the path at the first rock ledge, you can climb it. There is an anchor at the top to rappel down the other side. After a good 15 minutes over rough scree, you can climb 2 to 3 meters up a bad staircase of boulders on the right. Follow the path at the top until it joins a paved road. Now turn left and walk to the valley station of the cable car (45 min). Take this to the top. Pay attention to the travel times and don't forget to pay for your ride at the top (one way 3 euros (January 2026)). If the cable car does not run (wind, too late, broken), there is the option of climbing 200 meters northeast of the cable car via the Vereda do Calhau to the top station. The path initially leads up steep steps through the Ribeira do Tristao canyon. Keep right at the fork. (450 m, 75 min).

Ribeira da Igreja (integrale): Canyon Start
2026-01-11: A fantastic tour thanks to Clarissa's tip. Finally a reasonable water level. The access route is already beginning to overgrow again, but is still recognizable. The last rappel can either be done in o...
2026-01-08: Spectacular view! Great water level after several days of rain. For the access, it's best to follow the photos exactly, then it works. Long ropes recommended in case an intermediate belay is overlooke...
2025-08-17: An incredible panorama awaits you from the edge of the high waterfall, before which you walk through an easy canyon that is sometimes a little overgrown and equipped with titanium glued anchors throug...
Approach: If 1 car is available, take the path described above on foot (approx. 25 minutes). Then turn right and walk the few meters to the exit of the concrete road, follow the path downhill. Cross the slope and continue downhill (the path gets a little lost here). Turn right at the ruined house and follow the more or less mown path. It leads along an edge slightly above former fields. At the exit, turn left downhill through the bamboo, past two ruins. Continue along the mown path, keeping straight ahead at any junctions, the left-hand arms are former attempts at access. Another ruin. Turn right here into the small "forest" and continue along the highest part towards the sea. A few sawn-off trees serve as a guide. Finally, you are at the edge of the sea, which breaks in waves on the pebble beach over 500 meters further down. Descend the dusty and slippery boulder field on the left and keep left at its foot through the bamboo towards the audible stream. Sawed-off branches and trees here and there can serve as orientation. (1 hour from the cable car station, 35 minutes from the 2nd car)
Tour: The tour begins immediately with the first rope traverse/rappel combination, both from trees. Further abseils follow in quick succession up to a height of 25 meters, here and there a few blackberry bushes grow in the canyon, garden shears can be helpful. The first rappels are abseiled over rope rings around trees. Finally, there are abseiling points where solid rock has made it possible to drill titanium anchors. After the second higher waterfall, a short walking passages follows and you stand at the edge of the huge waterfall, which is rappelled in 5 lengths: MC 8, C50, C40, small pool with some space,MC 8, C60, minimum walking passages, C10, C40. This is followed by the Igreja inferior, there is a theoretical possibility to get out via an old path, but the path from here is extremely exposed and currently (October 2024) only accessible with a very high risk of falling due to landslides, often the path is not usable after landslides. This is definitely an EMERGENCY exit. It starts on the right bank between the knee-high plants. In the Igreja inferior there are 9 more abseiling points up to 50 meters.

Ribeira da Igreja (integrale): Parking at Entry
2026-01-11: A fantastic tour thanks to Clarissa's tip. Finally a reasonable water level. The access route is already beginning to overgrow again, but is still recognizable. The last rappel can either be done in o...
2026-01-08: Spectacular view! Great water level after several days of rain. For the access, it's best to follow the photos exactly, then it works. Long ropes recommended in case an intermediate belay is overlooke...
2025-08-17: An incredible panorama awaits you from the edge of the high waterfall, before which you walk through an easy canyon that is sometimes a little overgrown and equipped with titanium glued anchors throug...
Comment: Caminho do Vale
Access: Park in Achadas da Cruz at the mountain station for the cable car (Teleferico) (1 car). If you have a 2nd car: Drive back up the road and after 1.2 km take the first right (Rua Juvenal Isidoro de Carvalho). Follow this asphalt road for a good 350 meters and park on the right just before the exit (2 parking spaces by an electricity pylon).
Return: When you reach the sea, turn orographic right (the sea will be on your left). If the high tide cuts off the path at the first rock ledge, you can climb it. There is an anchor at the top to rappel down the other side. After a good 15 minutes over rough scree, you can climb 2 to 3 meters up a bad staircase of boulders on the right. Follow the path at the top until it joins a paved road. Now turn left and walk to the valley station of the cable car (45 min). Take this to the top. Pay attention to the travel times and don't forget to pay for your ride at the top (one way 3 euros (January 2026)). If the cable car does not run (wind, too late, broken), there is the option of climbing 200 meters northeast of the cable car via the Vereda do Calhau to the top station. The path initially leads up steep steps through the Ribeira do Tristao canyon. Keep right at the fork. (450 m, 75 min).

Frades: Canyon Start
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Approach: Access Frades Sup and Inf and Pequenino By the road that leaves and becomes the PR6 or Caminho do Carteiro towards Cabreiros until the concrete bridge.
Tour: Nice descent with a first part full of jumps and abseilings and rappels very well installed. After the last obstacle we will have some time to walk along the river.

Cabrum: Canyon Start
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Approach: We can rappel from the dam or go down some stairs to the ravine.
Tour: Fun descent in which we will have to find out if there is going to be an opening of floodgates because of the danger it may entail.

Pombeiro: Canyon Start
Approach: We will leave by the track that goes to the top of the waterfall to get into the riverbed above it.
Tour: Ver topo.

