Quick Details
Private Charters
€ 920.19
Exclusiveness, privacy and whales
This tour aims to fulfill your dreams when it comes to being close to those gentle giants you love. A life-time experience savored in special way, away from disturbances and preoccupations.
Highlights
Enjoy in private the wonders of the sea. You can take whomever you’d like or go alone if that is your wish. The goal is to make it unforgettable!
What You Can Expect
At our base, you will be given a life jacket, a waterproof light jacket and a briefing by our professional guide about what you can expect to see and about our safety procedures. After that we’ll head out to the port (1 minute by foot) and into the boat, then we will head out to the positions given by our whale spotter at land. The tour will last more or less 3 hours and then we’ll head back to our office where and share with you some additional info about the animals that we saw on the trip.
What to Bring
Bring water, light food, warm clothes and a camera. We can also share our pictures with you!
Additional Information
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- Lifevest
- Briefing
- Guided tour
- 14 seat zodiac boat
- For birthdays and events bottle of sparkling wine
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Drinks and snacks
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- Check in at the office;
- Briefing and lifevest;
- Boarding
- We look for whales and dolphins
- Tour to the islets with possible swim
- Return to Mosteiros port
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How many people can we bring?
Maximum capacity is 14 people.
Who goes on the boat?
It is mandatory that we take a guide and skipper from the company, but all the seats are yours.
What if the weather is bad?
If the conditions are not safe Terra do Pico will cancel the tour, reschedule or refund according to availability. Please have in mind that we are in the Azores and the weather changes constantly and it is different on different parts of the island
Can we bring food and drinks?
Yes. You can bring snacks and light food on the tour. Drinks are also allowed with responsibility. Please alway remember all trash stays abord!
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Terra do Pico reserves the right to cancel the trip for reasons of safety, weather conditions, insufficient number of passengers and customs problems. The client will be fully refunded but will have no right to claim any type of indemnity. Regarding the whale watching tours, Terra do Pico reserves the right to charge 40% of the ticket price if no cetacean animal is observed during the trip. As much as possible we will try to find a suitable solution for the situation. All efforts will be made to approach the animals and provide the client with cetacean’s observation. However, the company or it’s representative may, due to unforeseen events or circumstances that may occur, alter the tour during the journey itself for security reasons, in that case the client cannot claim any type of indemnity. In case of cancellation on the clients behalf 3 days prior to the embark the sum will be fully refunded. Within the 3 days prior to the embark date, the amount paid will be fully retained by Terra do Pico.
Assurance: Terra do Pico is insured. With a simple request we can supply you with a contract.
Responsibility: Each client must follow all the security regulations on board and compromise itself to respect the portuguese law. Under aged passengers can only embark in the company accompanied by an adult recognized as the legal tutor. Terra do Pico cannot be responsible in the case of breakage or loss of personal objects , such as: telephones, cameras, glasses , lens and others. Such objects are entirely at the responsibility of the client. The client compromises itself to take on all financial, material and damage costs caused to the boat, staff members or others. Any damage done intentionally to the life jacket and waterproof jackets will be the sole responsibility of the customer, who must cover the monetary value of the damage in question. It is the client’s duty to inform the crew about pregnancy or any heath problem witch may need any attention or special care.