Free GPX downloads

Download free GPX and GPS tracks for every Madeira trail

A GPX file gets you along the route. It cannot tell you the levada is running dry, the ridge is fogged in, or the tunnel section is flooded after rain. The track is the easy half of the decision.

Every marked trail on Madeira and Porto Santo, ready as a free GPX file for your GPS watch, phone or handheld. Each file carries a real ground-mapped track plus waypoints for the trailhead, viewpoints, waterfalls and water stops, so you can follow the route offline where there is no signal.

No account, no password. The first download asks for your email once, and that is what carries every trail on the island to you as one PDF. Open any trail below, then tap the Download GPX button on its page. The file drops straight into your downloads, ready to import into Garmin, Komoot, AllTrails, Gaia GPS or OsmAnd.

111 tracks, drawn from the same GeoJSON the downloads use. No basemap: every line on this picture is a trail we hold.

All trails

111 trails tracked: 42 official IFCN routes plus 69 community and municipal walks.

Is there a map of Madeira's levada walks?

Yes, and the picture above is one: all 111 marked walks on Madeira and Porto Santo, drawn on a single map. But a map you look at is not a map you can walk with. Under the laurel canopy, inside a tunnel or deep in a ravine, the only map that still works is the one already on your phone, and that is what the GPX file on every trail page is. Save it on hotel wifi, open it in the app you already use, and the trail keeps drawing itself around you with the phone in flight mode.

A track is the path as it was actually walked, not a road map's idea of it. 29 of these walks go through hand-cut water tunnels, where a street map shows nothing at all and a driving router sends you over the top of the mountain instead. The file also carries named waypoints for the trailhead, the viewpoints, the waterfalls and the drinking water, so your map tells you what is coming and not only where to turn.

Madeira and Porto Santo on one map

Both islands sit in the same catalog: 111 walks in total, 7 of them on Porto Santo, which gets its own box on the map above at the same scale as Madeira so the size difference stays honest. Every line in that picture is a walk we hold a track for, and each one has its own page in the directory above, with the download on it.

Maps for the walks near where you are staying

Most people want the map of one corner of the island, not of all of it. Each municipality below has its own page listing the walks that start there, with the GPX one click further on. Pick the town you are sleeping in and work outwards from it.

Walks by municipality: Calheta Porto Moniz Santana Machico Câmara de Lobos Porto Santo Ribeira Brava Ponta do Sol Funchal São Vicente Santa Cruz

Is there a map of all the levada walks in Madeira?

Yes. This page draws all 111 marked walks on Madeira and Porto Santo on one map, and every walk in the directory links to its own page, where the free GPX download sits. The GPX is the copy you carry: on a phone or a GPS watch it shows the trail line and its waypoints with no signal, no data roaming and no paper.

Which map works offline for hiking in Madeira?

The one you set up before you leave the wifi. Download the trail's GPX, import it into Komoot, AllTrails, Gaia GPS or OsmAnd, or send it to a Garmin, then save that app's offline map of Madeira while you still have a connection. A phone's satellite fix keeps working without a signal, so your position follows the track through tunnels, ravines and the north coast, where mobile coverage comes and goes.

Loading a GPX onto your device

Step 1: download the GPX from the trail's own page

What is a GPX file?

A GPX file holds a route as a list of GPS points, plus named waypoints like the trailhead, viewpoints and water stops. Almost every GPS watch, phone app and handheld device can read it, so you can follow the exact line of the trail offline.

Is the download free?

Yes. No account, no password, nothing to sign up for. The first download asks for your email once, and that is what carries every trail on the island to you as one PDF, plus free closure and status alerts if you tell us when you land. Every download after that is instant, and nothing else follows.

Step 2: import the file into your watch or phone app

How do I load a GPX into Garmin?

Plug your Garmin watch or handheld into your computer, then copy the .gpx file into the Garmin/NewFiles folder (Connect IQ devices) or import it through Garmin Connect and sync. The route then appears under Navigation or Courses on the device.

How do I load a GPX into Komoot, AllTrails or OsmAnd?

In Komoot use Plan a Tour, then the import option, and pick the .gpx file. In AllTrails open Maps, then the upload or import route option. In OsmAnd or Gaia GPS use the import menu and select the file from your downloads. The track loads as a route you can navigate.

Step 3: check the trail status and the forecast before you set out

Are the tracks accurate and safe to rely on?

The lines come from community mapping contributors and are a solid planning aid, not a survey-grade or safety guarantee. Trails close after storms and landslides, so always check the official trail status and the forecast before you set out, and carry an offline map as backup.

Want live conditions and the best window to go?

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