Monte Gordo: Canyon Start

Pedra Gauche: Canyon Start

Pedra Droit: Canyon Start

Laje Droit: Canyon Start

Casas (Upper): Canyon Start
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Cabo (Faial): Canyon Start

Cabras: Canyon Start

Serrado Novo: Canyon Start

Abreu: Canyon Start

Corto - Falca (Middle): Canyon Start

Sao Tome (Lower): Canyon Start

Sanguinhal (Right): Canyon Start

Praia (Upper) Nascentes: Canyon Start

Funda (Upper Left): Canyon Start

Alem (Upper): Canyon Start

Alem (Upper Left): Canyon Start

Casa da Ribeira: Canyon Start

Faial da Terra (Upper): Canyon Start

Funda (Lower): Canyon Start

Faial da Terra (Lower): Canyon Start

Corte (Middle): Canyon Start

Corte (Lower): Canyon Start

Santa Barbara (Faial): Canyon Start

Lanho: Canyon Start

Cachaço: Canyon Start

Jejum: Canyon Start

Lime: Canyon Start

Fontinha: Canyon Start

Lagos: Canyon Start

Purgar: Canyon Start

Tosquiada (Lower): Canyon Start
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Salto (Lower): Canyon Start

Barranco Rio Castro Laboreiro Inf: Canyon Start
Approach: Wir gehen zum Fluss, den wir auf dem Weg auf der linken Seite überqueren. Nach einer halben Stunde Fußmarsch, bevor wir den Aussichtspunkt erreichen, müssen wir einen kleinen Pfad auf der rechten Seite zum Fluss nehmen.
Tour: Einfach, nur 5 Abseilstellen, die bei normalem Sommerwasserstand kein Problem darstellen. Viele Sprungmöglichkeiten. Sehr unterhaltsam. 1 Rápel 13 m Izq - 2 Rápel 13 m Izq - 3 Rápel 20 m Der Escape previo izq 4 Rápel 13 m Der - 5 Rápel 20 m Der - 6 Destrepe 4 m - - 7 Tobogan x m - -

Barranco Rio Castro Laboreiro Inf: Canyon End
Return: Hinter der Rutsche sehen wir links einen Weg, der den Hang hinauf zum Aussichtspunkt führt. Dann kehren wir auf dem Zugangsweg zurück.

Barranco Rio Castro Laboreiro Inf: Parking Entry and Exit
Return: Hinter der Rutsche sehen wir links einen Weg, der den Hang hinauf zum Aussichtspunkt führt. Dann kehren wir auf dem Zugangsweg zurück.

Pena Amarela (Upper): Canyon Start
Approach: For the upper part can be accessed directly from Cando or climb from Pedrogao by the slope of Peña Amarela by a path that leads to the road. For the lower part we will go from Pedrogao by the PR8 of the mines to the access bridge.
Tour: Nice descents, much more technical and interesting the upper part.

Pena Amarela (Lower): Canyon Start
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Castanheira: Canyon Start
Approach: Along the track that leaves the village heading NE until we reach the river, we follow it until it rises and the rappels begin.
Tour: Ver topo

Cabril: Canyon Start
2024-08-18: Poco da Moura and the big pools are great, but getting in and out is a real pain. Bring your own machete.
Approach: We walk along the Moinho path, after 500 m two interconnected bends and a path with a marker on the left. We take it and continue climbing gently until, at about 850 m, it crosses another path that descends. We will follow it ( left) making a bend and approaching the river. After a few linked bends, we take a path to the right that leads us down to the river
Tour: A small rappel to reach the 44 m overhang, followed by another of six rappels to exit with the 5 m overhang. Emergency exits: Difficult, but possible

Cabril: Canyon End
2024-08-18: Poco da Moura and the big pools are great, but getting in and out is a real pain. Bring your own machete.
Return: We go out to the left and take a small path that leads us to a road. When we are just below Xertelo, there is a path on the left that leads up to the road and from there into the town.

Cabril: Parking Entry and Exit
2024-08-18: Poco da Moura and the big pools are great, but getting in and out is a real pain. Bring your own machete.
Access: Tenemos que llegar a la localidad de Xertelo, al lado de Cabril. Desde Ourense por la OU312 y luego la N308-1. Desde Verín, Bragança o Braga por la N103. Una vez en Vilar da Veiga nos dirigimos a Ermida por la CM1276 y seguiremos hacia Fafiao y Cabril. Desde aquí subiremos hacia Xertelo y aparcamos.
Return: We go out to the left and take a small path that leads us to a road. When we are just below Xertelo, there is a path on the left that leads up to the road and from there into the town.

Aguieiras: Canyon Start
Approach: This same street ends in a path that leads to the river.
Tour: Nice descent but be careful with the flow!

Quelhas: Canyon Start
Approach: From the road that goes up to the mills, there is a path to the right that goes down the hillside to the headwaters. With a combination of cars, from the mills you only have to go down to the river.
Tour: Nice descent in spring with good flow. In summer with little flow it is a very easy descent and frequented by companies.

Coto Boi: Canyon Start
Approach: There is a small path but you can't get lost, we just have to follow straight ahead to the top of the waterfall, you can't get lost because you can see the access.
Tour: Ver topo

Caima: Canyon Start
Approach: Immediate from Mizarela.
Tour: Impressive its first waterfall of 85m. Subsequently it is not so spectacular but it is worth the succession of rappels and abseilings, many of them jumpable.

