October 15, 2022

06.10.2022 – Bittersweet smiles

Few animals makes people smile the way cetaceans do. Every time they appear, they magically make everyone who is lucky enough to encounter them smile, irrespective […]
October 11, 2022

03.10.2022 – Satin

After all the windy days the end of September brought us, it was simply magnificent to once again experience a calm and placid Atlantic Ocean today. […]
October 6, 2022

27.09.2022 – A shared responsibility

Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) belong to Madeira’s most emblematic species. These peaceful cetaceans can be encountered in the island’s water all year round and, amongst […]
September 29, 2022

22.09.2022 – Summer’s end

Our tours tend to be filled with Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) during the summer, small delphinids that arrive in the islands waters in enormous groups […]
September 27, 2022

20.09.2022 – Gang

Our weather forecast showed the possibility of Northwest winds entering the waters of our search areas and, while this resulted in cancellations for the afternoon, it […]
September 26, 2022

19.09.2022 – Little whales

We can’t stress this enough; the word whale encompasses the families of both the toothed whales and the baleen whales. Which means that all dolphins are […]
September 22, 2022

15.09.2022 – Needle in a haystack

To break it down, finding cetaceans at sea depends on three factors: their presence, our experience and the weather conditions. At Lobosonda we all generally have […]
September 18, 2022

08.09.2022 – Companionship

Dolphins know how to take care of each other. They are known to establish long-term relationships with their fellow peers and demonstrate these wonderfully complex companionships […]
September 15, 2022

05.09.2022 – Out of range

Whale-watching trips on both our boats are magnificent! Our beautiful traditional boat is an absolute emblem of our company while our speedboat has facilitated magically close […]