Zoomarine founder receives award
Pedro Lavia, founder of the Zoomarine theme park in Guia, has been presented with the ‘Sonny Allen Lifetime Achievement Award’ by the International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association (IMATA). Lavia received
Zoomarine is Europe’s 7th best yet again!
For the second year running, Zoomarine has been ranked as Europe’s 7th best theme park by visitors of travel website TripAdvisor. And just like last year, it was the only
World’s strongest men face off at Zoomarine
Ten of the world’s strongest men will be battling it out in what is expected to be a great display of muscle power at Guia’s Zoomarine theme park this Saturday
Zoomarine hosts groundbreaking research
Zoomarine park, near Albufeira, opened a special research laboratory this week for the study of molluscs and their link to cures for life threatening diseases. The initiative is a joint
Turtle comes home
After a long voyage, Bartolomeu, the 27kg Caretta Caretta turtle, caught off the coast of the Azores Islands, has returned home. His adventure began when he was caught in a
Business as usual at Zoomarine
Zoomarine opened its doors to the public 13 years ago and since then has added many new amusements and leisure pursuits to its list of activities. Resident reporter GEORGE FLETCHER
Prestige victims return home
Marine biologists at Zoomarine amusement park recently returned eight Caretta Caretta turtles to their natural habitat. Apparently, Marroquina, Andrómeda, Axtérix, Arquimédes, Alf, Aristóteles, Bruma and Beethoven were saved from the
Dolphin celebrates birthday
Sam the dolphin recently celebrated his 40th birthday at Zoomarine. The Thusiops-Truncatus dolphin is believed to be the second oldest in the world. “Although the life expectancy for dolphins is
Giant turtle washed up
A giant leather-backed turtle, washed ashore at Peniche, was dragged alive from the sand and taken to Zoomarine in Albufeira for treatment, but died during the journey down to the
A friendly visit
Locals in the Ria Formosa area were astonished earlier this week when several dolphins were spotted swimming in the river. Zoomarine biologist, Élio Vicente, revealed that although the water is