Top Funchal Whale Watching

Highly recommend the sea safari power boat trip. The boat ride itself was exhilarating and great fun. Older kids would love it. We also saw a great number of pilot whales and common dolphins which was amazing, particularly when they came close to the boat. Our guide/ marine biologist was also very informative about the animals we saw. Would definitely recommend using Magic Dolphin 👍

Highly recommend this tour company. We did another tour as well with a different one and this one not only had a better guide, it was a smaller van so less people, and the seats were very comfortable for a whole day excursion. Only comment would be that the stop at Porto Moniz needs a full two hours as it is quite busy at lunch time and for those who wanted to swim, they all commented it felt rushed and did not leave much time to grab lunch (we did not swim and still only had time to eat lunch since we had to wait for a table and do a quick walk).

I got to book this excursion very last minute and thankfully it did not disappoint. We got to see sperm and pilot whales but not dolphins but that’s ok. I was visiting from Miami therefore not seeing dolphins was not a total bust and they can’t control wildlife to say the least so please keep an open mind. If you’re looking for a nice scenic trip with friends/family I definitely recommend this catamaran excursion. The crew was very nice, knowledgeable and I loved how they stopped the catamaran to remove plastic/garbage from the ocean that we saw along the way. Give them a try! You won’t be disappointed :)

From the moment we booked this trip on the Internet to when we met the staff correspondence was excellent. All the members of staff are friendly helpful and want you to have a good time. Highly recommend the Dolphin trip. It was a shame we didn’t see any dolphins, it was too windy and choppy but the staff made up for our disappointment with their friendliness and fun.