Daniel’s Levada Directory
31 July 2012 Rabacal
Also known as Tour 2012-07-31 Rabacal
Archival documentation — not a current hiking recommendation. Source file on danishome.ch last modified: 12 June 2020
Course
Rest area on the ER-211 - levada house of the Levada Vinte e Cinco Fontes - rider tunnel - Levada do Risco - Risco waterfall - Levada Vinte e Cinco Fontes - descent to the Levada da Rocha Vermelha - Levada da Rocha Vermelha - Madre of the Levada da Rocha Vermelha - end of the Levada da Rocha Vermelha - levada house of the Levada Vinte e Cinco Fontes - end of the Levada Vinte e Cinco Fontes - levada house of the Levada Vinte e Cinco Fontes - rest area on the ER-211
Distance: ca. 22 Km
Start: 08:32 rest area on the ER-211
End
17:30 rest area on the ER-211
Condition
Easy. One spot on the Rocha Vermelha a little critical (stream crossing about 40 minutes upstream after the Seixal tunnel). Before the long tunnel, fairly exposed with no railings! On the Levada do Risco and the Levada Vinte e Cinco Fontes very many walkers out; an early start pays off!
Remarks
The aim of the walk was to walk the lower 3 Rabacal levadas without a big crowd and, if possible, to make a circuit of them. Partly the official footpath PR6
The next walking classic on Madeira; it suffers a little from the tourism