Germil: Parking Entry and Exit
Access: Von Spanien über den Stausee Lindoso (OU540) nach Portugal oder von Ponte da Barca über die N203 nach Spanien. Wir biegen auf die CM1346 in Richtung Vila Cha (Sao Joao Baptista) ab, passieren Barral und biegen nach Sao Joao links nach Seixas ab und fahren weiter nach Paradela, wo wir parken. Auf Höhe der Brücke gibt es viel Platz.
Return: Etwa 200 m nach dem letzten Abseilpunkt finden wir links einen Pfad, der bis zum Dorf hinaufführt.

Germil: Canyon Start
Approach: Etwa 50 m hinter der Brücke zweigt rechts ein Weg ab, der den Hang hinauf bis zum Kamm führt. Von hier aus sehen wir links den Fluss und die Wasserfälle und können deren Wassermenge einschätzen. Etwas weiter, auf etwa 400 m Höhe, führt ein Weg links zum Nebenfluss, über den wir zum Fluss Germil gelangen.
Tour: Der Abstieg beginnt eigentlich am Nebenfluss und führt weiter am Fluss entlang. Seien Sie sehr vorsichtig, denn bei hohem Wasserstand kann es in mehreren Becken zu Strömungen kommen. 1 Rápel 9 m cen - 2 Rápel 11 m Izq - 3 Destrepe 4 m Izq/Der Salto 3 4 Rápel 18 m Der - 5 Rápel 5 m Izq - 6 Destrepe 2 m Izq/Der Precaución 7 Rápel 10 m Izq - 8 Rápel 8 m Izq 8m medio 9 Tobogán 1 m Izq/Der - 10 Rápel 17 m Der - 11 Rápel 18 m Izq - 12 Rápel 25 m Der Posible guiado, rebufos 13 Rápel 13 m Izq - 14 Destrepe 8 m Izq/Der - 15 Rápel 11 m Izq - 16 Rápel 11 m Der - 17 Rápel 10 m Izq -

Germil: Canyon End
Return: Etwa 200 m nach dem letzten Abseilpunkt finden wir links einen Pfad, der bis zum Dorf hinaufführt.

Pequenino: Canyon Start
Approach: Frades Sup and Inf and Pequenino Access From Tebilhao to Cabreiros along the trail (or vice versa) until it crosses the Pequenino stream.
Tour: After a first bland part of small slopes we will reach the waterfalls area until we reach the two highest waterfalls, then we will find the Frades river.

Corrego da Furna: Canyon Start

Corrego da Pedra: Canyon Start

Cova do Cassapo: Canyon Start
2024-11-03: Not very worthwhile. Very overgrown and sometimes there is a mudslide and trees in the stream. Many running routes in the forest. Mostly only old pitons connected by a piece of rope (but good quality)...

Agua do Vento (superior): Canyon Start

Lombo das Faias: Canyon Start

Pe das Voltas (Tributary): Canyon Start
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Faja das Eguas: Canyon Start
2025-08-18: Due to a long period without rain, low water flow, all anchors in excellent condition, even though the last high water slightly bent two of them. Wasp season is currently in full swing, some nests ado...
2025-03-24: With more water, the tour has certain charms. Be careful when it rains in the mountains, the water level can rise extremely. There are various escape routes, but not always. The bad weather of the pre...
2024-12-08: Nice beginner canyon but nothing special
Comment: Im Bachbett unterhalb des Straßenendes
Approach: From the parking lot you can see a small steel bridge over the stream, cross it and follow the path to the right. At the exit, turn right again and follow this path. A little way after the forest, after the second steel bridge, it gets lost in the vegetation, but reappears after the ruins on the right. Follow this until you reach the concrete track, turn left here and descend to the streambed at the exit. (30 min)
Tour: The canyon has been fully equipped with glued anchors since August 2024. The tour begins with two rappel lines to the left and right of the ridge. Then the two lines join and the highest and most beautiful rappel follows at 16 meters. After a good 200 meters of running, the rappel continues, after a sometimes almost dry passage (here most of the water is diverted into a levada) the character of the canyon changes from open and bare to somewhat incised and very green due to several tributaries. After a few more abseils, you reach the first steel bridge on the approach.

Faja das Eguas: Parking Entry and Exit
2025-08-18: Due to a long period without rain, low water flow, all anchors in excellent condition, even though the last high water slightly bent two of them. Wasp season is currently in full swing, some nests ado...
2025-03-24: With more water, the tour has certain charms. Be careful when it rains in the mountains, the water level can rise extremely. There are various escape routes, but not always. The bad weather of the pre...
2024-12-08: Nice beginner canyon but nothing special
Comment: Parken direkt auf der Brücke
Access: From Ribeira Brava in the direction of Serra de Agua, before the village, take the ER 105 towards Encumeada Pass. Turn left 1.3 km uphill towards Faja dos Vinhaticos (the signs are mostly overgrown). Follow the road to the bridge over the stream. Park here.
Return: On this path you exit on the right via steps.

Faja das Eguas: Canyon End
2025-08-18: Due to a long period without rain, low water flow, all anchors in excellent condition, even though the last high water slightly bent two of them. Wasp season is currently in full swing, some nests ado...
2025-03-24: With more water, the tour has certain charms. Be careful when it rains in the mountains, the water level can rise extremely. There are various escape routes, but not always. The bad weather of the pre...
2024-12-08: Nice beginner canyon but nothing special
Comment: Stahlbrücke am Ausstieg
Return: On this path you exit on the right via steps.

