What is the difference between the 2h and the 2h30?

The route is the same, it simply goes further west. The 2h (EUR 400) turns back at Cabo Girao. The 2h30 (EUR 500) carries on past Faja dos Padres to Ribeira Brava before turning.

Sunset Cruise Funchal: Private Sunset Boat Trip in Madeira

01The experience

Evening light,
west-bound

We leave Marina do Funchal 1 h 15 before sunset and run west along the coast — past Câmara de Lobos, the fishing village Churchill came to paint, and out under Cabo Girão, 580 metres of sheer basalt dropping straight into the Atlantic. The drone goes up there, so you leave with the footage.

Drinks and food come out on deck, the engine drops to a hush and the light does the rest — gold, then copper, then deep red. The way home is the fun part: throttle open, spray flying, Funchal lighting up ahead.

See the two options

Evening light · drinks and food aboard

02Two options

Pick how far west

Same boat, same route, same everything on board. The only difference is where we turn around — and how long you stay out.

2 hours · sunset on board

Turns at Cabo Girão

Câmara de Lobos · Cabo Girão

€400

Flat price · whole boat · up to 5

Câmara de Lobos and the Funchal waterfront
Cabo Girão from the water, with drone footage
Drinks and food served on deck
Open-throttle run back into Funchal

Book 2h

That option is already selected on the next screen.

2h30 · sunset on board

Turns at Ribeira Brava

…plus Fajã dos Padres · Ribeira Brava

€500

Flat price · whole boat · up to 5

Everything in the 2 hours
On past Fajã dos Padres, the cove with no road in
All the way to Ribeira Brava before turning
Thirty more minutes in the best light of the day

Book 2h30

That option is already selected on the next screen.

Drinks & food aboard

Served on deck as the sun drops — included on both options, not an add-on.

Drone footage included

We fly the drone over the boat at Cabo Girão and send you the footage after.

Made for occasions

A favourite for anniversaries, proposals and celebrations — tell us and we'll help set the moment.

03Last light

The best table in
Madeira has no floor

Madeira sunsets are dramatic because of the clouds — the colour comes from light hitting them. Slip out of the marina, watch the city turn amber behind you, and let the engine drop to a hush under the cliff.

This is a cruising trip, not a swimming one: by evening the water has lost the day's warmth, so we keep you on deck with a drink instead. If you want to get in — snorkel, jump, paddle — take the day trip instead, it's built around exactly that.

Sunset from the bow

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.

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

04The evening, hour by hour

Your itinerary

Start

Cast off from Marina do Funchal

Meet your skipper on the pontoon, straight out along the city waterfront.

+20 min

Câmara de Lobos

The painted fishing boats and the bay Churchill sat down to paint in 1950.

+45 min

Cabo Girão · drone up

580 metres of cliff straight out of the sea. We ease off, open the drinks and fly the drone.

+1 h 15

Fajã dos Padres → Ribeira Brava · 2h30 only

Further west under the terraces, to the Ribeira Brava seafront, right as the light peaks.

Golden

The light show

Gold turns copper, then deep red over the Atlantic. Engine off, no one else aboard.

+2 h / +2 h 30

Fast run home

Throttle open along the dark coast, Funchal lit up ahead, back on the pontoon.

05Good to know

Questions, answered

What time does the sunset trip depart?+

Chifbay's sunset trip leaves Marina do Funchal 1 h 15 before sunset, rounded down to the quarter hour, so the light is right all year: about 16:45 in December and 20:00 in June. The booking calendar shows the exact time for your date, and you are back 2 h or 2 h 30 later. Arrive about 15 minutes early to settle in.

What's the difference between the 2h and the 2h30?+

Only how far west we go. The 2h (€400) turns back at Cabo Girão. The 2h30 (€500) carries on past Fajã dos Padres to Ribeira Brava before turning. Everything on board is identical.

Can we swim on the sunset trip?+

No — swimming, jumping in and paddle are on the day trip only. By evening the water is too cold to enjoy properly, so the sunset trip is a cruising trip: coastline, drone, drinks and food on deck.

What's included?+

Drinks and food aboard, Insta360 360° video, drone footage from above (weather allowing) and high quality camera photos of your trip, the private boat for up to 5 guests and two local skippers. One flat price for the boat — not per person.

What if it's cloudy and there's no sunset?+

Madeira sunsets are dramatic because of the clouds. Total overcast is rare — if it happens, we reschedule or refund. We watch the forecast obsessively.

Included

You leave with the whole trip on film

Nothing extra to pay and nothing to set up. We film and photograph the trip and send it all to you after.

IncludedDrone footage from aboveAerial shots of your boat under Cabo Girão and in the coves, weather allowing.

IncludedInsta360 360° video360° footage from on board, reframed so you are in every shot.

Two guests at the back of the Chifbay boat watching the sun go down behind the cliffs of Madeira — IncludedCamera photosHigh quality photos of your group taken with a real camera through the whole trip, sent to you after.

Sunset cruise
in Funchal

Evening light,
west-bound