Portimão: Embark on Nature•Benagil and Dolphins•Biologist on board

Embark on a thrilling dolphin and whale watching tour along the stunning Algarve coast. Join our passionate team of professionals for an unforgettable experience!

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 5emotionsalgarve - Led by a multilingual marine biologist, we will venture into the vast blue to seek out the world’s most iconic animals, dolphins. During this coastal tour, you may encounter 6 species of dolphins and 3 species of whales, offering you powerful and unforgettable experiences.
    As we continue our journey, we will showcase some of the…
What's Included
  • All applicable fees and taxes included
Additional Information

This trip of around two hours and thirty minutes, departing from the Marina of Portimão, offers two magnificent experiences: the observation of cetaceans (dolphins and whales) and the observation of our Algarve coast with a visit to the famous Benagil Cave. To enhance your experience, we have a highly qualified marine biologist on board. This…

Location
5emotionsalgarve
Check-in needs to be done 30 minutes before the experience, at the 5emotionsalgarve kiosk.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Gerardm9909
Mar 8, 2025
Amazing Experience, not to miss! - Absolutely fantastic from start to finish. We were very fortunate to run into a large group of dolphins, about 8 of them! We felt very fortunate as we know there's a risk of not seeing them or seeing fewer, but even the cave tour would have well been worth the €30!!! Our guides were Maria, Tiago and Juan - (hope I spelled them correctly!) They were absolutely fantastic! They are a credit to the company and I would highly recommend this tour!
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Zdenka_d
Jan 11, 2025
Very good choice - I appreciate staff keep trying to find dolphins over 1 hour more longer as trip suppose to take 2,5h approximately. we came back after 3,5h and at the end they found it :-) our trip was amazing.
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Piazzolla1967
Jan 4, 2025
Great experience - Great experience (even if we would have liked to see even more dolphins!). The boat goes very fast (it's a ride in the waves) passes almost everywhere. Only downside, we hardly hear the guide ....
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Santison
Jan 2, 2025
Nice excursion - Beautiful cliffs and well organized excursion. we had the chance to see dolphins just before returning.
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Katrinsj903lr
Dec 30, 2024
Great. - Absolutely recommended change of perspective, the view from the water to the beautiful coast. Virtuoso of the boatmaster navigating the waves on and into the caves. After some searching we found two larger groups of dolphins. Adults and juveniles. The motors were switched off and it seemed that the animals had not been disturbed at all. It was well explained and questions answered. A wonderful experience!
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Relax10364652061
Mar 7, 2025
Nice excursion - Beautiful excursion along the coast , entering some caves including benagil and then open sea tour to find dolphins. Very nice! Too bad that the size of the boat does not allow to enter further into the cave of benagil. 2 minutes for 40 people to go to the front to take a quick photo, it’s a bit of a shame
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N5098badons
Mar 4, 2025
Great trip - well worth it but poor directions on Google Maps. - The trip itself was amazing! Angela our marine biologist guide was extremely knowledgeable and readily switched back and forth between Portuguese, French and English without missing a beat. She also frequently checked in with each person on board to make sure they were doing okay. The boat was a reasonable size with seat backs and we felt quite safe even when the waves got a little bigger. The ride along the coast was breathtaking and we went inside several caves including Benagil. Then we went further away from the shore and after some looking around we found a pod of dolphins who played around our boat for about 20 minutes. We got some great pictures and videos. The only reason I didn't give this five stars was the address link in the booking took us to Google Maps which took us the wrong spot. We almost missed our boat but a friendly person nearby directed us to the correct spot. I gather this wasn't uncommon. I recommend you use Apple Maps to find the departure point.
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Sarahhp9806tr
Feb 27, 2025
Excellent crew and fascinating geology - We saw about 6 dolphins 10 miles out from shore. The marine biologist, Reuben, was knowledgeable and friendly. The guy who drove the boat was very skilful at getting into the small caves so people could take photos. We were lucky as the weather was perfect. Fyi there is a toilet on board and the seats are comfortable.
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D2620ksericv
Dec 31, 2024
Nice experience - Staff on board friendly. Attentive. We saw the dolphins and several viewpoints in addition to the cave of Bennagil
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E4209oajohnd
Feb 20, 2025
Shocking - Terrible, cancel us on the first day, to then be told the next day that the boat went on without us, shocking do not book with these people
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