What time does the half-day trip run?

Chifbay runs two slots a day from Marina do Funchal: a morning slot 10:00 and an afternoon slot 14:00. The 2h30 is back at 12:30 or 16:30, the 3h at 13:00 or 17:00. Pick the 2h30 or the 3h inside whichever slot suits you.

Private Day Boat Trip from Funchal, Madeira

01The experience

Coast, cliffs,
and time in the water

Out of Marina do Funchal and straight west. First Câmara de Lobos, the fishing village Churchill sat down to paint, then out under Cabo Girão — 580 metres of basalt falling into the Atlantic. That's where the drone goes up and the drinks and food come out.

Then the good part: we anchor at Fajã dos Padres, a strip of terraced coast with no road in, and you get in — jump off the boat, swim, take the paddle boards out. A second swim stop at Ribeira Brava, then the throttle goes down for the run back to Funchal.

See the two options

Fajã dos Padres · swim and paddle stop

02Two options

Pick how far west

Both run inside either slot — 10:00 or 14:00. The 2h30 is back at 12:30 or 16:30, the 3h at 13:00 or 17:00. Same stops, same swimming; the 3h simply goes further west.

2h30 · 10:00 → 12:30 or 14:00 → 16:30

Turns at Ribeira Brava

Câmara de Lobos · Cabo Girão · Fajã dos Padres · Ribeira Brava

€500

Flat price · whole boat · up to 5

Câmara de Lobos and Cabo Girão, with drone footage
Swim, jump in and paddle at Fajã dos Padres
Second swim stop at Ribeira Brava
Drinks and food aboard, fast run back to Funchal

Book 2h30

3 hours · 10:00 → 13:00 or 14:00 → 17:00

Turns at Ponta do Sol

…plus Ponta do Sol · 30 more minutes

€600

Flat price · whole boat · up to 5

Everything in the 2h30
On past Ribeira Brava to Ponta do Sol
Insta360 360° video, drone footage and camera photos, like every trip
More time in the water at each stop

Book 3h

Swim, jump & paddle

Two water stops — Fajã dos Padres and Ribeira Brava — with paddle boards aboard.

Drone on every trip

We fly the drone over the boat at Cabo Girão, weather allowing, and send you the footage after. The Insta360 360° video and the photos, taken with a real camera, come with every trip.

Drinks & food aboard

Served under Cabo Girão, included in the price on both options.

03The cove with no road

Fajã dos Padres,
from the water

A ribbon of terraced land at the foot of a 300-metre cliff, farmed since the 1500s and still reachable only by boat or by a single cable car. From the sea the water goes glass-clear over the stones — which is exactly why we anchor here and let you jump in.

Paddle boards come off the deck, the swimmers go over the side, and the boat sits with the cliff wall going straight up behind it. Nowhere else on Madeira's south coast feels this far from a road.

Cliffs above the anchorage

The route

One coast, west of Funchal

Every trip runs the same coastline, out of Marina do Funchal and west under the cliffs. The distances below are real, by sea.

01 · 0 km
Marina do Funchal
Meet your skipper on the pontoon, 15 minutes before.
02 · 6 km
Câmara de Lobos
The fishing harbour Churchill painted, seen from the water.
03 · 9 km
Cabo Girão
580 m of cliff straight out of the sea. The drone goes up here.
04 · 11.5 km
Fajã dos Padres
The cove with no road in. Swim, jump in, paddle. Day trip.
05 · 14 km
Ribeira Brava
Where the 2h30 day trip and the longer sunset turn for home.
06 · 17.5 km
Ponta do Sol
The far west of the 3h day trip, 30 minutes past Ribeira Brava.

Day trip to Ribeira Brava, or on to Ponta do Sol on the 3hSunset to Cabo Girão, or on to Ribeira Brava

04The trip, hour by hour

Your itinerary

Timings shown for the 10:00 slot — the 14:00 slot runs the same, four hours later.