Salto do Cabrito Walking Tour

Walking trails are one of the best ways to discover São Miguel, allowing us to know the island’s secrets and appreciate its natural beauty through direct contact with nature, which conveys different sensations while enjoying what we see.

The island is full of mysterious waterfalls, boilers and streams and this trail offers us a little bit of it all. Surrounded by a wild and well preserved nature, we’ll pass the Fajã Redonda Hydro Power Station which once reinforced the supply of electricity to the city of Ponta Delgada, as well as several boilers.

After some time walking we are presented with the arrival at the waterfall of Salto do Cabrito where, with a crystalline waterfall of about 40 meters high, we will have the opportunity to cool off with a well-deserved dip in the natural pool created by the waterfall.

We will see the waterfall not only from below, but also from above, which gives us a different and equally spectacular perspective. It is a cicular trail and most of the route is easy to circulate, with some stretches of greater demand in areas with greater elevation gain. After the trail, we’ll have lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, we go to the Porto Formoso Tea Factory, where we visit the factory and enjoy traditional tea.

Then, nothing better than a relaxing moment with a thermal bath in the boilers of Ribeira Grande. On the way back to Ponta Delgada, we’ll also see the mythical Lagoa do Fogo in order to end the day in a big way!