July 23, 2019

Island life: unexpectedly colourful

Everyone who knows Madeira can agree that it is a little paradise with a population of warm, welcoming people, colourful fruits and flowers and incredibly dynamic […]
April 29, 2019

Mirror, mirror; Self-awareness in Bottlenose dolphins

The profound social structure and problem-solving abilities of several species of primates has allowed the Great Ape project to make an overwhelming case for the claim […]
April 22, 2019

Luís Pereira Roque, Captain

Senhor Luis was born 1939 in Madeira, in the small village of Camera de Lobos. He was a fisherman for more than 60 years. Senhor Luis […]
April 22, 2019

“Voices in the ocean” by Susan Casey

After working through my first summer season as a guide at Lobosonda, it was sadly time to return to the European continent, a place void of […]
April 22, 2019

More sentient beings than we thought…

I would like to start this article with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi. “The more helpless a living being is, the greater his right to human […]
April 22, 2019

Face to face- Snorkeling with dolphins in the open ocean

I must admit that I cannot really recall my first ever snorkeling tour with Lobosonda since it was part of my training, which left me focused […]
November 27, 2018

Fatima Kutzschbach – Guide

Since 2005 Fatima started working on the Canary Islands, Acores, New Zealand, Baja California and Dominican Republic in the field of Whale Watching. Her professional background […]
November 27, 2018

Reader’s digest

„Plastic-free- How I kicked the plastic habit and how you can too“ by Beth Terry „Sometimes I succeed. Sometimes I fail. Sometimes I’m a lot preachier […]
November 27, 2018

NATUR(E)ally

Fast, fast, fast … no time, no time, no time … shortness of breath, pressure to succeed … We live in a fast-paced world, a reality […]