Chão de Horta – Strela Mountain Lodge loop from Principal

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Chão de Horta – Strela Mountain Lodge loop from Principal

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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: July 31, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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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

4.27 km

3.54 km

819 m

481 m

113 m

Surfaces

4.27 km

3.54 km

819 m

594 m

Elevation

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Weather

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Sunday 25 October

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Comments

November 29, 2024,Wanderung Serra Malagueta - anstrengend und nix für Spinnenphobiker

@Tanja 🐢 That was a real challenge.
I didn't expect the spiders to be so... impressive 😬
Our tour was a little different than planned. But it was definitely exciting.

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