Azores Treetop Park

Azores Treetop Park is a high-ropes adventure park set among tall conifers on the north shore of Lagoa das Furnas, on the island of São Miguel. Built in 2023, it offers more than forty activities spread over five circuits in the treetops, in three levels of difficulty: two circuits for children and three for juniors and adults, one of them made up of zip lines.

The footprint is light by design. The platforms and obstacles are timber structures fixed to the trees and laid out to blend into the woodland, nothing is motorised, and visitors reach the park on foot along the lakeside trail. It is run by a local family whose background includes education, psychology, environment and ecology, and who describe the place as a nature lab for adventure.

After a short training session with a guide, climbers move across suspended bridges, scramble nets, swinging logs, a Tarzan jump and zip lines, clipped to a safety cable the whole way. Those who prefer to stay on the ground can follow along the paths beside the courses. The park stays open in light rain and pauses only in severe weather; booking ahead is recommended.

To get there, visitors park by Lagoa das Furnas and walk for about seven minutes: past the caldeiras where the famous stew is cooked in the ground, then along the lakeside trail between old trees to the park entrance.