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Furnas Crater Lake: Biologist-Guided Tour
4.7
50 Ratings
Islands
Discover the stunning Furnas crater lake and village alongside an expert Biologist guide. Savor authentic local cuisine, witness the impressive geysers, and explore a breathtaking botanical garden filled with exotic and rare plants. Conclude your adventure with a relaxing soak in the soothing hot springs thermal bath!
Discover the stunning Furnas crater lake and village alongside an expert Biologist guide. Savor authentic local cuisine, witness the impressive geysers, and explore a breathtaking botanical garden filled with exotic and rare plants. Conclude your adventure with a relaxing soak in the soothing hot springs thermal bath!
Duration:
6 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Marina de Vila Franca do Campo - Azores Islands - Join the Biologist Guide at the Marina of Vila Franca do Campo for check-in at the designated time.
- Caldeira das Furnas - Begin with a brief introduction and a van tour ascending the Furnas volcano crater and descending into the enchanting Furnas valley and lake.
- Lagoa das Furnas - Pause…
- Marina de Vila Franca do Campo - Azores Islands - Join the Biologist Guide at the Marina of Vila Franca do Campo for check-in at the designated time.
- Caldeira das Furnas - Begin with a brief introduction and a van tour ascending the Furnas volcano crater and descending into the enchanting Furnas valley and lake.
- Lagoa das Furnas - Pause for sightseeing and photography.
- Furnas - Enjoy lunch at a local village restaurant, savoring the island’s most authentic meal - a traditional geyser-cooked “cozido.”
Explore the village’s central volcanic activity and mineral water fountains. Enjoy an hour of free time to wander the charming village streets, featuring rivers, watermills, chapels, and fountains.
- Parque Terra Nostra - At 15:30, meet the guide at the Terra Nostra Gardens entrance and embark on a botanical walking tour showcasing a unique collection of culturally and historically significant plants and flowers from around the world. Conclude with a soothing mineral-infused thermal pool experience surrounded by stunning nature.
Regardless of the season or expertise level, there is always something fascinating for everyone to enjoy. The gardens are vibrant year-round with magnificent century-old trees, extensive collections of colorful, rare, and unusual plants, specialty gardens, beautiful avenues with sculptures and fountains, and captivating year-round blooms of fragrant flowers for the eyes, nose, and camera!
The tour is customized according to the season’s highlights and special events.
What's Included
- All Admissions and Tickets
- Guided Botanic Gardens Tour
- Guided Van Tour (air-conditioned)
- Insurance
- Lunch
- Knowledgeable Biologist or Naturalist Guide
- All Admissions and Tickets
- Guided Botanic Gardens Tour
- Guided Van Tour (air-conditioned)
- Insurance
- Lunch
- Knowledgeable Biologist or Naturalist Guide
What's Not Included
- Personal Water supply
- Personal Swimwear and Towel - Hot Springs’ mineral water will damage these!
- Personal Water supply
- Personal Swimwear and Towel - Hot Springs’ mineral water will damage these!
Additional Information
- HOT SPRINGS WATER is abnormally hot and untreated, and bathing is unsuitable to anyone pregnant, or with recent surgery or trauma or unhealed wounds, or any chronic condition. Volcanic water will damage swimwear color - use one you can spare!
- English is the official language, but our team is multinational and will do their best to accommodate your…
- HOT SPRINGS WATER is abnormally hot and untreated, and bathing is unsuitable to anyone pregnant, or with recent surgery or trauma or unhealed wounds, or any chronic condition. Volcanic water will damage swimwear color - use one you can spare!
- English is the official language, but our team is multinational and will do their best to accommodate your preferred language (this is not guaranteed)
- Special Dietary Restrictions must be notified upon reservation for required adjustments.
