About us

WHO WE ARE

The adventure path of

PORTUGAL NATURE TRAILS

We are a company targeting the foreign market and set out to be the company with the most outstanding and breathtaking hiking and cycling outdoor adventure tours in Portugal.

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Exploring the country’s wildest and most well-preserved regions while tasting the best local food and wine. Spending the night from 4/5 star hotels to simple welcoming rural local bed and breakfasts. Adventure and local culture on a guided, self-guided, or tailor-made tour.

We will give you a detailed briefing containing basic information about the country, on how to get along your ride or hike, and ensure that you feel supported no matter what type of tour you choose.

How it all began

Our Story

We launched Portugal Nature Trails in 2004, with the belief that other travelers would share the same aspiration for adventure tourism, within a culture of respect for nature and people. At that time, we had nothing more than love for travel and adventure, associated with a conviction the planet earth is a great place to discover and respect.

Time has passed and we’ve grown, but our desire to give our client the best experience hasn’t changed.

A great tour agency

Why Portugal Nature Trails?

Because we can change your feeling about the experience of travel and life.

While experiencing the journey, it will become a different challenge and the best dimension of your life. Explore the wildest and most preserved regions of Portugal, while tasting the best local food and wine. Spending the night from 4/5-stars hotels to simple welcoming rustic BNBs.

Feeling the adventure and local culture on a Guided, Self-Guided or Tailor-made tour.

While traveling with us, you will be transformed and inspired to contribute to a better world.

What we can offer you

24/7 Support

Even on self-guided tours you will never be alone. With a Portuguese cell phone you can call us at any time with questions, suggestion requests and in case of emergency.

Excellent Hotels

From comfortable accommodations in rural tourism to deluxe 4 or 5 star hotels, each place you stay has been hand picked by us.

Great Team

We are passionate about our work and our country, and our greatest delight is to share it with our customers and help them discover Portugal!

Transfer On Arrivals

Rather you arrive at any of our airports or main train stations, or if you are already staying in Portugal, the initial and final transfers of your tour are always included.

Credit Cards accepted

We accept Credit Card payments, as well as bank/wire transfers and PayPal. Let us know which is more convenient for you!

20

Years of experience

20

Team Members

22500

Customers served

50

Tours

8

Unique Regions

Get to know

Our Team

António Gavinho – Founder & Chief Adventure Creator

I'm the Founder and Chief Adventure Creator of Portugal Nature Trails, a incoming tour operator, specialized in adventure with a focus on hiking and biking, mixed with cultural and culinary experiences. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1968 I have been working in management for almost 20 years. Travelling, sports and mountains have been always my passion, and so in 2005 me and my wife Elsa started this company to get closer to our passion!

Elsa Gavinho – Founder, Special Projects & Board Adviser

I am a PNT founder and Coordinator of Special Projects. I am Ph.D. in Tourism, and currently, I am teaching at Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies. ​ I have traveled with family, friends and alone on numerous occasions and I believe that Tourism has the potential to empower communities, to improve lives, and to increase the respect between people.

Jörg Nascimento – Sales & Marketing Manager

Working at PNT since 2015, I’m the contact to all our partners worldwide and try to have an active role in helping to develop exciting new Tours. ​ In our activity we develop, design and plan all the logistic activity for all our partners, independently of their specific activity as a reseller, agent or Tour operator.

Renato Silva – Operations Manager

I started as a guide in Portugal Nature Trails in 2016, accumulating the functions with all the administrative part, since January 2018 exercising the functions of operations & logistics manager. I am a nature lover and trail runner & trekking practitioner for many years.

Diana Freire – Digital Marketing Manager & Bookings

As the Digital Marketing Manager & Bookings Agent, my job is to spread the word about Portugal Nature Trails’ mission and products, as well as to help our customers with every planning and booking aspect of their tours. My goal is to provide the best customer service possible. Working in Marketing and Communications since 2010, I have experience in different sectors and industries, but the one I fell in love is Tourism.

Paulo Medeiros – Bookings & Logistics

Virginia Pereira – Accounting

Susana Carvalho – Senior Guide & Tour Production

It's a pleasure to share the love for my country with anyone I meet. After getting my degree in sports and working for a while in tourism, I felt that guiding in nature was a perfect match. Hiking and being one with nature gives me peace and a lot of joy, exploring new places and meeting people from different cultures connects me to other experiences of the human race.

Marta Franco – Bookings

I am responsible for booking requests to dive you into a fantastic adventure! I started to work in tourism with PNT and I´m grabbing this meaning with passion because I believe traveling is the higher route to enlarge liveliness and navigate through single cultures. The perfect symbiosis!

João Saraiva Martins – Guide

I worked for 30 years in the Telecommunications and Energy Engineering market, in technical or sales management functions, always managing to "feed" the special taste for adventure, practicing Trail Running and Mountain Bike, always very close to nature, which, in fact, gives me a special pleasure...

Bernardo Andrade – Senior Guide

Senior guide at PNT, leading hike and bike tours. With a Biology degree I worked in Brazil in a conservation project and there developed the passion for guiding. I traveled and guided in different countries such as Argentina, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana. It was amazing to come back and start exploring my own country and sharing it with our visitors.

Carlos Moreira – Senior Guide & Tour Organizer

My passion for adventure and cultural aspects led me to be part of this team dedicated to outdoor activities and friendship with nature. Born in Venezuela in 1967 and raised in Portugal, I've worked for more than 20 years as a professional mountain guide in Portugal and around the world. I love travel and climb high mountains in our amazing planet earth.

Joana Santos – Product Manager and Guide

As a Product Manager and Guide, my job is to make dream tours come true. Inside the office I am responsible for preparing tours and creating new travel experiences. But my playground is outside, where I lead groups on the most incredible Portugal Nature Trails’. My mission is only accomplished when you go home with the feeling of pure delight and an unforgettable story.

Francisco Oliveira – Guide & Bicycle Maintenance

Francisco Oliveira AKA "Kico" born and raised in Lisbon since 78'. I started working in Portugal Nature Trails in 2014, working as a guide, and more recently I'm responsible for the reliability and maintenance of the bicycle department. I also love to travel with the family, allways trying to combine snowboarding, discovering wild places, and the beautiful African culture.

Honório Teixeira – Guide (Madeira)

My name is Honório Teixeira and I work as a guide since 2005. I'm 43 years old, born and living in the beautiful Madeira island, which I love to show to our tourists. That's why I am the Guide and Logistics Support at Madeira island for Portugal Nature Trails! My job is to prepare and accompany groups and agency tours, so I look forward to your visit.

Izhar Domotor – Guide (Israeli Groups)

I am a mountain guide based in France. I have a special place in my heart for high mountains and the quiet desert. Since 2009 I am taking groups to several destinations as Morocco, Greenland, Iceland, Kyrgistan, and much more. In Portugal Nature Trails I am the guide for the Israeli groups that come to trek in Spain, Madeira, and Morocco.

Nadia Andrade – Designer & Digital Marketing

Well-organized focused on the detail and design's functionality that's mainly centered on the user experience. Developing digital projects at PNT with the best and coolest Ninja team.

Raquel Ferreira – Designer & Digital Marketing

With a Masters on Communication Design and work experience in Advertising, the Lisbon Health Adminstration and the UN Office for Project Services, working for social impact makes my day. In Portugal Nature Trails I'm able to craft the way people discover Portuguese nature and invite them to enjoy our beautiful landscape, through a click.

Francesco Stante – Tour Prodution

I study Earth Sciences in Lisbon and help on the development of the website and tour production of PNT.
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