Cork Harvesting Tour & Estate Walk in the Alentejo

Deep in the Alentejo hills near Grândola, cork has been harvested from the same oak trees for generations — a slow, skilled process that takes place only once every nine years. This 2-hour guided tour takes you by Jeep through the estate’s mato, farmland, and riverside paths to the heart of the harvest, where you watch experienced cork strippers work the trees by hand using traditional tools. Along the way, visit the cork stacks and learn how the bark is graded and prepared. The route passes through some of the most unspoilt terrain in the Alentejo Litoral, with the option to reach the estate via the spectacular Vale do Gaio dam road.

• Private Jeep transport throughout the 2-hour tour (maximum 4 guests)
• Guided visit to the cork oak grove during active harvest season
• Live observation of traditional cork stripping by skilled workers
• Visit to the estate’s cork stack
• Guided walk through mato, farmland, and riverside terrain