Italy - Liveaboard Dolphin Research Expedition

We were on the water with only the sail up - no motor running. It was so peaceful with the water hitting the sides of the boat, Captain Angelo softly playing the ukulele, and quiet conversation in Italian. We were watching the water for animal activity and relaxing in that setting. It was wonderful!

The whole trip was amazing, but last day was especially magical; we saw so many sperm whales and dolphins and the sunset was beautiful. The atmosphere was so joyful and thrilling. The crew was amazing, knowledgeable, and very good cooks! I would 100% recommend to any marine enthusiast out there.

seeing the dolphins out in the wild has only been a childhood dream for me. The first week we once saw devil rays, which was pretty shocking to me as I didn't think they would be present in this area/Mediterranean. After a week of seeing no dolphins we started off the second week with a group of dolphins catching fish behind a fishing boat. the sighting continued for about 1 hours and 30 mins. We saw them jumping and swimming all around us, it was my childhood dream coming true followed by a really intresting lesson on identification and sorting the pictures. On the last day out we saw a devil ray jumping out of the water 2 times!! which also was incredible!! <br>3 sightings in 2 weeks was not much however, animals stay unpredictable which makes these sightings so extremely special!! some people might be dissapointed ass they expect to see many dolphins and whales however, the crew is so extremely welcoming and kind. they make you feel like you are part of their team, after two weeks of beeing together almost 24/7 you create a special bond and saying goodbye will be the last thing you want to do. when weather doesn't let us go out in the field you get really interesting classes on cetaceans, acoustic sounds ect. my experience was beyond great and I will definitely come back ;)