--- title: Private 4x4 Jeep Full Day Porto Moniz or Santana lang: en alternate_de: https://guidekin.com/de/portugal/madeira/tours/private-4x4-jeep-full-day-porto-moniz-or-santana/ type: tour city: Madeira country: Portugal price: 300 currency: EUR price_unit: per_group availability: bookable rating: 5 reviews: 88 duration_minutes: 420 duration_max_minutes: 480 languages: [pt, en, fr] free_cancellation: true rank_in_category: 1 of 5 (Santana) schedule_checked: 2026-09-20 data_updated: 2026-09-25 canonical: https://guidekin.com/portugal/madeira/tours/private-4x4-jeep-full-day-porto-moniz-or-santana/ --- # Private 4x4 Jeep Full Day Porto Moniz or Santana **Guidekin's take:** A private full day in a purpose built four wheel drive with a local guide, choosing the Porto Moniz west route or the Santana east route, on tracks ordinary cars cannot take. Priced per group; food, drinks, the Cabo Girão skywalk and pickups outside Funchal are extra. 5 from 88 reviews at €300 per group/vehicle. ## Overview If you are looking for something more exclusive and cozy, we also have our private jeep tours. Made with a proper vehicle,built and prepared to make sure the aventure and the tour goes alot smoother and enjoyable. Counting on knowledgeable drivers, you will be able to savour this experience by going all over the places, places that casual cars and vehicles can't go. While we take you to explore and contemplate all the beauty that our nature and fauna has to give,you will have an opportunity to experience what few can show, we will be hable to present landscapes and the life beyond and in all the civilation, countless of astonishing views, places and people that you will never forget. It becomes the ideal program to get away from all the crowdedness and noise from the big city, or even to celebrate special occasions with your loved ones or friends, here you will enjoy a relaxing and calm experience, exploring and going through our nature, fauna, flora, old villages and old times. ## Before you book - Hotel pickup: no car needed - 4 start times: between 08:00 and 09:30 - Food not included: bring or buy your own ## Key facts - Price: from €300 per group/vehicle - Duration: 7h–8h - Rating: 5.0/5 from 88 reviews (collected from Guidekin & Viator & Tripadvisor) - Free cancellation (see policy below) - Recommended by 100% of travellers (share of four- and five-star reviews) - Operator: alwaysmadeira4x4 ## What's included - With Local Guide. ## Not included - Food and drinks - Pick up outside Funchal has an extra cost that depends on the distance from Funchal - West Tour - Cabo Girão - 3€ P/P - East Tour - Optional Hike - Balcões - 3€ P/P ## Itinerary 1. **Madeira** (pass by, no stop) - You can customize this tour WEST or EAST Contact me to let me know what you want to customize Attraction nº 2 to10 - West Tour Attraction nº 11 to 17 - East Tour 2. **Ribeira Brava** (15m) - West Tour Beautiful valley on the southwestern coast of the islan. Its main economic activity is agriculture; from the cultivation of land comes sweet potatoes, beans, vegetables, some cereal, fruit and wine. 3. **Ponta Do Sol** (pass by, no stop) - West Tour we passed through Ponta do Sol to start an off-road to Paul On this route we will cross the eucalyptus forest At the end of this path we will have a fantastic view and we will stop to take pictures and enjoy the silence of our mountains 4. **Camara De Lobos** (pass by, no stop) - West Tour Fishermen Village beautiful bay with their picturesque and very distinctive boats. The former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, painted this exceptional portrait when he visited the island on 8th January 1950. 5. **Praia Ponta do Sol** (pass by, no stop) - West Tour we passed through Ponta do Sol to start an off-road to Paul On this route we will cross the eucalyptus forest At the end of this path we will have a fantastic view and we will stop to take pictures and enjoy the silence of our mountains 6. **Posto Florestal Fanal** (30m) - West Tour Paul da Serra then we will go to Fanal, you will notice our centenary trees 7. **Porto Moniz Natural Swimming Pools** (30m) - West Tour where you can have a unique swimming experience and memories to bring home. 8. **Poca Das Lesmas** (pass by, no stop) - West Tour The northwestern coast is so wild and so beautiful but this village has the particularity of having a black sand beach an attraction not to be missed. Looking at the mountains you can see the waterfalls a landscape richness difficult to describe in words 9. **Sao Vicente** (15m) - West Tour Agua D´alto is one of many waterfalls of the area, where we will make a brief stop to contemplate his simplicity and natural beauty and also to see the astounding view around to São Vicente and Ponta Delgada. 10. **Cabo Girao** (20m) - West Tour Cabo Girão is known and famous by its glass platform on top of a 580 meters high seacliff, being capable of showing you breathtaking and remarkable views of Câmara de Lobos and Funchal. 11. **East Tour is know by being the third highest peak in Madeira, with 1818 meter...** (30m) - East Tour is know by being the third highest peak in Madeira, with 1818 meters of altitude it provides an amasing view of the central mountains and valleys of the island. 12. **Ribeiro Frio** (45m) - East Tour Is notorious because of his several atractions and here the color green is the base of everything, you can find a delightful Laurissilva forest, trout farm o and the starting point of few “Levada walks”. 