On the 22nd of March, we went out for dolphin watching. When we booked it, we (I was) were expecting to get the same boat as last year. This year was: "excursiones Amazonia".
The German lady at the dolphin place by the harbour told us, this dolphin excursion price included paella lunch on the boat. Yes, it was a little pricier than the other little boat. But it had a toilet, down stairs room to leave our bags, nice seating areas and yummy paella!
We didn't tell her we were veggies. Because we always had our own snacks with us, and I wasn't expecting the paella to be home made. I was wrong!!!!! It was the BEST paella I ever had!
Well, we had one young German lady who was a vegetarian and she asked for veggie paella. When we stopped for little break after dolphin watching, the captain choose lovely quiet spot for our lunch. I popped into the toilet. When I came out, they were already started! Without me!
I wanted to take photos!!!! And this paella, Marcus was given small portions for us, when I had a mouthful....OMG! It was divine. Oh, NOOOOO. I really regretted we didn't tell the German lady in the shop...I don't regret often these days, but I really did and gutted that day. We were really fancied paella on our last day of our holiday in Tenarif, we were on the mission. Found ONE restaurant served veggie paella, we ordered. It was very disappointing..
Anyway, I love my food, I can go on about food forever, but stop here and these are photos from the dolphin excursions.
The German lady at the dolphin place by the harbour told us, this dolphin excursion price included paella lunch on the boat. Yes, it was a little pricier than the other little boat. But it had a toilet, down stairs room to leave our bags, nice seating areas and yummy paella!
We didn't tell her we were veggies. Because we always had our own snacks with us, and I wasn't expecting the paella to be home made. I was wrong!!!!! It was the BEST paella I ever had!
Well, we had one young German lady who was a vegetarian and she asked for veggie paella. When we stopped for little break after dolphin watching, the captain choose lovely quiet spot for our lunch. I popped into the toilet. When I came out, they were already started! Without me!
I wanted to take photos!!!! And this paella, Marcus was given small portions for us, when I had a mouthful....OMG! It was divine. Oh, NOOOOO. I really regretted we didn't tell the German lady in the shop...I don't regret often these days, but I really did and gutted that day. We were really fancied paella on our last day of our holiday in Tenarif, we were on the mission. Found ONE restaurant served veggie paella, we ordered. It was very disappointing..
Anyway, I love my food, I can go on about food forever, but stop here and these are photos from the dolphin excursions.
This is us eating yummy paella.
The guy with white top is the captain. He drove the boat with his foot. Very clever.
He was the dolphin guide. He knew about dolphins in and out. He was in research for 18years. He spoke at least 3 different languages! I wanted ask lots of questions, but I was too busy watching dolphins or eating paella, I missed the opportunities. Maybe next year, I can ask him questions about dolphins!
This is Marcus and the BEST paella! I wish there was more!!!!
This boat wasn't big either. Apparently the same size as last year's boat. There was another company doing dolphin watching, "excursion Tina", it was massive boat. I didn't like the look of it. Didn't feel the same as those little boats.
Last year, we had fantastic experience on dolphin and whale watching. I still remembered the energy and one of dolphins actually looked up and looked me in my eyes. That was the magic moment, encountered with wild dolphins really close. So, I kind of, expected that again.
Well, we had some more magic moment this year too. Our boat was hanging around about 1-2 hours, couldn't see any. Then, after 2 hours or so(maybe less....) the captain had message from other boat, Tina. Tina saw some dolphins swimming. So we went towards her. Here they were. They were swimming away. The dolphin guide told us they were hunting. It was very rare to see dolphins were on the go and mission to hunt.
We were watching them for ages. They came towards us, and swam under neath our boat, very fast! Then they disappeared. "Where have they gone???" , Then we saw two cheeky dolphins appeared and swam towards us, stayed on the head of the boat with us for ages! I wanted to touch them!
I felt they knew how I felt, I almost felt like touching them and they let me....Wow! It was another magic moment. The captain let go of them, and we headed to our paella lunch.
Again, I loved the every moment. It was very precious spending time on the sea and encountered with beautiful dolphins. Everytime it happened I felt very personal. That was the advantage of being in the small boat. I'm so grateful we choose the perfect time and day to have the experience! I loved the dolphins there. They looked happy.
When I went to Indonesia loooong time ago and did dolphin watching, I hated it. Loads of tourists boats were chasing dolphins, they didn't look happy. That was how I felt. I felt sad. And swore to myself "Never again!" Whereas here in Gomera, they control who could do the excursions and limit the numbers of boat. They have more respect towards other kingdoms.
Last year, we had fantastic experience on dolphin and whale watching. I still remembered the energy and one of dolphins actually looked up and looked me in my eyes. That was the magic moment, encountered with wild dolphins really close. So, I kind of, expected that again.
Well, we had some more magic moment this year too. Our boat was hanging around about 1-2 hours, couldn't see any. Then, after 2 hours or so(maybe less....) the captain had message from other boat, Tina. Tina saw some dolphins swimming. So we went towards her. Here they were. They were swimming away. The dolphin guide told us they were hunting. It was very rare to see dolphins were on the go and mission to hunt.
We were watching them for ages. They came towards us, and swam under neath our boat, very fast! Then they disappeared. "Where have they gone???" , Then we saw two cheeky dolphins appeared and swam towards us, stayed on the head of the boat with us for ages! I wanted to touch them!
I felt they knew how I felt, I almost felt like touching them and they let me....Wow! It was another magic moment. The captain let go of them, and we headed to our paella lunch.
Again, I loved the every moment. It was very precious spending time on the sea and encountered with beautiful dolphins. Everytime it happened I felt very personal. That was the advantage of being in the small boat. I'm so grateful we choose the perfect time and day to have the experience! I loved the dolphins there. They looked happy.
When I went to Indonesia loooong time ago and did dolphin watching, I hated it. Loads of tourists boats were chasing dolphins, they didn't look happy. That was how I felt. I felt sad. And swore to myself "Never again!" Whereas here in Gomera, they control who could do the excursions and limit the numbers of boat. They have more respect towards other kingdoms.
By the way, this is the more info for:
"excursion amazonia"
4 hours, €42 for adult, €25 for kids(under 12) incl; paella lunch with drinks
minimum 7persons, max;10 persons
info & reservertions: 616 47 22 65/ 922 80 55 15
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