Itinerary

This activity takes place in the Ribeira dos Caldeirões Natural Park, one of the most extraordinary places in the northeastern part of the island of São Miguel (+/- 45 minutes by car from the city of Ponta Delgada). When we get there, we’ll proceed with the distribution of equipment and then start a short walk of about 15 minutes to our first stop where we’ll do our first safety briefing. We’ll then continue climbing and then stop for our second safety briefing and show you how to abseil before continuing for another 10 minutes or so to the start of the canyoning where the fun will begin!

The Canyoning Experience: After reaching the top of the first waterfall, your adventure begins, where you will abseil down the first descent next to a 5-meter waterfall and have the chance to jump into its fresh water. We’ll continue our journey down the stream to an exciting toboggan run, and, for those who want to venture out, you’ll also have the opportunity to jump from the highest part of this area, with a height of ~3 meters. We’ll let the stream guide us to the next jump, which is ~2 meters high. Walking along the stream, we will approach our 2nd abseil of ~7m which ends in a natural pool. We will walk back to the starting point.

NOTE: Please be aware that if you feel uncomfortable with any of the jumps there are other alternatives.

Depending on the conditions of the stream and the abilities of the group, we are flexible with our route and canyoning techniques.