r/HikingMadeira

PR 1 - Hiking Advice

Hi All,

Me and my friend have booked a slot for 11 am on October 7th to do a trek of PR 1. While booking the tickets, this was the earliest available slot. We were wondering what the best time to do the trek actually is. Any suggestions ?

As we have been seeing a lot of posts that say that early morning is the best. We were thinking of taking a risk and starting the trek around 7am. Anybody who has gone recently, knows whether there is checking at the time ?

Separately, any suggestions for transfers? We intend to do the entire way to PR 1.2. We have currently prebooked a bolt.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Update:

I got the date wrong. It was on 5th. We went like an hour before our slot (10 am). We didnt go earlier because the forecast was showing rain. There was a person checking but he barely glanced at the ticket so I guess it's safe to go before time.

It wasnt cloudy when we started but the clouds started setting in around 1.30 pm and started raining once we reached the parking.

Taxis were easily available. We cancelled our prebooked taxi as it was scheduled a couple of hours later.

Thanks for all the responses!

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u/nothingmore16 — 11 days ago