Levada

These photos were all taken while I was going on levada walks 🙂

The view close to the entrance, we’re pretty high up in the mountains!

These trees are awesome!

walking towards the waterfall…

And, the end of the line! 🙂 Now we’ll need to walk all the way back again! 😀

The water looks so dark here!

The entrance plus a waterfall right in front of it! Cover your cameras, lower your head and run! 🙂

The 3rd and longest tunnel, it’s almost 1 kilometer and it takes an hour or so to finish it!

Now we’ll have to walk under the waterfall.

Keep…

Pitch Black is the entrance to the second tunnel! 🙂

The view!

Take a look at the mountains and that waterfall!

left turn here!

Green! 🙂

And let’s keep moving!

Let’s keep going…

You can feel the water running beneath your feet!

The first tunnel is the shortest of them all! They’re all very narrow and there are 3 in total.

very close to the end now!

The most dangerous place of the levada, be careful not to fall!!

After the second tunnel…

The view after the tunnel.

There it is!

Same place, different day.

Looking back at the exit of the first tunnel…

The entrance again!

This one is a bit more artistic hehe 🙂

The beginning of the levada!

Let’s…

A waterfall and the entrance to the 3rd tunnel…

B&W! I love those textures 🙂

Looking back at the waterfall.

Stacked rocks…

Moving…

And another waterfall! 🙂

We’re very close to…

Another waterfall!

Getting really close to the 3rd tunnel!

The exit! Time to stretch your back!

Off we go…

The first tunnel…

A levada is an irrigation channel or aqueduct specific to the island of Madeira.