Angra do Heroísmo Trip Overview
Have you ever imagined visiting the earth’s womb? Well, by choosing this tour that is, in fact, what you’ll do, discovering Terceira Island most iconic volcanic cavities.
The Azores native vegetation and Terceira Island bulls dotting the surrounding agriculture fields, will do you company while you cross Guilherme Moniz Caldera.
But, once this tour is about Caves, we’ll take you to Gruta do Natal (Christmas Cave)*, a lava tube of great geological interest; to Furnas do Enxofre, which are some sulphur caverns, where you can watch the earth breathing, as well as the beautiful natural landscape around it.
As the best is always saved to the end, it is time to visit Algar do Carvão Natural Monument, without a doubt, the ex-libris of Terceira Island.
At the end of our tour, there is the possibility to visit our store to taste some Regional products, namely, cheeses and liqueurs.
Feel and experience nature in its purest state!
Additional Info
* Duration: 4 hours
* Starts: Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
* Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> Nature & Wildlife
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What to Expect When Visiting Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal
Have you ever imagined visiting the earth’s womb? Well, by choosing this tour that is, in fact, what you’ll do, discovering Terceira Island most iconic volcanic cavities.
The Azores native vegetation and Terceira Island bulls dotting the surrounding agriculture fields, will do you company while you cross Guilherme Moniz Caldera.
But, once this tour is about Caves, we’ll take you to Gruta do Natal (Christmas Cave)*, a lava tube of great geological interest; to Furnas do Enxofre, which are some sulphur caverns, where you can watch the earth breathing, as well as the beautiful natural landscape around it.
As the best is always saved to the end, it is time to visit Algar do Carvão Natural Monument, without a doubt, the ex-libris of Terceira Island.
At the end of our tour, there is the possibility to visit our store to taste some Regional products, namely, cheeses and liqueurs.
Feel and experience nature in its purest state!
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Gruta do Natal, Altares, 9700-000 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
It is a very extensive geological formation, resulting from the formation of a lava tube in the interior of the island, comprised in the Serra de Santa Bárbara e Mistérios Negros Natural Forest Reserve. It has ramifications in the form of different tunnels, formed by lava flows in different directions. One of its curiosities is the fact that it is located largely under a lagoon, Lagoa do Negro.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Furnas do Enxofre, Porto Judeu, Terceira Portugal
They are constituted in a fumarolic field, in other words, in an area that comprises several outlets of aggressive volcanic gases, at different temperatures, some quite high (about 95º C on the surface and about 130º C at half a meter in depth). Such degassings are essentially composed of carbon dioxide (c. 95%), hydrogen sulphide (c. 3%), sulfurous gas, hydrogen, nitrogen, methane and others, in very low proportions.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Algar do Carvao, Estrada Algar Do Carvao Center of Island, Terceira Portugal
Included in the Caldeira Guilherme Moniz, an ancient dormant volcano, in this Algar visitors can descend to about 100 meters in depth, and observe stalactites unique in the world for their silicate characteristics, and an underground lagoon, with crystal clear waters. It is classified as a Regional Natural Monument.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: AzorBus Terceira Island Tours, R. da Sé 190, 9700-191 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal
At the end of our tour, there is the possibility to visit our store to taste some Regional products, namely, cheeses and liqueurs.
Duration: 15 minutes
