Whale watching trip to see Whales and Dolphins near los Gigantes in Tenerife
provide
visitors, young and old, the opportunity to observe these
gentle giants of the deep. The most common species encountered
are the Bottlenose Dolphin and the Long Finned Pilot Whale.
The dolphins, with their permanent grin and playfull antics,
thrill passangers as they ride the bow wave of the Nashira
Uno at a distance almost close enough to touch. Offering an
ideally suited feeding ground and many miles of open Ocean
the waters around the Los Gigantes area have been "adopted"
by a Pod of resident Bottlenose Dolphins that put in almost
daily appearances to the passengers of the Nashira Uno. Away
from the accelerated pace of the Dolphins the Pilot Whales
can often be encountered as they lie almost motionless at
the water’s surface. Again a pod of these larger cetaceans
have chosen the Los Gigantes region as their permanent home.
The Pilot Whale pod can be stretched out over many miles of
Ocean with the larger males acting as guardians at the pod
extremities. The animals most often encountered are those
that make up the nursery groups that incorporate mother’s
with their young and adolescent females that take turns in
"babysitting" the younger animals. The pod stay
in contact with each other via an extensive and complicated
sonar communication system that is made up of click’s,
whistles and high pitched squeals.
Apart
from the Bottlenose Dolphins of the area visitors are often
treated to an impressive aerial display provided for by the
regularly encountered groups of Spotted Dolphins. These smaller
animals, in comparison to the Bottlenose Dolphin, move with
lightning speed and are prone to providing onlookers to an
impressive display of aerial leaps. Wonderful photographic
models these animals provide passengers of the Nashira Uno
the opportunity to take home some fantastic holiday snaps
or video footage. On a par with the Spotted Dolphin, for their
aeriel acrobatics, are the Common Dolphin's, with a lateral
yellow marking on each flank they are easily identified during
their displays.
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