03.10.2020 – Star hour
How wonderful. That doesn’t happen every day, but today we were really spoiled. The encounter with the oceanic kindergarten of the Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) was something very special! One of the important subgroups in a dolphin school is…
01.09.2020 – According to plan
Sightings success during our tours burn down to two factors. The first is the skill and experience of our crew, who try their best to facilitate a beautiful time at sea during every trip. The second is a factor completely…
22.08.2020 – Family reunion
Nothing is more important than family…at least for several members of the animal kingdom. Family bonds represent strong relationships that echo through time and are strengthened by nurture and care. In some ocean wanderers, families also represent cultural entities, each…
19.08.2020- Best wishes – whales
Pilot whale babies (Globicephala macrorhynchus) were the stars on our tour today! They were playful and curious. Turning to the side, flipper up, swimming on their backs, splashing around and sneaking cheekily away from mom were on the schedule of…
07.08.2020- Silky smooth
Nothing beats the quality of sightings on a placid ocean on a sunny day. Several types of behaviour can easily be observed under such conditions and, if the animals display interesting behaviour, encounters become absolutely spectacular. The large and dispersed…
04.08.2020 – Rough teeth, smooth encounters
We had the pleasure of meeting some curious and relatively rare visitors during both our tours today. Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) belong to some of the most intelligent creatures in the ocean and have some of the most unique features…
30.07.2020 – Respect and magic!
What a wonderful trip! Hardly out of the harbor, we had our first sighting with the Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). But were they really all big? NO, to our delight not, because there was a small calf with visible birthmarks…
07.07.2020 – Back in the water
The Lobosonda team was all smiles on this fine morning as we were finally able to head out to find some dolphins for the first snorkelling trip of the summer season. Its hard to describe how wonderful it was to…
05.07.2020 – Social distancing
After a four long months of quarantine, our crew was happy to finally cruise out onto the ocean with guests today in search of our favourite marine inhabitants. After the usual safety briefing our excited (masked) guests boarded the Ribeira…
09.03.2020 – Seismic surprise
Our tour today took place under beautiful sunny conditions and our traditional boat managed to track down a group of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). While the Bottlenose were travelling east, the Sperm whales were more…