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!

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!

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.

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!

Wonderful tour with a... - Wonderful tour with a knowledgeable guide. Many varieties of sea birds including flamingos, whimbrels, she'll ducks and oyster catchers. Great trip!

Excellent trip - Pedro's enthusiasm, authenticity and knowledge of the national park's ecology shone through. He was willing to adapt the trip to suit circumstances, and to extend it a little to catch the sunset.

Great guide & beautiful park! - Andre was great. We enjoyed learning about the birds and the park! We appreciate all that is being done to preserve the environment. Thank you.

A must for birdwatchers - For the bird watching enthusiast, I really recommend doing Formosamar's bird watching boat trip on a low tide and when the migratory birds are there. They were just starting to arrive in this area (September) when we did our boat trip with Fernando. He was excellent! So much knowledge of birds and their behaviour. He was very interesting and enthusiastic about birds and the area and willing and able to answer questions. Also, I have a hearing loss and wear hearing aids. These do not give me normal hearing though. I found Fernando's voice clear and audible. Unfortunately, we were in Faro during some of the highest tides of the year which resulted in less birds being seen. However, I was surprised how many species that Fernando found for us. For birdwatchers, I also recommend the Faro foreshore and pier area there for birds, on a low tide. Thank you Formosamar for this experience at one of the world's Ramsar-listed sites, Ria Formosa. for migratory shorebirds. We live in Australia near a Ramsar site and it was fascinating here seeing the birds, the wetlands and the changing tides.

Great trip - Fernando was a great boat Captain and Guide he was very honest that it was not best season for seeing lots of birds but we saw a few. It was all very enjoyable and the two hours passed in a flash

Even in off season you can see the birds - It was a fun experience - the Captain was very knowledgable. We were in a bit of off season but he still managed to find birds and tell us the history of the area. The boat could use some attention.