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 […]
April 25, 2018

06.04.2018 – A colorful marvel of nature

This morning on board the Ribeira Brava our guests experienced a wet and wavy ocean. Even if we didn’t find marine mammals, I hope the guests […]
April 24, 2018

05.04.2018 – Placid ocean

After experiencing the potential force of the Atlantic Ocean during the severe storms two weeks ago the weather here on the island is gradually approaching summer […]
April 23, 2018

04.04.2018 – Behold the Bottlenose

Energetic, charismatic, smart, sophisticated… the list goes on and on. The numerous adjectives used to describe the unique, dynamic behavior of the Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) […]
April 22, 2018

03.04.2018 – Day of the double leaps

This morning we met a huge school of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), traveling in more or less 200m ocean depths very close to the shore line […]