14 days Azores: Sao Miguel, Pico, Faial, Flores
Hinweis:
The program is indicative: in particular, the order and itinerary of individual excursions on each island will be adapted to the actual weather and other conditions in order to optimize our experience.
Tag 1: Arrival to Ponta Delgada (Sao Miguel)
Participants arrange their own arrival in Ponta Delgada depending on their origin, typically by charter flight from various airports or via Lisbon. After the group has arrived, we meet for dinner in a typical restaurant in town in the evening
Meals: Dinner
Tag 2-4: 3 full days on Sao Miguel
3 full days to explore the highlights of Sao Miguel Island, with its several volcanic complexes including Sete Cidades, Furnas, Fogo caldera. The 3 excursions will cover the eastern, central and western parts of the island on a series of easy to moderate hikes of 1-4 hrs. The sequence of excursion is visited will be determined based on the weather!
Meals: Breaksfast, Lunch, Dinner
Tag 5: Flight to Pico Island
Morning flight to Pico Island. Free time for lunch and half-day easy walk to explore the area.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Tag 6: Whale watching tour
Pico is known as the best island for whale watching! We transfer to the old whaling town of Lajes from where we embark on a 3-4 hr boat tour to see whales and dolfins.
Visit of the town in the afternoon before returning to our accommodation.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Tag 7: Climb Pico volcano or alternative excursion
Opportunity (optional) to do the challenging climb to Pico, starting at 1200 m elevation to its peak at 2,351 m a.s.l., making it Portugal's highest mountain.
The climb is challenging and takes 7-9 hours round trip. Those do do NOT can do an easier alternative excursion on the island.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Tag 8: Ferry to Faial Island
Ferry to Faial island, exploration of scenic Horta town, the old capital of whaling and for many centuries, the main stop-over of transatlantic sailing routes.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Tag 9: Faial and Capeninho volcano
Full day excursion to the central caldera, where we will hike around its rim, then descend to a village for lunch in a local restaurant. In the afternoon, we hike along the active western rift zone, visit a small lava tube, and the Capelinho volcano complex that formed during the eruption in 1957-58 along with its award-winning small museum.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Tag 10: Spare day
Tag 11: Flight to Flores
Flight to Flores, transfer to our accommodation in the breathtaking area of Faja Grande.
Lunch and easy walk in the area to an impressive waterfall in the afternoon.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Tag 12-13: 2 full days on Flores
Depending on the weather, we will choose the best options for two hiking excursions on the island, which offers stunning sea and landscapes everywhere, as well visit the capital.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Tag 14: Rest and flight to Sao Miguel
Some short walks in the morning. Flight to Sao Miguel, where you have the afternoon free to go sightseeing in town, relax, swim, visit pineapple plantation, organize an extra excursion, etc. Farewell dinner in the evening.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Tag 15: End of tour
Transfer to the airport or own extension.
Meals: Breakfast
Anreise:
The tour starts and ends in Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel, the largest Azores Island, which is easily reached by plane from a number European and North American cities. Travel arrangements to and from Sao Miguel are not included in the tour package in order to give everybody maximum flexibility to plan his/her trip.
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Dr. Tom Pfeiffer diese Reise. Tom Pfeiffer bereist und dokumentiert aktive Vulkanismus seit mehr als 20 Jahren.
Sein wissenschaftlicher Hintergrund ist seine Doktorarbeit über den Vulkanismus der Insel Santorin in Griechenland. Dort hat er auch den verkohlten Olivenbaum in den Bimsschichten der minoischen Vulkaneruption entdeckt, der über die C14-Methode die genaue Datierung der Santorin-Eruption 1627 v.Chr. ermöglichte. In seiner Doktorarbeit bezieht er sich auch auf den Vulkan Vesuv. Er hat schon auf Hawai`i am Vesuv in den Vulkanobservatorien gearbeitet, bevor er 2004 VolcanoDiscovery gründete und als VolcanoAdventures 2014 neu entwickelte. Er spricht Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Dänisch, Griechisch und Italienisch.
Der Vulkanologe Dr. Tom Pfeiffer auf Santorini
