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Chão de Horta – Strela Mountain Lodge loop from Principal

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Cape Verde

Chão de Horta – Strela Mountain Lodge loop from Principal

Moderate

3.9

(13)

hikers

Chão de Horta – Strela Mountain Lodge loop from Principal

03:37

9.22km

610m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

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Parque Natural Serra Malagueta

Waypoints

Start point

Restaurant

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6 m

Sabor Restaurant

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Very nice place you can eat and drink after your hike. perfect to chill a little and feel the morabeza. Owners speak French, English, German and of course creole.

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63 m

Chão de Horta

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Typical Cape Verdean settlement on Santiago, part of Sao Miguel along with other places.

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2.23 km

Serra Malagueta to Hortelã Trail

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Amazing

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3.71 km

Courtyard with laundry facilities in Parque Natural Serra Malagueta

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About 30 meters from the path. A welcome cooling off for humans and animals

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5.24 km

Strela Mountain Lodge

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Beautiful accommodation on a pass in the national park, with a view over the mountains. Hiking tours start from here.

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5.68 km

View of Barragem Ribeira Principal

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A really grandiose view of this green valley

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6.27 km

Giant Orb-Weaver Spiders

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Fascinating how many zebra spiders you can see on and over the path. If you are afraid of spiders, you are definitely wrong here!

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6.40 km

View of Ribeira de Lagoa Valley

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A beautiful valley, green and with a few inhabited or derelict houses

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9.22 km

End point

Restaurant

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.29 km

3.55 km

800 m

490 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.29 km

3.55 km

800 m

583 m

Elevation

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Chão de Horta – Strela Mountain Lodge loop from Principal

Sabor Restaurant

Chão de Horta

Serra Malagueta to Hortelã Trail

Courtyard with laundry facilities in Parque Natural Serra Malagueta

Strela Mountain Lodge

View of Barragem Ribeira Principal

Giant Orb-Weaver Spiders

View of Ribeira de Lagoa Valley

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