Large catamaran (2.5\u20133 h, from \u20ac35).<\/strong> Two decks, bar, toilets, shade, nets at the bow. The most reliable choice for families and anyone who wants it calm.<\/p>\n Luxury\/premium catamaran (2.5 h, from \u20ac65\u201380).<\/strong> Smaller group, all-inclusive drinks, loungers. The premium buys space, not distance.<\/p>\n Sailing boat (3 h, from \u20ac41\u201355).<\/strong> With wind, they actually sail. The prettiest way to see the south coast, and the slowest.<\/p>\n RIB (2\u20132.5 h, from \u20ac54).<\/strong> Fast, wet, exciting, no shade.<\/p>\n Traditional wooden boat (3 h, from \u20ac35\u201350).<\/strong> Unhurried, often with a drink and poncha on board. There are also trips on the replica Santa Maria<\/strong>, Columbus’s ship \u2014 kitsch, but a good photograph.<\/p>\n Full day to the Desertas (9 h, from \u20ac90)<\/strong> \u2014 its own page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nearly all south-coast trips leave the Funchal marina<\/strong> heading west past C\u00e2mara de Lobos<\/strong> to below Cabo Gir\u00e3o<\/strong> \u2014 580 metres of rock directly above the boat, considerably more impressive from the water than from the top. They anchor there and swim. On the way back you pass Reid’s and Funchal bay.<\/p>\n Book \u2014 unless you charter. Skippered charters start around \u20ac500 per group, which becomes comparable to a premium tour from six people up.<\/p>\n The free alternative from land: the promenade at C\u00e2mara de Lobos<\/strong>, and the cable car down to Faj\u00e3 dos Padres<\/strong> below Cabo Gir\u00e3o \u2014 a place otherwise only reached by boat.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 See all boat trips on GetYourGuide<\/a> (Affiliate link)<\/small><\/p>\n Next: Whale and dolphin watching<\/a> \u00b7 Sunset tours<\/a> \u00b7 Desertas Islands<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 122 boat trips from around \u20ac35. A good share of them are whale and dolphin tours \u2014 the rest go out for the coastline, the sunset, or a swim stop under Cabo Gir\u00e3o.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coast-ocean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The standard route<\/h2>\n
What to watch for<\/h2>\n
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Book it or do it yourself?<\/h2>\n