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Hiking Guide Brava
To date there is no specific hiking guide of Brava available - but there are tracks enough to fill a week with interesting walks.
In 19th and 20est century, Brava was densly populated by busy farmers and a tight network of mule-roads leeds to almost all parts of the island, what makes the quality of tracks better than on most other islands.
Nossa Senhora do Monte - Fajã d' Água
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The track leeds down from the planalto of Nossa Senhora do Monte to the sea over steep, mainly paved mule paths. | ||||||
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Nossa Senhora do Monte
(672m) is a tidy little village, due to successful migration work in the US of more prosperous than others. There are several tracks going down into the valley. Easeast to find is the one that starts at the church. |
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Lavadura (270m) is located on the left shoulder of the valley after about 2/3 of descent and once was an important settlement with two-storey farm houses. Today, there are six families left over, living partly from agriculture, mainly from migrant work. |
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Lagoa (180m) is reached after changing to the right side of the valley. There is a direct descent in the river-bed, but it is worthwile to walk through the settlement and explore its plantations, irrigation schemes and shady mango forest. An irrigation channel (levada) ç takes you back to the descent into the canyon. |
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Fajã d' Água (0m) is stretched along the waterfront, has two nice Bed and Breakfast and a memorial for the ship "Matilde" who disappeared on its way to the US in 1943. |
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Attila
Bertalan, Pitt Reitmaier, Lucete Fortes quality hiking maps of Cape Verde. Price: 14,80 € expected for 2007
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