From Porto: Peneda-Gerês National Park Small-Group Hiking Tour with Lunch

Explore Peneda-Geres National Park on a full-day small-group guided hike from Porto, with lunch and hotel pick-up included.

Getting started

Start your full-day tour with hotel pick-up in Porto, where you meet your expert English-speaking local guide and join a small-group minibus. Leave the city behind as you drive toward Peneda-Geres National Park. After the road journey, you begin your guided walk inside Portugal's only national park on trails away from the usual route.

What to expect

Peneda-Geres National Park

Spend a full day inside Peneda-Geres National Park, exploring Portugal's only national park on foot with your guide.

Features

• Your expert English-speaking local guide leads a guided walk through Peneda-Geres National Park on trails that are off the usual route, explaining the landscapes and helping you navigate the terrain.
• Travel to and from the park in a comfortable small-group minibus, with hotel pick-up and drop-off in Porto included for a straightforward day out.
• Stay refreshed with 1 bottle of water per person provided during the tour.

Pedra Bela

Pedra Bela is a well-known viewpoint inside Peneda-Geres National Park.

Features

• From the Pedra Bela viewpoint, you get panoramic views across the surrounding valleys and forested slopes of the national park.
• Time at Pedra Bela is guided, so your local guide can point out key features in the landscape and answer questions about this part of the park.

Tahiti Waterfalls

Tahiti Waterfalls is a natural bathing spot inside Peneda-Geres National Park.

Features

• At Tahiti Waterfalls, you have the chance to swim in clear mountain water, surrounded by the rocky pools and cascades that characterize this section of the park.
• Your visit to Tahiti Waterfalls is organized as part of the guided walk, with your guide managing timing so the group can enjoy the water safely within the day's schedule.

Mata de Albergaria

Mata de Albergaria is a forested area in the park and a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Features

• Walk through the Mata de Albergaria forest, recognized as a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, and experience one of the park's key protected ecosystems at a walking pace.
• This stretch of the route is covered with your English-speaking local guide, who keeps the small group together while you move through the woodland paths.

Lunch stop

Midway through your day in Peneda-Geres National Park, you pause for lunch as a group.

Features

• Lunch is included for all guests, with a picnic format in summer and a village restaurant in winter, so you do not need to arrange food yourself during the full-day tour.
• The lunch break is scheduled by your guide to fit naturally between the different stops, giving you time to rest before continuing the guided walk.

Wrapping up

After the hiking route and final stop in Peneda-Geres National Park, you rejoin the comfortable small-group minibus for the return drive, ending your experience with hotel drop-off back in Porto.