Cane sugar - Import export

During this excursion, you will be visiting, a banana farm in Funchal, taking the old road to another interesting local family vegetable and fruit farm, a cattle farm that provides most of its milk for the making of our famous “requeijão” cheese, and see the old milking techniques. Stop for lunch in a typical restaurant in the sugar cane region and visit the only rum factory in Europe that operates with steam. After lunch a drive through countryside to see all the flowers in season and drive through the cheese factory.

Come and live Madeiras history. Starting from the reception on your hotel we make our way to Camacha the wickerwork factory passing the Eucalyptus and Mimosa forests unto the breathtaking mountains of Pico do Arieiro at 1800m above sea level descending to Ribeiro Frio where you will find the trout hatchery and the Santana UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVE. Taking the old road of Faial, Santana will be the next stop where you will find the traditional thatched houses and vines. Along the North coast sugar cane terraces are still visible. We then leave the North unto the Southeast coast the old capital of Madeira Machico where the first Portuguese settlers arrived in the 15 century. The next stop is at Ponta de São Lourenço the eastern point cape of the Island where the rock formation will astound you, we then return to hotel.