Northeast Santana Traditional Houses 4x4 Safari Full-Day Tour
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Northeast Santana Traditional Houses 4x4 Safari Full-Day Tour

By Green Devil Safari
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Ages 0-99, max of 8 per group
Duration: 8h
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Mobile ticket
Live guide: German, Portuguese, English, French, Spanish
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Highlights

  • Local taxes
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Insurance
What's not included
  • Lunch (optional 3 meal course is €12.00)
  • Gratuities
  • Entry/Admission - Santana
  • Entry/Admission - Casas Típicas de Santana
  • Entry/Admission - Fortress of Faial
  • Entry/Admission - Engenhos do Norte


Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
    Hotel pickup offered
    During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.
      Port pickup offered
      During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included ports.
      • Funchal, Portugal
      Additional pickup options
      During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included pickup points.
      • Estátua de Cristiano Ronaldo, Av. Sá Carneiro 27, São Martinho, 9000-017 Funchal, Portugal
      End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

        • Not wheelchair accessible
        • Infant seats available
        If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 16813P30

        • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
        • Children must be accompanied by an adult
        • Most travelers can participate
        • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers

        • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

        If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 16813P30

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          Boaventura
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          Sao Jorge
          Santana
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        About the operator
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        • Green Devil Safari
          4.9 of 5 bubbles2,118
          Funchal, Portugal
          Joined in June 2015
        • SaskaSa
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Great tour
          Fantastic tour with Dino. Weather wasn't the best but this was compensated by the quality of the tour. Highly recommended!
          Written March 18, 2025
        • M5386OJgemmap
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Fun experience
          Went on a 4x4 tour of the northwest with Diego, our driver. Even though the weather wasn’t perfect, it was such great fun. My favourite part was the off-roading, which the light rain made much more enjoyable due to the muddy surfaces. However, if you don’t really like mud, don’t worry, it wasn’t much. It wasn’t raining to begin with, so we had the roof open while we were off-roading and were able to stand up. So much fun. Diego is a fantastic driver on and off road. He also knew so much about the island. The time given at all the stops was enough to enjoy where we were, but not too long that we weren’t able to see a lot elsewhere. Would recommend these guys to anyone visiting Madeira.
          Written March 18, 2025
        • 971heathero
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Lovely lovely must do
          Perfect tours great guides who know their culture and history inside out. They also have arranged the locals visits and know people and all the special secret spots. Don’t rent a car. We did and drove it one day too stressful and we don’t know the island. Pay the money and get to know the magic of the island thru these guides and the people.
          Written March 14, 2025
        • marcink178
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Must to do in Madeira
          Absolutely great adventure! We had one day trip across the island and we ere accompanied by Lino and Pedro. Pedro has good sense of humour and also tells lot of interesting histories about Madeira. We were in the team of 10 people on 2 Jeeps and everybody liked it!
          Written March 10, 2025
        • Piotrek657
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Great experience!
          I strongly recommend that trip. Weather was not ideal, but we were able to experience off-road of Madeira!
          Written March 9, 2025
        • tinaA599RP
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Amazing!!!
          Our tour was a great experience. We learn so much and had a so much fun. I can totally recommend taking a tour with this company.
          Written March 7, 2025
        • KeinickeD
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Lovely tour
          Fantastic tour with the perfect guide Lino. He knew all the nice places and had a really good conversation with all of us. Thanks for your personality and for giving us a part of your self.
          Written March 5, 2025
        • PebbleSoup
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          A perfect tour
          A perfect tour thanks to our guide, Lino, who assessed our needs accurately and provided us with a well balanced tour. A mixture of local history and wild off road incursions. Gold standard, thank you Green Devil.
          Written March 2, 2025
        • C6076VVchrisl
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Great Land Rover Safari
          Excellent trip exploring the west of Madeira in a Land Rover Discovery. Fascinating (often challenging terrain) skilfully negotiated by a friendly and very experienced driver who highlighted the beautiful and varied landscape - and informed us about the native flora and fauna
          Written February 23, 2025
        • G6668UPsoniab
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Country delights
          Great half day trip with Lino entertaining and a good safe driver especially on off road section. Enough time at view points and farmers market.
          Written February 23, 2025
        • SweetyPeaS
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Fabulous adventure
          This is a great trip to explore the northwest side of the island. Our driver / guide Dino was amazing, he has the knowledge and skills to drive. He’s got a great sense of humour too and nothing is too much to ask. Highly recommended!
          Written February 23, 2025
        • Eve1908
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          great adventure
          it was a great adventure and we really enjoyed the Tour , there was a lot to see and the sights are beautiful and very special. The guides were very nice and explained everything well , we loved it
          Written February 21, 2025
        • Rachel S
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          An off roading experience
          Juan provided an excellent adventure. We were able to go off roading, stop to see some beautiful views. We also swam in lava pools which was a unique experience. Highly recommended!
          Written February 20, 2025
        • D8594GOdouglash
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Wonderful Enchanted Terraces
          Jay Lenno was outstanding. Had a really fun day - kept the adrenaline levels up. Amazing views, thoroughly recommended.
          Written February 16, 2025
        • Susan S
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          An excellent day on the east coast safari
          We strongly recommend this trip Our driver and host for the day was Pedro, and he couldn’t have been more professional but at the same time very informative of the surrounding areas The whole day was a pleasure and we would certainly repeat it Stunning scenery with such an informative guide Thank you Pedro for making this such a memorable journey, we loved it
          Written February 15, 2025
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        philiplusty
        Craigavon, UK48 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        We had a fabulous day. It started from the moment our driver Miguel picked us up very promptly from our hotel in Funchal. Our whole family immediately warmed to Miguel, adopting him as our designated driver and trusted tour guide. We valued his local knowledge and good humour and he made our day extra special. We saw fantastic sights (iconic Santana houses, scenic views of Funchal as well as some of the best scenery the north and east of the island has to offer (see photos). We even stopped by Ronaldo’s house, but he wasn’t home. Food was not included in the price but we were taken to a really good restaurant where we were looked after very well at reasonable price with special consideration taken for our younger children. We highly recommend this trip if you want that little bit of extra attention to detail and care, as well as the joy of a bit of off-roading in the forest (my kids will never forget). Enjoy the poncho and the rum tasting! Highly recommend Miguel as a guide and he knows his poncho!
        Written July 13, 2023
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        Linda Ann S
        Taunton, United Kingdom5 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Mar 2024 • Couples
        We went to explore the other side of the island. Julia picked us up from our hotel and we were off. Only 4 to our jeep us and another couple. Julia explained everything she was so easy to talk to and was so informative. I’m not the best when I’m not driving but I felt completely safe with her. We went to places that on our own we would never have found. The highlight of my day had to be the off road section. Stood in the back of the jeep driving through the forest with the wind blowing through my hair, I haven’t felt so relaxed and free in a long time. Then off for lunch which for a couple was 36 euro but could have fed a family of 4 to be fair. Then to see the traditional houses which we could go inside of one where we had a local home made drink waiting for us. I didn’t want the day to end it was fantastic. Highly recommended and when we come out to Madeira again we will definitely be exploring with this company again. Thanks Julia a fantastic day was had, you were amazing.
        Written March 16, 2024
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        angela M
        10 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Mar 2023
        This was an excellent trip, some off-road tracks as well which was fun, our driver was really good and tried not to use main roads so lots of small, steep windy roads. We had local experiences of Poncho, 2 stops for this, a small rum factory with tasters and a lunch stop. We paid for our own drinks and lunch. The driver we had was Gerhard, he was very knowledgeable about the island and vegetation and stopped and showed us many things, and stopped at view points, he was very relaxed about what time we got back and just wanted to show us a good time. I think he was disappointed that the off-road tracks were quite dry as we were very clean at the end, even though he found as many puddles as he could! Would definitely do this again with Green Devil!
        Written March 12, 2023
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        Richard S
        Warrington, UK23 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Sep 2022
        We wanted to see some of Madeira that we couldn't get to on public buses. We were picked up by Hugo on time. There were 6 of us plus Hugo (Us from UK, 2 from Ireland, 1 from Switzerland and 1 from Portugal). We all got on really well and Hugo spoke English throughout. He was a font of knowledge about Madeira (he was born there), and knew all about the history. It was in a Land Rover (Discovery, I think) so not the most comfortable, but we had loads of stops to see the views, for coffee, lunch etc so it wasn't too bad. We also went to a Rum factory which was interesting (hic!!).
        All in all a very enjoyable day. It ended up being about 10 hours so you certainly get your monies worth.
        Written September 23, 2022
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        Bernd
        1 contribution
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Nov 2024 • Couples
        We learned a lot about the northeast of the island.
        The tour is optimally put together and there are enough breaks.

