Levada Nova da Calheta - Stage 12: Circular dos Canhas to Tabua
- Location
- Tabua, Madeira
- Category
- Outdoor & Adventure / Hiking
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Duration
- 140
- Distance
- 8.9 km (one way, 17.8 km out and back)
- Start Point
- Estrada da Candelaria
- End Point
- Tabua
Sunrise and Sunset on This Trail
- Sunset behind the mountain ridge at km 0.1 from the trailhead: Apr 7 to Sep 5. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Morning golden hour at km 0.3 from the trailhead: Nov 30 to Jan 14. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunrise behind the mountain ridge at km 0.3 from the trailhead: Sep 13 to Mar 31. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Evening golden hour at km 2.1 from the trailhead: Aug 5 to May 7. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Morning golden hour at km 2.1 from the trailhead: Dec 5 to Jan 7. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunrise behind the mountain ridge at km 2.1 from the trailhead: Sep 19 to Mar 25. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunset over the open ocean at km 2.4 from the trailhead: Sep 9 to Apr 2. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Evening golden hour at km 7.8 from the trailhead: Jul 27 to May 18. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunset over the open ocean at km 8.1 from the trailhead: Sep 3 to Apr 8. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
Final stage of the Levada Nova da Calheta walk, dropping from the Estrada da Candelaria onto the channel and running east to the Tabua valley, where the levada waters the terraces above Ribeira Brava. Part of the Levada Nova da Calheta system, the long west-coast levada from Ponta do Pargo to the Tabua valley.