Machico - Boca do Risco - Pico do Furado — Madeira hike guide

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The user is asking about a specific hike in Madeira - "Machico - Boca do Risco - Pico do Furado". Let me search for this trail using the find_hikestool.The user asked about "Machico - Boca do Risco - Pico do Furado" hike. Looking at the results, this specific trail name doesn't appear as an official IFCN PR trail. However, there's a very relevant community trail: "Rota das Veredas da Boca do Risco e Larano" which mentions Boca do Risco, and another called "Vereda Boca do Risco Caniçal - Levada do Caniçal". But the user specifically asked about "Machico - Boca do Risco - Pico do Furado". Let me look at the community trails more carefully. The "Rota das Veredas da Boca do Risco e Larano" starts at "casa dos levadeiros" and goes to Boca do Risco, then towards Caniçal or Porto da Cruz. Actually, looking at the AllTrails URL for the Ponta de São Lourenço trail, it contains "pico-do-furado": "https://www.alltrails.com/trail/portugal/madeira--2/miradouro-de-sao-lourenco-cais-do-sardinha-pico-do-furado" — this is PR 8, Vereda da Ponta de S. Lourenço. Pico do Furado is a point along that trail. But the specific route "Machico - Boca do Risco - Pico do Furado" isn't in the official PR list. It seems like a community/unofficial route. Let me check the community trails again... None of the community trails exactly match "Machico - Boca do Risco - Pico do Furado" by name. But the closest match is "Rota das Veredas da Boca do Risco e Larano" which does go through Boca do Risco area from Machico. Wait - let me search more specifically for this trailname.

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The route you're asking about — Machico → Boca do Risco → Pico do Furado — is not one of Madeira's official PR (Percurso Recomendado) trails managed by IFCN. It's a community-mapped route on AllTrails, which means it has no official open/closed status and no guaranteed signage or maintenance. Here's what I know:

Machico – Boca do Risco – Pico do Furado

⚠️ Community route mapped on AllTrails — not part of Madeira's official PR trail network managed by IFCN (the regional government's forests and nature-conservation authority). It has no official open/closed status and no maintenance/signage guarantee; check access and conditions locally before going.

This trail is part of the broader Boca do Risco / Larano area on Madeira's eastern coast near Machico. The route takes you from Machico up through agricultural terraces and along a dramatic coastal path to Boca do Risco, one of the island's most stunning natural viewpoints overlooking the north coast cliffs — and then continues east past Pico do Furado.

Key details


Difficulty	Hard
Route type	Point-to-point
Landscape	Coastal cliffs, levada paths, agricultural terraces, Atlantic views
Highlights	Boca do Risco viewpoint (breathtaking clifftop panorama), Pico do Furado, dramatic north-coast scenery

Nearby official trails in the Machico area

If you'd prefer an officially managed and waymarked trail nearby, the closest PR routes are:

Trail	Code	Difficulty	Distance	Duration	Drive from Machico
Vereda das Funduras	PR 5	Moderate	8.7 km	~3 h	11 min
Vereda da Ponta de S. Lourenço	PR 8	Moderate	8 km (return)	~2:30 h	14 min

PR 8 (Ponta de São Lourenço) is particularly spectacular — the peninsula's eastern tip just a short drive from Machico, with dramatic sea cliffs and coastal views. 4.7★ from ~8,000 hiker reviews on AllTrails. Both require a €4.50 access fee (via SIMplifica portal; free for children ≤ 12).

Related community routes in this area

The Boca do Risco / Pico do Furado section overlaps with several popular community trails on AllTrails — all equally unofficial, so the same caveats apply:

Rota das Veredas da Boca do Risco e Larano — 10.1 km, rated hard, 4.7★ (180 reviews). Starts at the "casa dos levadeiros" and follows the Boca do Risco path to Larano. Breathtaking but risky in parts.
Vereda Boca do Risco Caniçal – Levada do Caniçal — 14.6 km loop, rated hard, 4.7★ (168 reviews). Combines the Boca do Risco vereda with the Levada do Caniçal irrigation channel.

Before you go

Since this is an unofficial route, I can't confirm whether it's currently accessible or safe. Parts of the Boca do Risco / Larano path are notoriously exposed and narrow, with erosion after heavy rain. I'd strongly recommend checking locally (e.g. with the tourist office in Machico) for current conditions.

Would you like me to check the mountain weather forecast + IPMA warnings for the day you're planning to hike, or show you the closest official trails to where you're staying?

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