May 5, 2018

25.04.2018 – A gentle approach

Today I had the pleasure of having my first trips with our remarkable captain Senhor Luis this year along with two groups of interested and friendly […]
May 3, 2018

Let’s talk about Whale-Watching

This blog is dedicated to resolving the frequently encountered misconception on the part of our guests around the term “Whale-watching”. Generally it refers to the mainly […]
May 2, 2018

19.04.2018 – Where there’s a will, there’s a wave

The herd of young Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) we encountered 4 nautical miles off the coast of Calheta seemed to enjoy every minute of the […]
May 1, 2018

18.04.2018 – International admirers

On today’s trip, our guests were keenly observing a pod of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the warm sunshine on a very wavy, deep-blue Atlantic ocean. […]
April 30, 2018

17.04.2018 – “Short” flippers

This afternoon we had a wonderful group of Short-Finned Pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhyncus), which prefer warm waters. If you check their flippers you wouldn’t call them […]
April 29, 2018

16.04.2016 – The next generation

We always plan our trips to make the experiences out at sea as educational as possible for our guests. All the guides at Lobosonda have a […]
April 28, 2018

14.04.218 – Animalistic galley

After windy days without any trips we had today much better conditions for a wonderful tour on the ocean. Quite a lot of Portuguese man o’ […]
April 27, 2018

11.04.2018 – How many?

When our guests ask us in the beginning of a sighting how many animals are around, we are not always able to answer this right away […]
April 26, 2018

10.04.2018 – Steva, an everyday hero

Besides a sighting of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), a Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and a boat with nice guests, today we had a real everyday hero […]