May 24, 2022
The rising temperatures that accompany the gradual transition to summer is visible in both the lush terrestrial and marine life of Madeira. At this time of […]
December 29, 2021
We have to take our lovely old fishing vessel, the Ribeira Brava, over to Funchal for her to get refuelled. This takes around two and a […]
September 9, 2021
It’s hard to know what to anticipate when we go out to sea; just yesterday our crew had an incredible line-up of sightings that even included […]
August 26, 2021
This morning we had a young expert on board of our Ribeora Brava. I was very impressed by what he knew. I always find it nice […]
August 24, 2021
On our midday tour we went a little further out to observe the Atlantic spotted dolphins ( Stenella frontalis). During the evening tour, the Spotted dolphins […]
August 20, 2021
So beautiful, so cute, so cuddly they are, the Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis). A subgroup swam in front of the boat to show us the way […]
August 19, 2021
Today we had a guest on board who was on Ribeira Brava 15 years ago. He also experienced the first team of Ribeira Brava, Rafa, as […]
August 18, 2021
In the morning there were many returns among our guests. It seems they liked it last time. Today it was beautiful too! 🙂 The kids could […]
August 16, 2021
Todays tour led us to two groups of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). We were able to accompany the first dolphin school for a while, the second […]