Fonte do Velho: Canyon Start

Quinta Grande: Canyon Start
2026-01-04: We climbed up exactly at high tide, but the way back was no problem as the swell was moderately high and the tide was not so strong due to the full moon. We didn't use 2 intermediate stands as we had...
2024-12-18: A fantastic rappel canyon! The following points should be taken into account: Cable car operating times, tide/flood/wave height, drill Sensible, the water is in a smaller chute in places Video of the...
Approach: From the parking lot, follow the stone steps down to the levada. The streambed is almost always dry for the first few meters. The abseiling fun begins at the entry with a C20, two anchors on the left. Here you can judge the amount of water falling from the levada into the canyon. Note: The old entry into the canyon via a wooden beam staircase no longer exists!
Tour: After the dry entry abseil of 20 meters, you have to work your way down through some vegetation, depending on the season (garden shears can be helpful). This is followed by a challenging 2 x 2 meter downclimb when the water level is high. A few more meters and then you are at a breathtaking vertical that drops a good 250 meters to the Atlantic. What follows: C 10, anchor on the outside of a boulder (be sure to stay on the rope until the next anchor!) C 35, anchor on the outside of the boulder (stay on the rope until the next anchor!) C 35, anchor left, quality doubtful C 75, two anchors from December 2024, 12 mm, approx. 10 meters below the large tree on the right (crossing the waterline is sporty when the water level is high) OR C80, two anchors just below the tree (crossing the waterline is sporty at high water levels) Now you can relax for a moment and admire the remains of a tanker truck. The route continues: C 8, two anchors on the left C 60, chain anchor at the front left of the large boulder C 35, two anchors on protruding rock outcrop (ATTENTION: when the water level is high, this anchor point is fully in the water jet) The high verticals are now behind you and you can already feel the salt of the sea. Another C 15 over two steps, an anchor on the right and, depending on the tide, you are in the water.

Quinta Grande: Parking at Entry
2026-01-04: We climbed up exactly at high tide, but the way back was no problem as the swell was moderately high and the tide was not so strong due to the full moon. We didn't use 2 intermediate stands as we had...
2024-12-18: A fantastic rappel canyon! The following points should be taken into account: Cable car operating times, tide/flood/wave height, drill Sensible, the water is in a smaller chute in places Video of the...
Access: Leave the Via Rapida (VR 1 / ER 101) at exit 3, Quinta Grande. Then head towards the coast and Faja dos Padres. After a good 200 meters, take a sharp left and follow the road to the exit. You can park here. Theoretically, it is also possible to walk around the gardens and re-park, but we strongly advise against parking a second car at the cable car, as spaces are limited and are intended for day visitors to the gardens. In addition, the way back to the car is short and downhill.
Return: It goes over the pebble beach to the right (be careful, at high tide and high waves the passage becomes impassable, there may then be a path above the last step). After two narrow passages, the beach widens and the second part of the truck lies in front of you. fallen from above. You reach the small harbor, a restaurant and finally back to the cable car. The cable car operates from 10.00 to 19.00 in summer and from 10.00 to 18.00 in winter (no guarantee). The single trip to the top costs (as of December 2024) 8 euros per person and must be paid on arrival at the top. Now follow the road for a good 800 meters and then follow the first junction to the right. After another 650 meters you are back at the parking entry. Resourceful canyonists look for a shortcut through the plantations.

Quinta Grande: Parking at Exit
2026-01-04: We climbed up exactly at high tide, but the way back was no problem as the swell was moderately high and the tide was not so strong due to the full moon. We didn't use 2 intermediate stands as we had...
2024-12-18: A fantastic rappel canyon! The following points should be taken into account: Cable car operating times, tide/flood/wave height, drill Sensible, the water is in a smaller chute in places Video of the...
Comment: Seilbahnstation
Access: Leave the Via Rapida (VR 1 / ER 101) at exit 3, Quinta Grande. Then head towards the coast and Faja dos Padres. After a good 200 meters, take a sharp left and follow the road to the exit. You can park here. Theoretically, it is also possible to walk around the gardens and re-park, but we strongly advise against parking a second car at the cable car, as spaces are limited and are intended for day visitors to the gardens. In addition, the way back to the car is short and downhill.
Return: It goes over the pebble beach to the right (be careful, at high tide and high waves the passage becomes impassable, there may then be a path above the last step). After two narrow passages, the beach widens and the second part of the truck lies in front of you. fallen from above. You reach the small harbor, a restaurant and finally back to the cable car. The cable car operates from 10.00 to 19.00 in summer and from 10.00 to 18.00 in winter (no guarantee). The single trip to the top costs (as of December 2024) 8 euros per person and must be paid on arrival at the top. Now follow the road for a good 800 meters and then follow the first junction to the right. After another 650 meters you are back at the parking entry. Resourceful canyonists look for a shortcut through the plantations.

Quinta Grande: Canyon End
Comment: Küste / Ozean
Return: It goes over the pebble beach to the right (be careful, at high tide and high waves the passage becomes impassable, there may then be a path above the last step). After two narrow passages, the beach widens and the second part of the truck lies in front of you. fallen from above. You reach the small harbor, a restaurant and finally back to the cable car. The cable car operates from 10.00 to 19.00 in summer and from 10.00 to 18.00 in winter (no guarantee). The single trip to the top costs (as of December 2024) 8 euros per person and must be paid on arrival at the top. Now follow the road for a good 800 meters and then follow the first junction to the right. After another 650 meters you are back at the parking entry. Resourceful canyonists look for a shortcut through the plantations.

