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Futurismo’s Full Day tours are in full swing now. On this day we had another full day with a group of Dutch clients from Tui. During our whale watching tour in the morning we encountered sperm whales (5 individuals), bottlenose dolphins and Atlantic spotted dolphins. After the whale watching we went to Vila Franca and had a local lunch in a restaurant above the marina with a view of Vila Franca Islet. We spent a wonderfull sunny afternoon snorkelling in the islet and enjoying the wildlife. At the islet we saw fish including the ornate wrasse, rainbow wrasse, white seabream, goldlines, parrotfish and damselfish. Birds such as yellow-legged gulls, common terns and roseate terns, Cory’s shearwaters, rock pigeons and a buzzard could also be seen around the islet this afternoon.
Some photos from this Full Day tour:
Sperm whales (adult and juvenile) with Vila Franca Islet in the background
A bottlenose dolphin with our Catamaran
Bottlenose dolphin juvenile surfacing alongside its mother
Bottlenose dolphins bowriding in front of our catamaran
Our skipper Mario
Our clients
Our lunch being prepared
Lunch in Vila Franca do Campo
Preparing to snorkel in the islet lagoon
Overview of the lagoon inside the islet
Seastar (Ophidiaster ophidianus)
Our clients observing the seastar
White seabream
White seabream
Damselfish
Parrotfish
Goldlines
Polychaete worm
More white seabream (the most common fish species in the islet)
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Futurismo Biologists Team
Sandrina Rodrigues
