Sanguinho Village – Prego Waterfall loop from Faial da Terra

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Sanguinho Village – Prego Waterfall loop from Faial da Terra

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Sanguinho Village – Prego Waterfall loop from Faial da Terra

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11.0km

520m

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

Last updated: August 7, 2026

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2.71 km

View of Faial da Terra from the Donkey Trail

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3.02 km

Sanguinho Village

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Sanguinho was abandoned in the 1950s and 60s, among other things, because it was very difficult for the children to get to school. As part of an ecotourism project, new …

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4.07 km

Chickens near Salto do Prego

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The chickens rule here

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4.85 km

Wooden Bridge in the Forest

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Adventurous bridge, especially in spring and autumn when it rained at night. :-D

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5.65 km

Bridge to the Salto do Cagarrão

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Bridge that leads to the Salto del Cagarrao.

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7.22 km

Sanguinho Trail and Salto do Prego Waterfall

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Path towards the Sanguinho waterfall, you will find wild chickens on the path.

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7.43 km

Prego Waterfall

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Waterfall Salto do Prego: very nice waterfall

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8.12 km

Wild Chickens

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Nice easy hike, both waterfalls are amazing. The second one witch is a little farther away is a lot less crowded so i totally recommend to visit both

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11.0 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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6.85 km

1.84 km

1.76 km

434 m

148 m

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3.28 km

3.14 km

2.61 km

1.17 km

486 m

330 m

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Comments

July 2, 2023,Salto do Cagarrão (Waterfall) – Saguinho loop from Água Retorta

If you want to go for a swim in the pools of the 2 cascatas and take pictures, you should plan about 5 hours for this tour

December 29, 2022,HIKE Sanguinho PRC 09 SMI & Ribeira do Faial da Terra - São Miguel PR11 SMI - São Miguel,. Azores, PT

Combination of 2 Trails.

Trail Info Sanguinho - São Miguel PRC09 SMI:

trails.visitazores.com/sites/default/files/prc_09_smi_-_sanguinho_2.pdf

This small circular route in Faial da Terra begins near the bus stop. Go up the asphalted road until the fork where you should continue straight by a dirt road, always along the left bank of the stream. Along the trail, the vegetation is thicker, with the …

February 12, 2025,PRC09 SMI Sanguinho und Wasserfälle

The PRC09 SMI hiking trail on São Miguel leads through dense vegetation along the Ribeira do Faial da Terra to the impressive Salto do Prego waterfall. On the way there you pass the restored village of Sanguinho, where a small bar with toilets invites you to take a break. The trail is characterized by lush nature, some steep climbs and …

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September 13, 2023,São Miguel - 🐓 Trilho do Sanguinho 💦 🇵🇹

Unfortunately, our vacation in the Azores is now coming to an end, so today we went on our last tour of São Miguel.
Our goal was two waterfalls where you can swim. There have always been too many tourists at the previous waterfalls and we couldn't find one yesterday or it didn't have enough water.

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August 11, 2022,2 Wasserfälle - eine Wanderung. Salto do Cagarrão und Prego, Runde von Água Retorta

A beautiful tour up the gorge. Beautiful in the forest and shade.
The waterfalls and especially the lower hiking section are well attended.
If you don't like so many people, you'll be more happy with the upper waterfall, the Cagarrão.
You can swim at both, but it's... cold.
We started at the bottom and first went up the mountain to …

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March 26, 2024,Wasserfallwanderung bei Faial da Terra

A really nice tour to waterfalls! This tour must be extremely popular with young and old, because I have never seen as many people on any hike on Sao Miguel as I did there. However, most people only walk to the first waterfall and then turn around. At the second waterfall you are almost undisturbed. Since I didn't want to …

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