4 x 4 Jeep Safaris

4 x 4 Jeep Safaris

4 x 4 Jeep Safaris

Sao Miguel Island, Azores

Half day prices: Adult £45, Child £25     Full day prices: Adult £75, Child £45

4 x 4 safaris help the visitor to see the islands from a different perspective and with plenty of adventure. Our programs offer a great range of tours incorporating the main attractions as well as off the road tracks, enhancing your experience of the island. Half and full-day trips include trips to take in the great lakes, thermal springs and waterfalls. You can also swim in a thermal lake set in verdant botanical gardens. The jeep tours can accommodate between 7 and 9 people, including 1 guide. There is also a pickup and drop off service to and from your hotel and lunch is included in the full day tour. 

If you wish to add it to your itinerary, just let us know at the time of booking. You can also add this tour to your holiday any time before departure and also at our boat base in the Azores (subject to availability. To avoid disappointment, we suggest booking additional tours by the balance due date 8 weeks before departure). 

Geotourism and Volcano full day tour

Geotourism and Volcano full day tour

 Geo-tourism and Volcano Day Tour

Sao Miguel Island, Azores

Prices: Adult £85, Child £45

The Azores Archipelago has volcanic origins and is considered by many to have exceptional landscape due to this influence.  Recent eruptions are visible and can be visited. The volcanic origins of the islands created mountains and valleys covered by a luxurious and varied   vegetation, lakes in ancient volcano craters, hot water springs, thermal hot-water fountains and cascades, stupendous peaks contrasting with cultivated fields. We offer organised trips to several geological interest spots. This tour lasts 3 hours and you can also book this trip for a smaller amount of people if needed. However, the minimum number of people is 4, you can rebook/cancel latest 48 hours before your tour. 

If you wish to add it to your itinerary, just let us know at the time of booking. You can also add this tour to your holiday any time before departure and also at our boat base in the Azores (subject to availability. To avoid disappointment, we suggest booking additional tours by the balance due date 8 weeks before departure). 

(Suitable for all ages)

Bird watching full day tour

Bird watching full day tour

Bird Watching Tours

Sao Miguel Island, Azores

The Azores has the largest colony of Cory’s Shearwater and you will find two of Europe’s rarest birds the Azores Bullfinch and the Mosteiro’s storm-petrel . There are nearly 400 species currently including a number that are extremely rare and newly sighted.

Please contact the following guide directly if you would like to book a bird watching tour. There is also a bird watching centre in Nordeste (1 hour drive from Ponta Delgada – see below):

Gerbrand Michielsen

Originally from the Netherlands and now living in the Azores, please visit his website below for his contact details (please email or call him directly to make a booking)

GerbyBirding – LOCAL!

 

Centro do Priolo Nordeste

 

Please visit the following website to find out more about tours at the Centro do Priolo in Nordeste (you will need to hire a car or book a taxi to get to/from the centre from Ponta Delgada).

O Centro | Centro Ambiental do Priolo (centropriolo.com)

Canyoning

Canyoning

Canyoning

Sao Miguel Island, Azores

£95 half day (adult/child) 

The sport of canyoning involves a number of outdoor skills, including walking, climbing, swimming, abseiling, sliding, stemming, chimneying and rappelling. Jump, slide and abseil in a totally natural environment, descending along Canyoning (2) small streams that flow from the mountain top, completely surrounded by endemic forest (Note: min age 8yrs. Guests need to be able to swim) If you wish to add it to your itinerary, just let us know at the time of booking. You can also add this tour to your holiday any time before departure and also at our boat base in the Azores (subject to availability. To avoid disappointment, we suggest booking additional tours by the balance due date 8 weeks before departure). 

For safety purposes, this tours operation will bank on the conditions of the weather and where the activity takes place. Equipment will be provided such as a wetsuit and socks, top canyoning harness, group safety equipment, top canyoning shoes and helmet. The tour duration is 4.5 hours.  

 

Walking Tours

Walking Tours

Walking Tours

Sao Miguel Island, Azores

Half day adult £45 child £25

Full day (includes picnic lunch) adult £55 child £35 *

*excluding Faial da Terra & van tour Nordeste £80 adult £45 child

We provide a range of walking tours of varied levels of difficulty and schedules to suit all abilities. Guests can visit the countryside and/or the seacoast. You will pass by lakes, waterfalls, hot water springs, mountains, forests, ancient volcano craters, ancient roads and wild beauty, enjoying the endemic fauna and flora. Trekking is also available in our programmes. We offer climbs on the more challenging mountainous terrain. The landscape of the island never fails to amaze! 

View our latest brochure below featuring some of the best walking trails that Sao Miguel Island has to offer. These will either be included in your chosen holiday or can be added to your holiday program.