Location
Azores Whale Watching TERRA AZUL
From Ponta Delgada city center by auto, head East along the coast and follow directions to Vila Franca do Campo. Once in Vila Franca do Campo, descend towards sea level and the Marina where our Base and Yellow Boats are stationed, and Free Parking can be found.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(50 Ratings)
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Donna
Oct 31, 2024
Off season touring is the best! - Our guide was friendly. The weather was great and the included lunch was amazing! Saune answered our questions and proved to be very knowledgeable on many subjects.
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Inen_12
Oct 22, 2024
Beautiful island - Beautiful island with beautiful nature and many flowers.
We enjoyed it very much. The weather is erratic.
You leave with sun, a heavy shower on the way and sun again at the final destination.
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Amanda_s
May 5, 2024
Great last minute addition! - We booked this tour last minute when another tour cancelled on us. We were pleasantly surprised that we were the only group on the trip! We had a great time with our guide from the UK (apologies, but I forget her name!) and learned a lot about Furnas and the neighboring towns.
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Raelene_m
Apr 15, 2024
Enjoyable and Easy - I usually tour on my own either solo or with my family. Tried an organized tour this time. It was a terrific tour of Furnas. Our Guide, Frida, was friendly, knowledgeable and personable. It was like hanging out with a friend for the day who was super helpful. Saw and learned things I would have missed if on my own. Time was well spent, didn't feel rushed.
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Tetyana_z
Apr 1, 2024
Amazing day in Furnas - Knowledgeable and kind tour guides made this tour super fun! Nice view point locations have been selected for it. We enjoyed Terra Nostral hot pool a lot! We highly recommend this tour.
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Gsiegel2024
Feb 15, 2024
A great trip to Furnas with lunch! - After our whale watching tour, we took the tour to Furnas and the Terra Nostra Botanic Gardens. Our guide, Sona, was very knowledgable and shared a lot of information about the areas we drove through, the Furnas area and the Terra Nostra Gardens.
We had a typical Furnas lunch that was cooked in a fumerole near the little restaurant before we proceeded to the gardens. Sona lead us around the gardens telling us the history of the place and showing us the wide diversity of plantings there. We then changed and went into the hot springs pool for a relaxing soak.
After we dressed, Sona showed us the fumeroles and then we stopped by the local lake and she told us the history of the gothic church by the lake. It was a great afternoon.
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Kenneth_p
Jun 6, 2024
Good companions and uniquely beautiful landscape - Interesting trip. Frieda was great. Very informative and visually unique. The gardens were a highlight.
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Ken_k
Oct 12, 2023
Steam powered enjoyment - The cozida was delish and the fumeroles in the middle of a city were fascinating. The garden was amazing.
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Neil_d
Jun 6, 2024
Worth seeing, but don't book this company. Reserve a taxi and see the sites on your own. - I wish we were able to give this trip a better rating, but we were pretty disappointed with the overall experience. Our guide, Laura seemed to have been thrown into running the trip even though she was unprepared and had limited knowledge of the things we did. Our guide also didn't seem very interested in the trip and barely spoke with us despite several attempts from our end to get her to be more outgoing.
The trip started a bit late as we had to drive and wait for a whale watching excursion to finish and that wasted a good bit of time. From there we drove to furnas lake for a brief walk and a few small facts about the lake before heading to lunch for a traditional stew. The cozido was tasty and it was definitely a local restaurant. We didn't have any time to explore the village as listed in the booking. We were cut very short at the botanical gardens too - Laura gave us our tickets, showed us the entrance and said be back in 90 minutes vs. the 3-hours listed. We did a self guided tour of the gardens and spent some time in the bath. Both the garden and bath were really cool and it would have been great to have a guided tour and 3 hours to explore as listed.
Overall the trip was pleasant, but it's not at all worth the money. We should have booked a taxi and done this on our own for less than half the price.
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Deedee_a
Jun 9, 2024
Bad customer service - The local tour company had to cancel the night before and they were very helpful. Viator told me I would get refunded "if it really was canceled " like I was lying about it. That did not make me want to use Viator again.
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