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PR 16

Levada Fajã do Rodrigues

PR 16, Levada Fajã do Rodrigues, is a classified walk on Madeira. IFCN publishes the distance as 3,9 km (+ 3,9 km de regresso). The passing places on the IFCN list are Fajã da Ama – Ribeira do Inferno. The list marks it open. visitmadeira lists the difficulty as Moderate and the duration as 3:30 hours. visitmadeira gives the start and end as Ginjas / Ribeira do Inferno. visitmadeira gives the maximum and minimum altitude as 630 m / 600 m. visitmadeira publishes the distance as 3.9 km (7.8 km round trip).

Open

Automated from official data. IFCN list

Open.

IFCN, in Portuguese: ABERTO

IFCN list of 2 October 2026. Conditions change. Check before you go. IFCN.

visitmadeira’s badge on 30 October 2026: OPEN. If that disagrees with IFCN, IFCN is the status we lead with.

FactFigureSource
Distance3,9 km (+ 3,9 km de regresso)IFCN
Passing placesFajã da Ama – Ribeira do InfernoIFCN
Managed byIFCNIFCN
DifficultyModeratevisitmadeira
Duration3:30 hoursvisitmadeira
Start / endGinjas / Ribeira do Infernovisitmadeira
Altitude max / min630 m / 600 mvisitmadeira
visitmadeira distance3.9 km (7.8 km round trip)visitmadeira

Booking

Payment for classified walks is on SIMplifica, the service named on the IFCN page. IFCN’s fee note exempts residents of the Autonomous Region of Madeira who can show it, children aged 12 or under, and people with a disability of 60% or more (and a tutor with them) when they show a document. IFCN fee FAQ.

Fee, where a page states one

Route

Relation 4441613 runs Ginjas → Ribeira do u, which does not share a passing place with IFCN (Fajã da Ama – Ribeira do Inferno). The line is © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. OpenFreeMap tiles load only after you open the map. A brown dot marks the start of the OSM line.

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