January 14, 2017

09.01.2017 – Bottlenose dolphins

Our beloved NIKON that has been taking all the amazing photos during the past years is taking a “rest”, we promise trying to fix “her” as soon as […]
January 9, 2017

Altruistic dolphins

Dolphins are empathic and altruistic animals. When members of a pod die, the rest of the dolphins will stay with the dead to mourn. Dolphins also […]
January 7, 2017

04.01.2017 – Welcome

Today Lobosonda could welcome the first guests of the new year. He had four, a bit rippled trips out on the ocean. The first marine mammals […]
January 5, 2017

30.12.2016 – Wild Beauty

The ocean can be gentle, mild and like a mirror. It can be a cushy beauty! But sometimes the ocean is wild and hard and resembles […]
January 1, 2017

28.12.2016 – Logbook entry: A departure from new shores

Logbook entry of Stenella from Lobosonda. Your Guide Fatima is speaking: A stormy day and absolutely no chance to go on search for marine mammals in […]
December 30, 2016

26.12.2016 – Well, well…

As it happens this morning we met Stenellas while we were out with our boat Stenella. Their scientific name is Stenella frontalis or in English Atlantic […]
December 28, 2016

22 & 23.12.2016 – Last trips before Christmas

On the last trips before we enter the Christmas holidays we have sighted the three smallest dolphin species present in our clear Atlantic waters. The playful […]
December 27, 2016

20.12.2016 – A group of around 20 Pilot whales

A group of around 20 Pilot whales (G. macrorhynchus) stayed for some minutes right beside the “Ribeira Brava”, that was our sighting this morning, after navigating […]
December 23, 2016

19.12.2016 – Christmas is in a hurry

You might be surprised by this Blog title. Christmas is in a hurry, why? There are years when a Christmas gift comes earlier. This happened yesterday […]