Levada do Brasileiro
Also known as: Levada da Serra do Porto Moniz
- Location
- Porto Moniz, Madeira
- Category
- Outdoor & Adventure / Hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Duration
- 105
- Distance
- 5.9 km (one way, 11.8 km out and back)
- Start Point
- Pico da Pedreira forest-road entrance on ER105
- End Point
- Lagoa do Bardo / Levada do Brasileiro endpoint near ER105
Sunrise and Sunset on This Trail
- Sunrise behind the mountain ridge at km 0.0 from the trailhead: Sep 8 to Apr 5. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Evening golden hour at km 3.8 from the trailhead: all year. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Morning golden hour at km 4.0 from the trailhead: Feb 12 to Oct 30. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunrise over the open ocean at km 4.0 from the trailhead: Mar 13 to Oct 1. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunset over the open ocean at km 4.0 from the trailhead: Feb 13 to Oct 28. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunrise behind the mountain ridge at km 5.7 from the trailhead: Oct 11 to Mar 3. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
A quiet, rugged high-altitude route descending from Pico da Pedreira through pasture and dense Laurissilva to three levels of the Levada do Brasileiro, including heather tunnels, the erosion-prone Quebradas and a narrow waterfall passage before Lagoa do Bardo.