Levada Fajã do Rodrigues

A compact, rewarding walk into the green amphitheatre of the São Vicente valley. From Ginjas the level path follows the Fajã do Rodrigues channel through a series of tunnels — including one long, narrow bore of around a kilometre that demands a torch — to a finale of waterfalls where the main cascade pours into a small pool fed by the Ribeira do Inferno, the river that gives the levada its water. The vegetation shifts from introduced species to native laurel forest, and the valley walls deliver constant panoramas. Visit Madeira gives it as 3.9 km each way (7.8 km round trip), 3:30 h, Moderate, altitude 630/600 m; WalkMe records 8.1 km / 2:45 h and rates it Easy.