Whale Watching Worldwide
Whale Watching Worldwide
Whale Watching Worldwide
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São Tomé and Príncipe<br />
Year Number of<br />
whale<br />
watchers<br />
AAGR Number of<br />
operators<br />
Direct<br />
expenditure<br />
Indirect<br />
expenditure<br />
Total<br />
expenditure<br />
1991 None N/A None None None None<br />
1994 None N/A None None None None<br />
1998 None N/A None None None None<br />
2008 Minimal N/A 5 Minimal Minimal Minimal<br />
Capital City: São Tomé<br />
<strong>Whale</strong> Watch Locations:<br />
01: São Tomé<br />
02: Rolas Island<br />
03: Bom Bom Island<br />
<strong>Whale</strong> watching occurs from the islands of both São Tomé Island<br />
and Príncipe Island but only at minimal levels. In São Tomé, whale<br />
watching takes place from São Tomé city along the east coast or<br />
from Rolas Island in the south. In Príncipe, whale watching occurs<br />
from a resort on Bom Bom Island.<br />
Trips are generally run or organised by hotels, fishing or diving operators, and generally involve small<br />
capacity vessels such as motorized pirogues and speedboats. Between June and October, dedicated<br />
humpback whale watching trips are offered and bottlenose and pantropical spotted dolphins are seen<br />
opportunistically throughout the year. Numbers of whale watching tourists in São Tomé and Príncipe are<br />
likely to increase alongside growth in international arrivals and improved awareness of tourism and whale<br />
watching in São Tomé and Príncipe.<br />
Since 2002, Projecto Delfim (a Portuguese cetacean research organisation) has been carrying out a project<br />
studying the occurrence and distribution of cetaceans (dolphins and whales) in the waters around São Tomé<br />
and Príncipe, with a special focus on humpback whales. Between 2002 and 2006, research by Projecto<br />
Delfim has identified six different species of cetaceans in the area, although humpback whales, bottlenose<br />
dolphins and pantropical spotted dolphins remain the focus of tourism activities.<br />
Main species: Large cetaceans:<br />
humpback whale<br />
Small cetaceans:<br />
bottlenose dolphin, pantropical spotted<br />
dolphin<br />
Tourists:<br />
International 90%<br />
Domestic 10%<br />
Land‐based whale watching: None<br />
Types of tours: Boat‐based, dedicated, opportunistic<br />
Average adult ticket price: N/A<br />
Estimated employment<br />
7<br />
numbers:<br />
Main whale watch season: July to October<br />
71
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