        A big highlight is the off-road part through the forest.

        We can absolutely recommend the tour. In addition, we had an excellent driver who knows several languages (English, French and Spanish).
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        Written November 6, 2024
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        Hannah F
        8 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        May 2022 • Family
        I can honestly say this was such an amazing tour! The island was beautiful, amazing food, the locals were lovely and I can’t forget to give a special mention to Duarte our tour guide who was faultless! He knew so much about the island, vegetation, locals and even told us about his personal life experiences on the island he was truly exceptional. The jeep was so fun the bumpy rides up to the mountain top was unforgettable and will be a memory I take with me forever. Thank you so much Green Devil Safari for an amazing experience I hope to return to the island and book with you again!
        Written May 9, 2022
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        diane s
        wrexham89 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Oct 2022
        We had a great day out with Diego our driver. We went to some fabululous places and he was so knowledgeable. There were plenty of stops for photos and we could take our time. He made our day fun and enjoyable. We stopped at the rum distillery and there was plenty of time to sample the rum plus a knowledgeable talk on the process to make it. We would definitely recommend doing this trip withn Green Devils and Diego
        Written October 22, 2022
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        Helen 759
        4 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Just come back from our day out with Green Devil to the NorthEast Santana Traditional Houses 4x4 tour. Our driver Nuno and his co-pilot Juan were excellent company and very knowledgeable. Their English was impeccable. They took us to a wonderful restaurant for lunch that was very reasonably priced. We visited a traditional house and also a rum distillery. We thoroughly recommend this tour. Five stars plus!
        Written October 30, 2020
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        J82
        846 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Great... as all tours with Green Devil Safari. It was very nice to see different spots of the amazing island Madeira! Small groups, perfect guides!
        Written January 17, 2020
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        daniel m
        Grimsby, UK83 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Best of both worlds on this tour,get to see great sights and the maderian thatched cottages plus you get to go off roading in open roofed four by fours,this was great fun .we stopped for lunch in a very nice local restaurant with reasonably priced dishes.we took in a rum factory and got to taste the local tipple.we were in a two vehicle group and both drivers were good fun and also very knowledgeable,an assert to the company.if we ever came back to the island I would give this company another go,
        Written September 6, 2018
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