Published on Feb, 2020

We were picked up at our hotel by our very friendly and knowledgeable guide Tony and headed out to the Algarve interior. When we got to the countryside, we went into the hills on dirt roads. Tony would often stop to tell us about the cork trees and eucalyptus trees and identify local plants and herbs. The drive was quite exciting through the rough and curving roads with beautiful scenery below us. We stopped at the firewater distillery and went up to the highest mountain in the Algarve for a panoramic view. The afternoon was topped off with a delicious Piri Piri chicken lunch. The tour was a perfect combination of excitement and education. Thanks to Tony for his good humour and excellent knowledge.

Published on Feb, 2020

Thats absolutely amazing...the knoledge of the guide and all the fun we had up and down hills. Try the Medronho. Picture of our friend Baltazar in Alte .5 stars

Published on Aug, 2019

We have just returned from a day out in the jeep with one of your guides Nounou (apologies if I have spelt this wrong!) and what can I say? We have had the best day ever. We were picked up at 9am and returned to our apartment at 5pm and for the hours in between we were treated to first class hospitality from Nounou. He was funny, chatty and very informative with lots of interesting local information. He took us off road for some exhilarating driving and we couldn’t have asked for more. We enjoyed experiencing little old style Portuguese villages that we wouldn’t have known about previously, we tasted local produce - firewater, honey etc and we were able to swim in a beautiful blue lake. We have a 12 and 15 year old who both laughed all day long and we said that it was definitely money worth spent and far superior to jeep safaris we have done in the past in Turkey. Only criticism was that 5pm came round far too quickly and the day had to end. Thank you Nounou for everything today.

Published on Apr, 2019

Just come back from the Algarve, weather has been a bit dull and rather than spend the day in the hotel room we booked a tour with Extremo Ambiente. We were collected from our hotel at 9.00 am by Miguel our guide. He spoke good English and had a great sense of humour. We joined up with two other jeeps and then headed up the mountains on off track roads, beautiful scenery, some hair raising driving along narrow roads and through rivers and lots of stops to looks at wild flowers and herbs. We stopped for coffee in the morning and had a chance to buy herbs and wild tea from a local farmer, we had a lovely lunch of vegetable soup, piri piri chicken, salad and chips and fresh oranges at another café and a coffee/loo break in the afternoon. we visited a honey farm and sampled honey and liquours. Such a full day and so interesting. I was with my teenage kids, husband and elderly parents and they loved it too. Miguel was an absolute star and a brilliant guide who looked after us and really taught us about rural Portugal. A must trip if you are in the area. Can't recommend it enough.

Published on Apr, 2019

We had a fabulous day with Tony as our driver. He was very knowledgeable and funny and knew the best places to take us. Made our teenagers smile all day long. We tasted the best oranges in the world, best Medronho and Melosa, the best honey and had a delicious lunch. The jeep was such fun and amazing views.