14.01.2021 – Smooth seas, snowy peaks
Glassy waters and bright sunshine are definitely welcoming conditions when it comes to whale-watching, especially after such a rainy, cold start to the new year. While Madeira´s peaks were still white with snow, our traditional boat set out with such…
12.01.2021 – Nomad
Finding animals out on the Atlantic can be quite tricky but identifying them at sea can also present quite a challenge for the crew working to achieve sightings for our guests. The first cetaceans we met on this mornings tour…
31.12.2020 – The fin-ale
2020 was a difficult year for everyone and our team was set on spending the last hours of it in the marvellous company of cetaceans at sea. Our fleet was sent some miles out to meet a pod of Short-finned…
30.12.2020 – A typical duo
In today’s waves a school of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) surfed happily and, as so often, we also met Short-finned Pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) in their vicinity. This is a typical duo. These two marine mammal species are often found…
29.12.2020 – Gasolina
Patience truly is a virtue when it comes to whale-watching…. and our guests aboard the Stenella this morning definitely deserve the gold medal when it comes to this! After a long search that took us all the way to Funchal,…
21.12.2020 – One at a time
The ocean seemed almost desert-like this morning before our spotter discovered a small, shy group of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) cruising close to the shore that were suddenly joined by a tiny group of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis). After…
18.12.2020 – Friend or foe
The waters around the Madeira archipelago are visited by a surprisingly long list of cetaceans, with scientific institutions already confirming up to 29 different species! With such a cosmopolitan line-up of large marine predators and other ocean dwellers it definitely…
11.12.2020 – Passive, dynamic and interactive
It’s hard to sum up the behaviour of whales and dolphins in a few words since they all have very different life cycles and social lives. One can, however, say that every single species displays its own unique sort of…
10.12.2020- Cultural criteria
Mankind has always been fascinated by the other particularly intelligent members of the animal kingdom and, although we are gradually beginning to understand how sophisticated other creatures indeed are, the notion of describing them with “human” characteristics such as “cultural”…
07.12.2020 – The full programme
We were more than excited to finally go on a tour on our Stenella again and, after being deprived from cetacean encounters on our zodiac for over two weeks, our team would have already been overjoyed at encountering a small…