Levada da Mimosa

For my last full day in Madeira, I went on a half day Levada walk with views over the town of Machico. As we left Funchal it was raining which meant the path was a bit slippy and muddy at first. Apart from the guide there was only myself, a couple from Spain and a lovely guy from Iceland. It was a bit of a shock when about a third of the way into the walk our guide said he was leaving us to head back to the minibus to move it to the finish of the walk and meet us later on! Thank goodness I was able to chat to the guy from Iceland (who spoke perfect English) otherwise I might as well have been doing the walk by myself which I would never have chosen to do. Nice views and lovely plants but not the best ‘excursion’ I have done!