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Ria Formosa Boat Tour: Birdwatching and Beach Stop
4.7
66 Ratings
Faro
Embark on a 2-hour bird watching guided boat trip in Ria Formosa from Faro Algarve. Discover the natural wonders of this park and get up close to view birds in their natural habitat.
Embark on a 2-hour bird watching guided boat trip in Ria Formosa from Faro Algarve. Discover the natural wonders of this park and get up close to view birds in their natural habitat.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Formosamar - Boat Tours Passeios na Ria Formosa - The meeting point for your tour or activity is at our offices at the shop Pure Nature Store - ground floor of the building of Ginásio Clube Naval de Faro (Nautical Club of Faro). Please be so kind and check in for your tour or activity with our team members at least 10 minutes before the departure time
- Formosamar - Boat Tours Passeios na Ria Formosa - The meeting point for your tour or activity is at our offices at the shop Pure Nature Store - ground floor of the building of Ginásio Clube Naval de Faro (Nautical Club of Faro). Please be so kind and check in for your tour or activity with our team members at least 10 minutes before the departure time
What's Included
- Local guide
- Life vests provided for safety
- Binoculars and bird identification guide available
- Engaging live commentary during the tour
- 2-hour scenic boat trip including a brief stop at a secluded beach
- Local guide
- Life vests provided for safety
- Binoculars and bird identification guide available
- Engaging live commentary during the tour
- 2-hour scenic boat trip including a brief stop at a secluded beach
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drink
- Tips (Optional)
- All other extras
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drink
- Tips (Optional)
- All other extras
Additional Information
Embark on your journey from Faro, accompanied by a professional guide of nature tours. Explore why Ria Formosa is known as one of the top 7 Natural Wonders of Portugal during this boat journey. Pay particular focus to the birds, as they are one of the main attractions in this park, through this 2-hour navigation which provides a close interaction with…
Embark on your journey from Faro, accompanied by a professional guide of nature tours. Explore why Ria Formosa is known as one of the top 7 Natural Wonders of Portugal during this boat journey. Pay particular focus to the birds, as they are one of the main attractions in this park, through this 2-hour navigation which provides a close interaction with these wonderful creatures in their natural environment. This tour is designed for a small group, with a maximum capacity of 11 people for a more personal experience.
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- A maximum of 11 people per booking
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Location
Formosamar - Boat Tours Passeios na Ria Formosa
The meeting point for your tour is at our offices at the shop Pure Nature Store - ground floor of the building of Ginásio Clube Naval de Faro (Nautical Club of Faro).
Please be so kind and check in for your tour or activity with our team members at least 10 minutes before the departure time.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(66 Ratings)
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Nicole_d
Oct 7, 2024
What a great experience and guide! - We enjoyed (8 yr old son, husband and I) the bird watching guided tour of the Rio Formosa lagoon. We were lucky that the tide was higher that day which allowed us to approach the salt pans where the flamingos were located. We saw spoonbills, plovers, terns, cormorants and osprey as well. Our guide, Pedro , was patient, friendly and informative.
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Debra_t
Aug 12, 2024
Wonderful! - Excellent time with Paulo!! Learned a lot about the transition from Reserve to National Park! Shade made for a comfortable ride.
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42guy11
Jun 18, 2024
Thank you for an amazing trip Paulo - Firstly, Paulo, our tour guide was absolutely fantastic and really made the experience special. He was very polite and extremely knowledgeable. The boat was nice, new and comfortable. The supplied binoculars were a good brand and worked very well. We were actually out for closer to 1hr20mins. Would recommend and we would do it again when visiting Portugal again
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Christie_l
Jun 11, 2024
Great trip - We saw wagtails!!! It was a very challenging day to be out on the water and our guide handeled it like a champ! We saw a lot of birds.
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Kay_t
Jun 3, 2024
I would definitely recommend this amazing trip - This was an amazing trip. The boat was comfortable and easily accessible for my 86-year old father. With a maximum of 11 on board (there were only 7 on our trip), there was plenty of room.
Our guide Andre was friendly and knowledgeable, taking time to explain what we were seeing and answering any questions.
We all loved the stop at the island where we were able to get off the boat and take pictures, with my 8-year old son taking the opportunity to go for a paddle.
This is a great trip for all ages and it was wonderful to see another part of Portugal.
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Carol_t
Mar 8, 2024
Great birding experience - Andre was the guide on our March 4th guided tour. He was extremely personable and pointed out 20+ bird species. He also shared interesting facts about the oyster farms and the Seahorse Research facility. I would highly recommend Andre and this tour company!
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Kathryn_f
Mar 7, 2024
Fantastic trip! - I booked this tour not as a bird enthusiast but looking for a calm, easy going and comfortable tour through the Ria Formosa. André was our guide, a marine biologist, and he was very informative and educational- binoculars and bird spotting cards were available and made the trip a lot of fun!
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Jean_m
Mar 2, 2024
If you are a birder, take this trip. - Saw 8 new life birds. The western marsh harrier and the spoonbills were exciting finds for me. And the Flamingos were so beautiful in flight.
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296bastianb
Mar 1, 2024
Exceeded expectations - very entertaining - The time flew by in a flash! 2 hours was actually too short. Our tour guide Pedro, a 24-year-old student from the area, led us, a diverse group of 10 people, on the comfortable boat (leather-upholstered couch benches). 1 hour 30 minutes before high tide we left the small harbor under the railway bridge. In the lagoon we had very calm seas and hardly any wind. The boat lay quietly on the water, you could stand there all the time except for the acceleration phases, take photos and look through the binoculars. Incidentally, they lend you optics on the boat for free, specifically Bushnell 8x42, compact and solid, good imaging performance. Although Pedro initially claimed that he was not a specialist himself, he found and identified all of the following species with certainty. After about 3 km of stop-and-go driving west to a former oyster farm, we stayed for about 20 minutes to observe terns, whimbrels and ospreys. Then we went back to the harbor. In total we found: + 3 ospreys + 2 marsh harriers + at least 15 whimbrels + 2 curlews + 4 flamingos + 2 flocks of spoonbills (6+ ~40) + 2 grey herons + at least 10 little egrets + at least 5 cattle egrets + 4 great egrets + cormorants + terns + countless other small waders (plovers, sanderlings...).
I went on the boat tour with no expectations and came back with some great observations. I can definitely recommend the tour. Thank you, Pedro!
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Nadezhda_r
Jun 10, 2024
Definitely you should participate! - I like our guide Pedro and his enthusiasm to show us as many as possible species, content of the excursion, boat was very comfortable, also binoculars were good. We met 13 different species (some i have been watched first in my life). We were also lucky to see babies of kentish plovers. As a professional biologist i enjoyed much the excursion. I gave 4/5 points only because the excursion was at the high tide and the excursion description did not say that the number of species depends on this.
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