Madeira- Levadas and more!

Levadas are canals taking water from the Northern wet side of the island to the dryer Southern side. Hiking trails go along side the Levadas and with the subtropical temps in Madeira it makes for ideal hikes!
Calla lilies were growing all over. Madeira is called the hiking island by Germans but is also known for flowers too.

Each Hiking trail had its own microclimate and types of plants.

Some Levadas had lots of stairs, rushing water down the Levada, lots of waterfalls and ferns.
  • Waterfall
Sometimes getting to the Levada was a bit tricky with watching out for cows in the road.
This island has more tunnels than I’ve ever seen!
This Levada had unique tunnels
  • This guy was right on the trail.
  • Eyeing my bread
This Levada trail (above) had over 10 tunnels and you needed a flashlight to go through them. The tunnel pictured is over 1 kilometer long. There’s not much room between the rock wall and the Levada Either 😬 and
yes, that is the light at the end of the tunnel. 😃
The town of Santa Cruz

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