Pico das Furnas: Canyon Start
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Corrego do Dr. Albino: Canyon Start
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Corrego das Pingueiras: Canyon Start

Poço do Bezerro (Lower): Canyon Start
2026-01-03: After rain and storm, a lot of water during rappel, but never water danger in the basins. The canyon could do with a few more anchors. All anchors are in good condition.

Sebastiao Vaz: Canyon Start

Fojo inferior: Canyon Start
Comment: Direkt an der Levada dos Tornos
Approach: At the beginning of the parking lot, a path starts in the direction of Levada das Faias, climb up to it and remember the point for the way back. Cross the levada and continue up to Levada dos Tornos. Follow the levada to the right, the entry point is a good 700m further on. (1h, 400m)
Tour: At the beginning, the path through the forest is mostly dry and characterized by a couple of abseils. The first small abseiling points soon appear, mostly rope rings on trees. Depending on their age, these are over-mossed and therefore sometimes difficult to find. Currently (October 2024), all rope rings are new and pink, making them easy to see. The first high rappel has a feeder and a rope-protecting stand (3 bolts each, two of them with a ring, some of them newly set in October 2024). The route continues with many lower rappels until another 30-meter rappel awaits with the very beautiful final waterfall. Here, in addition to the rope ring on the tree, there is a line on the left in the dry (2 anchors, 1 ring each) and one on the right that runs in the water (2 anchors, 1 ring each, newly set in October 2024). You can easily rappel past the levada until you have comfortable ground under your feet. (3h)

Fojo inferior: Canyon End
Comment: Kurz unterhalb der Levada das Faias
Return: There is a path on the left that leads up to the levada, then turn left to the point marked by the access, then descend to the left until you reach the car. The levada is very exposed in some places and should be walked with caution. (25min)

Fojo inferior: Parking Entry and Exit
Comment: Asphaltierter Platz, 6 bis 8 Stellplätze
Access: From Boaventura or Arco Sao Jorge, drive deep into the valley and turn off towards Faja do Penedo at the Portada bar/restaurant. Follow the one-way road uphill past the church and continue uphill. A good 750 meters after the bar, a minor road branches off slightly to the right. Follow this road to the exit. Here you will find a parking lot with 6 to 8 spaces. Please park to save space. The alternative with 2 cars is not recommended due to the very poor condition of the slope, it is also not time-saving.
Return: There is a path on the left that leads up to the levada, then turn left to the point marked by the access, then descend to the left until you reach the car. The levada is very exposed in some places and should be walked with caution. (25min)

Juncalinho: Canyon Start

Poço: Canyon Start
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Velho: Canyon Start

Ribeira da Soca: Canyon Start

Faja da Nogueira: Canyon Start

Caldeira Funda (B): Canyon Start

Caldeira Funda (C): Canyon Start

Caldeira Funda (A): Canyon Start

Frio (Ponta do Sol): Canyon Start
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Grande (Madeira): Canyon Start

Urzal (Boaventura): Canyon Start

Ribeira Seca ou do Paul: Canyon Start
2025-12-19: After last weekend's rainfall, the water flow was exceptionally high, but still manageable. Access from the top with shuttle. I generally recommend being prepared for brambles and fallen trees to get...
Comment: Hier kreuzt der Wanderweg den Bach.
Approach: Option 1 with a car: From the harbor, hike through the canyon on the Caminho Real do Paul do Mar. This beautiful path offers several views of the two high waterfalls during the ascent, allowing you to check the water level, among other things. At the first junction at approx. 360m, follow the path on the left (Vereda da Maloeira). It crosses the stream directly at the entry point. Total time approx. 1 hour. Variant 2 with two cars: From the upper parking lot, take the concrete track (Rua do Pico) towards the sea, after approx. 200 meters the Vereda do Maloeira hiking trail branches off to the right. We follow this path downhill until we cross the stream after a good 20 minutes. At this point, the flow is very difficult to estimate.
Tour: After a few meters in the stream, which are sometimes overgrown, the first easy slope follows, which is sometimes very slippery and then difficult to climb down. Shortly afterwards, the first real abseils follow, and after two to warm up, you can already see the first 100 meter drop. The anchors are not easy to find here. Three lengths overcome 10, 35 and 45 meters. There is little space at the intermediate belays. Once at the bottom, you come to a tributary (Ribeira da Cova), which roughly doubles the amount of water depending on rainfall. The next endless waterfall follows without a long interruption: 10, 40 and 45 meters. After a few smaller abseils, you can exit at a levada on the right and follow a path to a bridge. Here, rappel back down a tree into the canyon. This saves you a few dirty descents without character in drier phases. If water is clearly flowing past the levada, it is worth staying in the stream. After the bridge, there is a very nice final abseil with views of the sea and harbor.

Ribeira Seca ou do Paul: Canyon End
2025-12-19: After last weekend's rainfall, the water flow was exceptionally high, but still manageable. Access from the top with shuttle. I generally recommend being prepared for brambles and fallen trees to get...
Comment: Ein manchmal nicht sehr sauberer Pool.
Return: It could hardly be any shorter, just go up the stairs on the right, across the harbor area to the car. (2 minutes)

Ribeira Seca ou do Paul: Parking at Exit
2025-12-19: After last weekend's rainfall, the water flow was exceptionally high, but still manageable. Access from the top with shuttle. I generally recommend being prepared for brambles and fallen trees to get...
Comment: Direkt am Hafen gibt es ein paar Stellplätze.
Access: The exit is located in the immediate vicinity of the port of Paul do Mar, where there is ample parking. The (non-compulsory) parking entry is located in Travessa da Poca in Maloeira. Shuttle time 15 minutes each way.
Return: It could hardly be any shorter, just go up the stairs on the right, across the harbor area to the car. (2 minutes)

Ribeira Seca ou do Paul: Parking at Entry
Comment: Parkplatz am Straßenrand in Maloeira für den Zustieg von oben. 32.761196, -17.212346
Access: The exit is located in the immediate vicinity of the port of Paul do Mar, where there is ample parking. The (non-compulsory) parking entry is located in Travessa da Poca in Maloeira. Shuttle time 15 minutes each way.
Return: It could hardly be any shorter, just go up the stairs on the right, across the harbor area to the car. (2 minutes)

Espigao: Canyon Start
Comment: Einstieg unter der Brücke
Approach: Der Canyon beginnt direkt unterhalb der Brücke.
Tour: Ein paar eigentlich schöne Abseiler werden durch viel Abfall und kontaminiertes Wasser zu einem unangenehmen Abstieg.

Espigao: Canyon End
Comment: Levada do Norte
Return: Nach dem letzten Abseiler folgen Sie der Levada do Norte nach links. Nach guten 30 Minuten erreichen Sie die Straße Estrada da Eira do Neto, dieser folgen Sie 250 Meter bergab zum zweiten Auto.

Espigao: Parking at Entry
Comment: Kurz vor der Brücke am Straßenrand
Access: Von Campanario aus durch den Tunnel nach Sao Paulo, von dort Richtung Espigao zur Einstiegsbrücke. Ein zweites Auto stellt man an der Levada do Norte in Eira do Mourao ab. Siehe GPS Daten.
Return: Nach dem letzten Abseiler folgen Sie der Levada do Norte nach links. Nach guten 30 Minuten erreichen Sie die Straße Estrada da Eira do Neto, dieser folgen Sie 250 Meter bergab zum zweiten Auto.

Espigao: Parking at Exit
Comment: Am Ende der Straße in der Parkbucht
Access: Von Campanario aus durch den Tunnel nach Sao Paulo, von dort Richtung Espigao zur Einstiegsbrücke. Ein zweites Auto stellt man an der Levada do Norte in Eira do Mourao ab. Siehe GPS Daten.
Return: Nach dem letzten Abseiler folgen Sie der Levada do Norte nach links. Nach guten 30 Minuten erreichen Sie die Straße Estrada da Eira do Neto, dieser folgen Sie 250 Meter bergab zum zweiten Auto.

Ribeira do Passo (Supérieur): Canyon Start
2025-12-15: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Passo (Supérieur) Nous avons commencé par la levada Faja do Rodrigues, puis avons emprunté le sentier escarpé et peu connu qui mène au milieu...
2023-10-01: A beautiful canyon, even if you have to walk up the boring slope...
Comment: Koordinaten von Descente übernommen

Ribeira do Passo (Supérieur): Canyon End
2025-12-15: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Passo (Supérieur) Nous avons commencé par la levada Faja do Rodrigues, puis avons emprunté le sentier escarpé et peu connu qui mène au milieu...
2023-10-01: A beautiful canyon, even if you have to walk up the boring slope...
Comment: Koordinaten von Descente übernommen

Ribeira do Passo (Supérieur): Parking at Entry
2025-12-15: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Passo (Supérieur) Nous avons commencé par la levada Faja do Rodrigues, puis avons emprunté le sentier escarpé et peu connu qui mène au milieu...
2023-10-01: A beautiful canyon, even if you have to walk up the boring slope...
Comment: Koordinaten von Descente übernommen

Ribeira do Passo (Supérieur): Parking at Exit

Agua Negra (superior): Canyon Start
2025-10-22: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Agua Negra (supérieur) (Quelle:
2023-10-02: Certainly a lot more attractive with more flow. We bypassed some pools on the right bank (paths available).
Approach: If you have an off-road car, you can halve the access by driving to the exit and then following the path that winds through the bushes until you reach the stream.
Tour: The tour has little water overall, most of it only comes at the last rappel. There are often paths around standing pools on the orographic right-hand side.

Agua Negra (superior): Canyon End
2025-10-22: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Agua Negra (supérieur) (Quelle:
2023-10-02: Certainly a lot more attractive with more flow. We bypassed some pools on the right bank (paths available).
Return: From the 25 Fontes, follow the path to the left back to the road. At the first inn you can also take the bus up to the road.

Agua Negra (superior): Parking at Entry
2025-10-22: Automatisch importiert von Descente-Canyon.com für Canyon Agua Negra (supérieur) (Quelle:
2023-10-02: Certainly a lot more attractive with more flow. We bypassed some pools on the right bank (paths available).
Return: From the 25 Fontes, follow the path to the left back to the road. At the first inn you can also take the bus up to the road.

Agua Negra (superior): Parking at Exit
Return: From the 25 Fontes, follow the path to the left back to the road. At the first inn you can also take the bus up to the road.

Barranco de Abicheiros

Barranco de Alfusqueiro: Canyon Start
Approach: Behind the river beach dam
Tour: Slides, slides, jumps, jumps and two rappels

Barranco de Alfusqueiro: Canyon End
Return: When we get to where the waterfall of the hydroelectric plant pours, we go out to the right. If we have two vehicles the second one will be there. If not, we will have to take the track to the right and go up the river along the track to the road.

Barranco de Talasnal

Barranco del río Ave: Canyon Start
Approach: Along the path of the mills of the Ave river, we will go up the Candosa waterfall and a little above it we will access the river.
Tour: Complicated when the river is flowing, the rest of the time it is an entertaining descent.

