Sado dolphins by boat from Setúbal

A group of about 30 bottlenose dolphins lives all year round in the Sado estuary, one of the few resident estuary colonies in Europe. The boat trips from Setúbal look for them in the bay, between the city, the Tróia peninsula and the foot of the Arrábida range, and along the way pass beaches and white sandbanks.

Rotas do Sal, a Setúbal company with a shop in the Mercado do Livramento, runs a 2-hour trip around the bay for all ages from €45.57. They are wild animals: nobody can guarantee they will appear. In heavy swell the trip may change time or be cancelled.