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Levada do Caldeirão Verde vs Levada do Furado

Two of Madeira's hiking trails side by side: distance, difficulty, ascent, duration and booking. Live 0 to 100 scores for each are in the app.

Quick take: Levada do Furado is the shorter walk; Levada do Furado has less climbing; Levada do Caldeirão Verde is graded hard, Levada do Furado medium.

Which one is harder?

Levada do Caldeirão Verde is the harder of the two on paper: graded hard against medium. Levada do Caldeirão Verde climbs 796 m more, 1,291 m against 495 m. Levada do Caldeirão Verde is the longer walk too, 17.4 km against 11.0 km.

How long does each take?

Allow about 6h 30m for Levada do Caldeirão Verde and about 5h for Levada do Furado, one way and at a walking pace. That is roughly 1h 30m more for Levada do Caldeirão Verde, before any stops. Levada do Caldeirão Verde is an out-and-back, so the return doubles the time on the ground; the other is not.

Do you need to book?

Both are regulated IFCN trails, so both need a ticket at EUR 4.50, bought through the SIMplifica portal.

Which one should you pick?

Levada do Caldeirão Verde

Choose Levada do Caldeirão Verde if you are here for Tunnel, Endemic flora, Abyss.

Levada do Furado

Choose Levada do Furado if you are here for Tunnel, Endemic flora, Point to point, or if you want the shorter day, or if you would rather not climb.

Which of the two is better on a given morning is a different question, and the numbers above cannot answer it: cloud, wind and closures change hourly and they change differently on the north and south coasts. Levadas scores both live and tells you which to drive to today.

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