Barranco del río Ave: Canyon End
Return: By the path of the mills, we will have passed through here.

Barranco del río Bestança: Canyon Start
Approach: Along the path down to the bridge
Tour: A first part with the waterfalls and then the following part with pools, slides and slopes.

Barranco del río Bestança: Canyon End
Return: When we reach a building we will see a path on the right that leads us up to Cha, from this village we turn right on the PR that goes to Soutelo.

Barranco del Rio Varziela: Canyon Start
Approach: Along the trail from the back of town to the river or from the bridge.

Barranco del Rio Varziela: Canyon End

Barranco Portuzelo: Canyon Start
Approach: From the access car just go down to the river and follow it, without entering it, until it makes the turn to the right, to the north.
Tour: Simple except during the rainy season, a couple of waterfalls, very aesthetic and many small areas of jumps, with stretches of walking.

Barranco Portuzelo: Canyon End
Return: At the confluence with the stream on the left, we will take an ascending path that leads us to the camininho. If we have left the car here we only have to go to our point. With only one car we go up to Vila Cha, we turn left down the street da Poça to take the Caminho do Coto by which we will leave by a track that goes south, we follow it until we cross the stream and now in ascent it turns left, if we follow it we will make a couple of loops until we get to the road, if we are strong we can atrochar shortening the return quite a lot. Once on the road we will follow it to the left until our curve.

Barranco Ribeiro d Arga: Canyon Start
Approach: Approximation bcos Sao Joao and Arga With only one car we will have to go up the slope to leave the forest to our left, here we will find a track that we can follow or atrochar up to the street. We will take the street to the left and we will arrive at the little street that serves as upper parking. In both cases there is a track under the houses that goes east, after 400m it turns north, towards the riverbed. we will enter the bridge.
Tour: Very continuous, as soon as we enter, we have the first rappel.

Barranco Ribeiro d Arga: Canyon End
Return: After the last rappel, we will not go down the next waterfall, there is a track on our left, following it we arrive at the car.

Barranco Ribeiro d Arga: Unknown Parking
Comment: PARKING (com 1 carro)
Access: By A28 exit 28 to Arga de Sao Joao Access to Bcos Sao Joao and Arga We will take the M552 to Arga de Sao Joao, just when we arrive there is a track on the left that surrounds the village on the lower part and takes us to the river (see map). We will pass through Ribeiro de Sao Joao and we are below Arga de Baixo. 800m after passing the river there is a track on the left, go down it for 1km and park. If we have two cars, with the access car we will go up to the main track and follow it until the houses below Arga de Baixo (it is about 600m away), we will follow this street straight ahead that curves to the right, about 300m later there is a very short street on the left, we go down it and park.
Return: After the last rappel, we will not go down the next waterfall, there is a track on our left, following it we arrive at the car.

Barranco Ribeiro d Arga: Unknown Parking1
Comment: PARKING FIM (com 2 carros)
Access: By A28 exit 28 to Arga de Sao Joao Access to Bcos Sao Joao and Arga We will take the M552 to Arga de Sao Joao, just when we arrive there is a track on the left that surrounds the village on the lower part and takes us to the river (see map). We will pass through Ribeiro de Sao Joao and we are below Arga de Baixo. 800m after passing the river there is a track on the left, go down it for 1km and park. If we have two cars, with the access car we will go up to the main track and follow it until the houses below Arga de Baixo (it is about 600m away), we will follow this street straight ahead that curves to the right, about 300m later there is a very short street on the left, we go down it and park.
Return: After the last rappel, we will not go down the next waterfall, there is a track on our left, following it we arrive at the car.

Barranco Ribeiro d Arga: Unknown Parking2
Comment: PARKING INICIO (com 2 carros)
Access: By A28 exit 28 to Arga de Sao Joao Access to Bcos Sao Joao and Arga We will take the M552 to Arga de Sao Joao, just when we arrive there is a track on the left that surrounds the village on the lower part and takes us to the river (see map). We will pass through Ribeiro de Sao Joao and we are below Arga de Baixo. 800m after passing the river there is a track on the left, go down it for 1km and park. If we have two cars, with the access car we will go up to the main track and follow it until the houses below Arga de Baixo (it is about 600m away), we will follow this street straight ahead that curves to the right, about 300m later there is a very short street on the left, we go down it and park.

Barranco Ribeiro d Arga: Unknown
Comment: Subida ingreme por corta-fogo, algo escorregadia

Barranco Ribeiro d Arga: Unknown1
Comment: FIM / Saida do rio pla esquerda (não descer a cascata)

Barranco Ribeiro d Arga: Unknown2
Comment: INICIO do canyoning

Canyon Rio Arado Inferior: Canyon Start
Approach: Sup and Inf Plow Access Immediate from the bridge.
Tour: Quite hard descent, sporty, very fun, with all kinds of rappels and abseilings.

Canyon Rio Arado Inferior: Canyon End
Return: Once we reach a small bridge, we take the path on the orographic right that will take us to the village in half an hour.

Canyon Rio Arado Inferior: Unknown
Comment: Ponte do Arado

Canyon Rio Arado Inferior: Unknown1
Comment: Inicío do Canyoning

Canyon Rio Arado Inferior: Unknown2
Comment: Ponto de Passagem

Canyon Rio Arado Inferior: Unknown3
Comment: Saída do Rio

Comment: Entrada na Aldeia de Ermida

Porto da Baleeira: Canyon Start
Approach: On the path that goes down to the beach, just at the first sharp bend to the left, there is a path to the right towards the cliffs.
Tour: 3 non-chained rappels

Porto da Baleeira: Canyon End
Return: Along the beach trail behind the house

Ribeira da Fílveda: Canyon Start
Approach: We go back along the track until a sharp turn where we turn left to go down to the riverbed.

