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PR-9 Levada do Caldeirao Verde

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Distance
10.31 mi
Elevation gain
9,186 ft
Technical difficulty
Easy
Elevation loss
9,186 ft
Max elevation
3,521 ft
TrailRank 
42
Min elevation
2,863 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
2 hours 56 minutes
Time
3 hours 32 minutes
Coordinates
2510
Uploaded
September 23, 2020
Recorded
September 2020
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near Achada do Marquês, Madeira (Portugal)

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Itinerary description

CORRECTION: +/- 14km & NO elevation gain or losses (ok, maybe +15m,-15m)

Very nice levada walk. If you can only do one levada walk on Madeira I highly recommend this one. Very green rainforesty-like levada walk with now and then great vistas at the surrounding mountains, some small waterfalls and in the end a high waterfall dropping into a very pittoresque lagoon. Not to forget the tunnels! Bring a flashlight!
(access to the lagoon is said to be closed but you can easily get there, it is not dangerous at all and when I was there everybody went over to the little lagoon)

Waypoints

PictographInformation point Altitude 2,871 ft
Photo ofPR-9 Levada do Caldeirao Verde

PR-9 Levada do Caldeirao Verde

PictographProvisioning Altitude 2,884 ft
Photo ofCasa das Quemadas

Casa das Quemadas

Parking ticket machine and drinks

PictographInformation point Altitude 2,904 ft
Photo ofSigns

Signs

PictographPhoto Altitude 2,900 ft
Photo ofWalking along the levada

Walking along the levada

PictographFountain Altitude 2,972 ft
Photo ofFoto

Foto

PictographWaterfall Altitude 2,995 ft
Photo ofFoto

Foto

PictographInformation point Altitude 2,910 ft
Photo ofSigns

Signs

PictographWaypoint Altitude 2,897 ft
Photo ofTunnel nr.2

Tunnel nr.2

PictographPanorama Altitude 2,986 ft
Photo ofFoto

Foto

PictographPanorama Altitude 2,940 ft
Photo ofGreat vistas!!!

Great vistas!!!

PictographPhoto Altitude 3,012 ft
Photo ofRainbow

Rainbow

PictographIntersection Altitude 2,904 ft
Photo ofSigns

Signs

PictographWaterfall Altitude 3,350 ft
Photo ofLagoa Do Caldeirao Verde

Lagoa Do Caldeirao Verde

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