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The green agriculture tour is an unique tour taking guests through what is farming in Madeira and all the secrets behind this trade from planting to harvesting, to packing and local food.

Highlights

• Visit a private banana field, see the banana business. these visits - private
• Visit the Agriculture School and learn about grafting methods - green house
• Visit to a private cattle farm with long history on this trade - private visit.
• Lunch in a cozy countryside rural area of Madeira - Local Maderian food.
• Explore Porto da Cruz and visit the very old rum factory with steam machines.

Description

Leaving the Hotel through Funchal into private farms. During this excursion, you will be visiting a banana farm in Funchal and seeing how the farmers look after their land by interacting, learning more about the trade. Small groups and private tour in a private land. Visit the Banana Business run by the goverment and learn more about what is done with the bananas once picked from the cutting from the selection to the packing. Private visit. Banana tasting at the end. (Please note in the winter time we dont always have rype bananas.) Take the old road to another interesting stop, the private agriculture school, where the farmers come to buy their trees to plant. There is also a tour around the school to see the international trees planted many years ago and many local trees like avacodos, lemon trees and others when fruits are in season tasting of the fruits will be offered to guests. During this visit learn more about grafting methods used in the island. The drive to the northern part of the island where you can see many farms and farmers working. Outside the city in a beautiful Rural countryside, Lunch is served in a cozy house restaurant where the meals are prepared like the locals prepared it at home. From fresh baked home bread, to tapas with local food, main meal choice of fish or meat, fresh vegetables, delicious home made desserts. Drinks are included in this meal as well as coffee. Stop in Porto da Cruz, sugarcane region, to visit one of Madeiras oldest rum factories and see the steam machines still in use. During the sugarcane season in April to May the machines are operating. The unknown cattle farm to many has been in this family for over a hundred years, they provide most of its milk for the making of our famous “requeijão” cheese, and see the old milking techniques. Beautiful region with amazing view. After this visit the drive back to Funchal.

Includes

Hotel pickup and drop-off Hotels in Caniço and Funchal Entrances to the farms mentioned - Banana Farm, Agriculture School, Cow farm Local Lunch, tapas, dessert with drinks included and coffee Tasting of Rum

Important Information

• The tour will not take place on bank holidays, Christmas day and 1 january. Guests coming from Ponta do Sol, Calheta, Santana and São Vicente can meet us in the main road of the Hotel Madeira Panoramico Hotel parking is free. Pick ups can delay 15 minutes due to traffic, accidents or road works. Please check e.mail, whattsapp message for pick up details, pick ups can be earlier or later according tot the tour and hotel you are staying in. Please bring a jacket and comfortable shoes.

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund