Pico – Ponta Delgada
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This morning is yours to spend how you’d like – enjoy time at our hotel & spa, explore Pico, or – for our wildlife seekers – partake in an optional whale watching excursion at the best site in the Azores (additional fee). Learn about the different species of dolphins and whales in this area, their lifestyles, diet, and observation of cetaceans in the Azores. After, board your boat with our lookouts, skippers and biologists, in search of these majestic creatures. Located on the three tectonic plates of the world in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and benefiting from the Gulf Stream, the Azores are a permanent home or site of passage for more than a third of the species of whales and dolphins in the world. Sperm whales, common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins and Risso’s dolphins reside here year-round. Other species visit or pass through them during specific seasons. Summer is the best time to see Atlantic spotted dolphins, pilot whales and striped dolphins.
This afternoon we’ll take our short flight back to São Miguel Island. Tonight, join your fellow travelers for our Amazing Journeys Farewell, followed by dinner at a local restaurant for our last taste of Azorean cuisine. (B, D)
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Jul 8