{"id":1744,"date":"2013-08-07T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/07\/full-day-tour-photos-from-vila-franca\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:30:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:30:36","slug":"full-day-tour-photos-from-vila-franca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/full-day-tour-photos-from-vila-franca\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Day Tour photos from Vila Franca Islet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nToday we had another fantastic full day tour. During the morning whale and dolphin watching we encountered <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphins<\/a> followed by <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a> (feeding together with many seabirds and tuna) and the grande finale &#8211; a <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/brydes-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bryde&#8217;s whale<\/a> also feeding together with birds and more Atlantic spotted dolphins (see photos in our previous blog post). After our lunch in Vila Franca we headed out to the islet where we spent the afternoon snorkeling to see the variety of fish life inside the natural lagoon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<i>Spotted dolphins bowriding on our way in to Vila Franca<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Bodiao-verde-Copia-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Bodiao-verde-Copia-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Client-Copia-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Client-Copia-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Fishies-C\u00f3pia.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Fishies-C\u00f3pia.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ornatte-wrasse-Copia-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ornatte-wrasse-Copia-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Parrotfish-Copia-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Parrotfish-Copia-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Rainbow-wrasse-male-Copia-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Rainbow-wrasse-male-Copia-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today we had another fantastic full day tour. 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