It's 5am when my alarm clock wakes me. Time to get out! I shuffle around my hotel room in the dark, splash some water in my face, grab my camera bag and get into the car. My destination: Achada do Teixeira. It's still pitch dark when I arrive at Achada do Teixeira, so before I start my early morning hike to Pico Ruivo I search for my flashlight. At 6.30am I install myself and my camera on top of one of the mountains around Pico Ruivo. The sky...
The Atlantic Ocean around Madeira is the natural habitat of around twenty different species of dolphins and whales. Some of these species reside here all year round, and some are just passing through. This makes Madeira a great place to visit these cetaceans. We have made a trip like this several times, and it keeps on impressing me. It is a wonderful experience to be able to see these fantastic creatures in their natural living environments. If you want to see dolphins and whales, Funchal is were you...
We’ve been looking forward to this day all week. Today will be our very first coasteering trip. We had heard about this sport before, but never knew that the activity could also be done on Madeira. But hey, why not? Madeira seems perfect for this activity! Being such canyoning addicts, this was something we just had to try. Because: cliff jumping, swimming, climbing….these are all activities we enjoy! So here we are, on our first coasteering experience guided by Discovery Island Madeira. COASTEERING LOCATION: PONTA DE SÃO LOURENÇO We start...
On MADEIRAMAZING we like to emphasize the many possibilities for enjoying an active stay on Madeira. The many different ways to enjoy nature and all kinds of adventure sports is mainly why we love this island. In 2011, the Madeira tourist office, organized the first Madeira Nature Festival, to actively promote precisely those aspects of the island. MADEIRA NATURE FESTIVAL The Madeira Nature Festival, 3rd to 8th of October 2017, is a week long event that promotes all tourist activities based on nature, thereby encouraging contact with the rich natural...
