07.05.2019 – Águas vivas
The Spring season often surprises us with fantastic sightings out on the Atlantic Ocean with a variety of cetacean species but also many other ocean inhabitants. Our day began with a dispersed group of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) peacefully…
03.05.2019 – Spectres
During our trips today we encountered two species of dolphin who are both famous for their characteristic decorative markings: the Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and the Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba). Both species generally show very different behaviour towards boats…
01.05.2019- Spring cleaning
Lobosonda kicked off this bank holiday with a truly rewarding Spring Beach Cleanup which took place on the beautiful beach of Madalena do Mar. This was our company’s second cleanup and was organised in collaboration with Zerowaste Madeira as part…
30.04.2019 – The Beauty and the Beast
What do you write on a day like this? Where do you start? What gets priority? Not without reason is today’s blog title: Beauty and the Beast! But let’s start with the BEAUTY: NATURE! This morning, the guests of our…
29.04.2019 – A broader horizon
Both our boats had wonderful sightings today. I had the pleasure of guiding a wonderful trip aboard our traditional boat this afternoon where we saw no less than 3 different species of cetaceans. The beautiful summer-like conditions and crystal clear…
27.04.2019 – A real Bottlenose spectacle!
This afternoon we started with “small” … a small school of Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) it was very relaxed and chilled. The animals were in resting mode and some were busy with the important socializing. Afterwards we observed for a…
26.04.2019 – Short & sweet
This morning both our boats enjoyed sightings with two very different but equally beautiful species of dolphin; the shy Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) and the curious Short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), that were also sighted during the afternoon trip. All…
25.04.2019 – Results of love
Finally back to the sea, since wind and wave kept us from visiting our friends, the marine mammals. But today it was time and already in heaven was written (Check our photos 😉 ), whatever was for today, the results…
21.04.2019 – Happy jumping dolphin confetti
Today, on Easter Sunday, there was an occasion for a survey on board of Ribeira Brava. “Would you like to go on search for Easter eggs or dolphins?”, was the question asked. And what do you mean? What our guests…
19.04.2019 – An exception to the rule
“Madeira is like a gas station on the freeway”- I think I mention this on almost every single tour because it gives our guests a good idea of the diversity of marine mammals visiting the waters of the beautiful island…