Itinerary

• Day 1 - Faial or Pico
  Welcome and transfer from Faial or Pico airport to hotel in Lajes do Pico.
• Days 2 until 7 - Pico
  5 boat excursion, depending on weather condition. Access to the services of the BOCA (Base for the Observation of Cetatians of the Azores): mountain bike, kayaks, library. Entrance to the whalers museum (1 per person).
  To be in the Azores and especially in Lajes do Pico, undoubtedly one of the 10 best spots for whale watching in the world, it is by far the right option. Still little tourist frequentation, high quantity, and diversity of cetacians observed, little visual pollution, with the mountain of Pico as background. Multimedia Briefing - before the embark on each whale watching trip - of approximately 30 minutes: biology and animal behavior, whale hunting story, ecology, legislation. Small boats equipped with a hydrophone, not only to help locate the animals, but especially to supplement the visual observation with an acoustic meeting are used in order to limit the impact on the animals, driven by 4 stroke engines: less noise and chemical pollution... "Size matters"! Using the original look-out system called "Vigia", a surveyor observes the sea, with the help of binoculars, on the lookout for cetaceans and guide the whale watching boats in order to minimize the negative impact on the animals: manage the number of boats around the same group, manages boat speed and angles of incidence. The Sperm whales are the largest and most numerous in these waters. The other toothed whales frequently sighted are the Tropical Pilot Whales, Sowerby's beaked whale, Gervais's beaked whale, Blue whale, Common whale, Sei whale. The dolphins regularly spotted are False Orca, Risso, Bottlenose, Common, Atlantic Spotted and Striped dolphins.
• Day 8 - Faial or Pico
  Departure transfer to airport of Faial or Pico.