February 22, 2019

13.02.2019 – The Other side

As a whale-watching company that operates from Calheta, Lobosonda generally aims for cetacean sightings occurring in the Southwestern waters of Madeira. Occasionally however, particularly at this […]
February 20, 2019

09.02.2019 – Two species, one nursery

The Atlantic was rather choppy this morning, which made locating the compact herd of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) abit of a challenge. Through the diligent […]
February 18, 2019

08.02.2018 – Airborne encounters

The guests on board the Stenella were in for a real treat today, enjoying encounters with three different species of cetaceans. The trip began with a […]
February 15, 2019

07.02.2019 – Daring to be different

Our guests enjoyed sightings with two separate groups of our beautiful winter dolphins, the Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) today. These cetaceans are easily recognised by […]
February 13, 2019

06.02.2019 – Magnificent morning

We had the pleasure of having a trip with calm, warm weather conditions today and enjoyed sightings with three very different species of toothed whales (Odontoceti) […]
February 11, 2019

04.02.2019 – Recharging at the surface

In spite of their incredible agility, their remarkable intelligence and skillful coordination, hunting still demands high energy expenditure in cetaceans. So, like us, they also need […]
February 7, 2019

The challenges of survival

The sandy beach in Yaniklar, Turkey, is a tiny, little oasis squeezed amongst the dark grey pebbles scattered along the rest of the coastline. It is […]
February 6, 2019

29.01.2019 – Foragers on the high seas

As we left the marina of Calheta this morning, our vigia Carlos informed us of a dispersed group of Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) hunting 6 nautical […]
February 4, 2019

Lobosonda´s new temporary shop

For all of you who does not know, Lobosonda has a new “shop” in the harbor. This is due to the works currently taking place on […]