Portugal Adventure: October 15-22, 2025

Into the Wild is a chance to take a moment for you. To dive deep into your wild woman self. To rediscover the wonder and beauty of both earth’s nature and YOUR nature. To gain the experience of hiking wild mountain ridges, walking and tasting your way through Lisbon and Sintra, gorgeous mountain scenes, and a wonderful different culture with other women.

Come unite in Portugal with other women who are ready for an experience of a lifetime. This will be Into the Wild’s first hiking trip to Portugal! We will visit the incredible cities of Lisbon and Sintra, then travel to the beautiful island of Madiera for some epic hiking. This trip is a great way to get a good taste for Portugal’s most impressive cities as well as connect with its alluring natural scenes.

This workshop is designed to help you rediscover you. As this is halfway a hiking retreat, we ask that you be in moderate hiking shape by August 2025 so that you can handle the terrain described in the itinerary. If you are currently not a hiker, I do believe you can get ready in time to do this amazing experience.

This retreat is for you, and women like you. Come as you are and leave as your best self.

Below is the information on what you come away with from this retreat. Join us and rediscover your wild woman!

Cost for Portugal Adventure is $2750 per person for 7 nights. All lodging, food, and transportation during the retreat is included, (yes this includes the RT flight between Lisbon and Madiera) and ALL rooms are shared occupancy. You just need to get yourself to Lisbon, Portugal and back home again!

Who:

Women. From anywhere. Women with a passion for adventure and hiking or who may want to explore the exciting world of travel- or both. Women who want to learn and discover. Women who want to uncover or rediscover themselves.

Why:

When is the last time you enjoyed seven nights abroad for yourself? To develop the inner you, your independence and to have adventures you deserve?

NOTE: THIS PARTICULAR INTO THE WILD IS ALL ABOUT THE ADVENTURES IN HIKING AND THE INCREDIBLE SIGHTS AND EXPERIENCES IN THE CITIES. THE FOOD ALONE WILL BE INCREDIBLE!

When:

October 15-22, 2025. You DO NOT want to miss this. You will fly in and out of Lisbon, Portugal. We will spend the first three nights in Lisbon, 4-6th nights on Madiera, then spend the night once more in Lisbon before flying home the 22nd of October in the morning.

What:

A women’s retreat built to help you rediscover you, your passions, and this beautiful earth you live on. An experience that will make you feel youthful and adventurous. A bonding experience not to be missed.

Have you ever been to a place so different from your own home country in sights, smells, sounds, textures… you could hardly wrap your mind around it?

We can show you some of Portugal’s most amazing sights and experiences and trails and help you wander.

IMPORTANT NOTE: tHIS RETREAT WILL INVOLVE WILD ADVENTURES. WE ASK THAT YOU BE OPEN TO NEW PEOPLE AND NEW EXPERIENCES. iF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS, JUST ASK! wendy@intothewildphotocamp.COM

Additionally, we will be moving from one lodging to another three times throughout the trip. This will help us see more and drive less. Please plan on bringing a 35 or 42L backpack and another small hiking daypack.

Due to the nature of retreat planning, there are no refunds except for the above outlined reasons. Participants may sell their ticket on their own, via social media or other means.

ALL rooms are SHARED rooms. There will be no shared beds, only rooms.

this is the itinerary (subject to changes):

October 15:  Today is all about arriving safely to Portugal into the Lisbon Airport. We will meet at our hotel, drop luggage and you can explore the city while Wendy welcomes others. We will meet for our welcome dinner at 6:30pm. Rest up, because the amazingness starts tomorrow!

October 16: Breakfast, then we will set out for our day of exploring Lisbon. Expect great food, wonderful sights and a lot of walking :) We will eat dinner while listening to Fado Music, and then crash into bed after an awesome day.

October 17: Today we will be going on a day trip by train to Sintra. This place is epic! We will be doing a tour of the area that is one of the best tours available and the guide is absolutely incredible. After a day of experiencing Sintra led by a local, plus a couple of meals, we will head back to Lisbon after dinner.

October 18: Today our hiking adventure begins! We will take a 2 hour flight to Madeira, rent our vans, and then, our first hike! We begin with Ponta De Sao Laurenco. It’s a 2-3 hour hike and is marked as Moderate level with 1800 feet elevation gain. We will then go to our hotel in Sao Vicente and eat a delicious dinner.

October 19: Breakfast, then head out for our long hike day. We will be doing Pico de Areeiro to Pico Rubio. This is an all day hike marked as Hard on All trails. It has 4,300 feet elevation gain. It is AMAZING. Afterwards, if we feel like it and there is time, we will end the day at Seixal Beach and have dinner.

October 20: Today we will rise and shine early for the  Lavada das 25 Fontanas hike. We are hoping that rising early will make for a less crowded experience, but we are also going in shoulder season, so that should help! This hike is 5.5 miles long, as 2000 feet elevation gain, and can be done in 4 hours. Very beautiful. Following, we will have dinner and check out more of what Madiera has to offer.

October 21: Today we will do one more hike in the morning, and I’m leaving this blank as to which hike so that we can gauge how the group is doing after the previous hiking. Lunch and an afternoon flight back to Lisbon. Our final dinner will be beautiful and delicious, and you can do your last sightseeing and souvenir grabs before falling into bed.

October 22: Breakfast, everyone leaves for home. Please choose a flight that departs before noon if possible.