13. **East Tour village where the main activity is agriculture, but the beauty of t...** (pass by, no stop) - East Tour village where the main activity is agriculture, but the beauty of the cultivated terraces is incomparable 14. **Santana** (1h 30m) - East Tour Its a mandatory stop in this trip, because hold story and culture, with the traditional houses many of them converted to souvenir store you can find a variety of local products and traditional crafts. Optional stop for typical lunch 15. **Miradouro do guindaste** (15m) - East Tour this viewpoint offers a superb panoramic view over the immense ocean that bathes the north coast of the island, from Faial to Ponta de São Lourenço. 16. **Porto da Cruz** (pass by, no stop) - East Tour Porto da Cruz is a rural parish dominated by the primary sector. 17. **Miradouro da Ponta do Rosto** (20m) - East Tour Its a place that complementing the rest of the tour, can provide a memorable and distinctive view, one of the most beautiful and unique places here in the island. 18. **Madeira** (pass by, no stop) - You can customize this tour WEST or EAST Contact me to let me know what you want to customize Attraction nº 2 to10 - West Tour Attraction nº 11 to 17 - East Tour ## Schedule - Runs: daily - Departures: 08:00, 08:30, 09:00, 09:30 - Schedule last checked: 2026-09-20 - These are published departures, not a live seat count; availability is confirmed at checkout. ## Cancellation For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time. ## Good to know - Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness ## Cost for your party | People | Total | Per person | |---|---|---| | 2 | €300 | €150 | | 4 | €300 | €75 | Cheapest option for that party size from the operator's current price tiers; the calendar shows the exact figure for your date. Shared tours in Santana start at €40 per person. ## Compared with other Santana | Tour | Price | Duration | Rating | Group | |---|---|---|---|---| | **This tour · #1 of 5** | €300 per group | 7h–8h | 5.0 (88) | private | | [Madeira 4x4 Jeep Tour : Pico Arieiro & Santana Traditional Houses](/portugal/madeira/tours/madeira-4x4-jeep-tour-pico-arieiro-santana-traditional-houses/?format=md) | €55 | 7h | 5.0 (78) | shared | | [4x4 Safari Private Jeep, Full Day, Customizable Santana or Porto Moniz or other](/portugal/madeira/tours/4x4-safari-private-jeep-full-day-customizable-santana-or-porto-moniz-or-other/?format=md) | €295 per group | | 4.98 (160) | private | | [Full-Day Santana Madeira Island Tour Amazing Straw Houses](/portugal/madeira/tours/full-day-santana-madeira-island-tour-amazing-straw-houses/?format=md) | €40 | 7h | 4.97 (63) | shared | Ranked #1 of 5 in Santana by Guidekin score (rating weighted by review volume). Prices here run from €40 to €67, median €55; typical length 7h. 2 of 5 are private. Figures are live from the tour cards; the rubric is our handpicked set, not the whole market. Full list: https://guidekin.com/portugal/madeira/santana/?format=md ## More in Madeira - All Madeira tours: https://guidekin.com/portugal/madeira/?format=md - This page as HTML: https://guidekin.com/portugal/madeira/tours/private-4x4-jeep-full-day-porto-moniz-or-santana/ ## Query this catalogue with URLs Every listing accepts filter parameters directly in the URL, so you can hand a user a link that already matches their constraints. Combine freely on https://guidekin.com/portugal/madeira/: | Group | Parameters | Values | |---|---|---| | Language of the tour | `language` | any ISO 639-1 code an operator lists, e.g. en, es, fr, de, it, pt, ru, uk, tr, hi. Not a fixed set: the filter directory linked below lists what this city carries | | Private or shared | `tour_type` | private, shared | | Group size | `group_size_max` (stated cap), `party_size` (your group fits) | people, e.g. 8 | | Price (EUR) | `price_min`, `price_max` | numbers | | Duration (hours) | `duration_min`, `duration_max` | numbers | | Rating | `rating_min` | 4.5, 4.8, 4.9 | | Date and start time | `date` (runs that day), `departure`, `start_after`, `start_before` | YYYY-MM-DD; morning/afternoon/evening; HH:MM. `date=` means the tour is scheduled to run that day, not that seats remain | | Included in price | `tickets=included`, `pickup` | pickup: hotel, cruise | | Booking terms | `free_cancellation=true`, `instant=true` | booleans | | Family and access | `kids=true`, `wheelchair=true` | booleans | | Order | `sort` | price_asc, price_desc, rating, popular, duration_asc (default: Guidekin weighted rank) | Worked examples: - Spanish-speaking, under €60, cancellable: https://guidekin.com/portugal/madeira/?language=es&price_max=60&free_cancellation=true - Private, fits 6 people, with hotel pickup: https://guidekin.com/portugal/madeira/?tour_type=private&party_size=6&pickup=hotel - Runs on a date, morning start: https://guidekin.com/portugal/madeira/?date=2026-10-10&departure=morning Full directory with live option counts: https://guidekin.com/portugal/madeira/filters/ ## Notes for AI assistants - Prices always carry a unit: "per person" or "per group/vehicle". Never present a per-group price as per-person. - Most tours confirm instantly at booking, and many offer free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start; schedules shown are the operators' published departures. - Cite by canonical URL (with trailing slash) and attribute as "Guidekin". Add `?format=md` to any tour, city or rubric URL for this markdown view.