July 23, 2019

Our Planet

Nature and wildlife documentaries transport the stunning beauty of our planet into the living room. Of course it is much better to go out yourself and […]
July 23, 2019

Right place, right time

When we brief our guests before embarking on a tour we always attempt to make one thing crystal clear: we never know what to expect during […]
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 […]