Ribeira da Fílveda: Canyon End
Return: After descending the Fílveda waterfall, we leave by the tourist trail to go up to the trail.

Ribeira da Nave: Canyon Start
Approach: We will leave by the track that goes down to the river, cross the bridge and go uphill. We follow the path that runs parallel to the river a few meters up and 600m after crossing the bridge, turn right to go down to the river (Marmitas del gigante). There we access the river
Tour: Simple, only 3 difficulties, the first two jumpable. The last one is a nice 17m waterfall on the right side.

Ribeira da Nave: Canyon End
Return: After the waterfall we can go along the river bank to a bridge where we go upstream and take the path back to the river.

Ribeira da Nave: Unknown
Comment: INICIO - Entre Socalcos

Ribeira da Nave: Unknown1

Ribeira da Nave: Unknown2
Comment: Seguir Marcações do PR

Ribeira da Nave: Unknown3
Comment: Virar

Comment: Virar

Comment: Corte em estrada alcatroada

Comment: Ponte de Referencia

Comment: Ruina

Comment: Pequena represa

Comment: Inicio de caminhada de regresso. 45min (?)

Comment: Possível ponto de estacionamento, junto a ETAR

Comment: Final oficial.. nesta ponte seguir pla esquerda para subir a loriga

Comment: Já depois de sair do rio, seguimos plo track e descemos está escada pra regressar a loriga

Comment: Escadas de acesso às marmitas e início do rio

Comment: Seguir para marmitas de gigante a 140m

Ribeira de Leandres: Canyon Start
Approach: We leave by the PR that takes us to the wooden bridge over the river, the beginning of the ravine (there is a signpost).
Tour: See mole description

Ribeira de Leandres: Canyon End
Return: When we reach the exit bridge, we turn left along the PR "Rota do Javali" to the parking lot.

Ribeira de Paivô: Canyon Start
Approach: From the high voltage pole, we follow the line to go down to the river. If we have the car down we can walk up the road or take advantage of some of the tracks to shorten the ascent.
Tour: Ver topo.

Ribeira de Paivô: Canyon End
Return: We arrived at the bridge where we parked.

Ribeira de Paredes: Canyon Start
Approach: We follow the track that leads us to the waterfall on the right orographic there are some walkways and a path, here we climb up to overcome it, where it opens and we see that you can access the bed
Tour: A couple of rappels to approach the waterfall, after the waterfall another small rappel.

Ribeira de Paredes: Canyon End
Return: By the access road

Ribeira de São João: Canyon Start
Approach: Approach to the Sao Joao and Arga banks With two cars you only have to go down to the river from the bridge. With only one car you have to go back to the indicated bridge, you will have passed through it.
Tour: Simple, with only 5 rappels, although all of them are from natural sources. Provide material for installation from trees.

Ribeira de São João: Canyon End
Return: We will continue until the confluence of our river with the contribution on the left, here we will go out to the right half a slope in search of the track that is a few meters above.

Ribeira de São João: Unknown Parking
Comment: PARKING FIM (com 2 carros) / PARKING (com 1 carro)
Access: By A28 exit 28 to Arga de Sao Joao Access to Bcos Sao Joao and Arga We will take the M552 to Arga de Sao Joao, just when we arrive there is a track on the left that surrounds the village on the lower part and takes us to the river (see map). We will pass by the Ribeiro de Sao Joao, if we have two cars, we would leave the access car here. We will continue along the track turning north below Arga de Baixo. 800m after passing the river there is a track on the left, go down it for 1km and park, we will be just above where the Sao Joao receives the contribution on the left. Here we leave the return or if we only have a car
Return: We will continue until the confluence of our river with the contribution on the left, here we will go out to the right half a slope in search of the track that is a few meters above.

Ribeira de São João: Unknown
Comment: FIM / saida do canyoning

Ribeira de São João: Unknown1
Comment: INICIO do Cayoning

Ribeira de São João: Unknown Parking1
Comment: PARKING INICIO (com 2 carros)
Access: By A28 exit 28 to Arga de Sao Joao Access to Bcos Sao Joao and Arga We will take the M552 to Arga de Sao Joao, just when we arrive there is a track on the left that surrounds the village on the lower part and takes us to the river (see map). We will pass by the Ribeiro de Sao Joao, if we have two cars, we would leave the access car here. We will continue along the track turning north below Arga de Baixo. 800m after passing the river there is a track on the left, go down it for 1km and park, we will be just above where the Sao Joao receives the contribution on the left. Here we leave the return or if we only have a car
Return: We will continue until the confluence of our river with the contribution on the left, here we will go out to the right half a slope in search of the track that is a few meters above.

Ribeira do Côto de Boi Inferior
v4 a2 III | 1h/3h/5min | ⭐ | m

Ribeira do Fontão: Canyon Start
Approach: We go straight ahead towards the footbridges and the bar. Arriving at the bar we turn right up the stream (which stays on our left), 50m from the bar, the trail turns right, we continue to the left and soon, the climb ends and we throw ourselves into the riverbed.
Tour: Ver topo

Ribeira do Fontão: Canyon End
Return: When we reach the river beach, we turn left under the footbridges to go back up to the parking lot.

Rio Mau / Ribeiro dos Cadeados