Payment terms
Payment Schedule
Now: 0%
48 hours after booking confirmation: 50% (downpayment)
60 days before trip start: 100% (balance)
Cancellation terms
Free cancellation for 48h after confirmation.
STANDARD CANCELLATION POLICY: If you cancel more than 90 days before the start of your trip, you will lose 25% of your total booking, 50% for more than 35 days and 100% if you cancel within 20 days of your trip.
Good to know
Dive season and weather
One of the great things about the Azores is that almost everything coincides to create the trip of a lifetime. The main diving and whale watching seasons run from July to October, offering the best chances to spot mobulas, mantas, blue sharks, and whale sharks. Not to mention sperm whales, all manner of dolphins, and much more. This is also when the archipelago experiences its best and most consistent weather, with temperatures reaching the low 20s - both on land and in the water - and suitable conditions at the more remote offshore sites. Larger baleen whales such as blue, fin and sein whales often pass through a little earlier in the year, around April and May, while humpbacks are generally more common in October.
Logistics
Daily flights depart from both Lisbon and Porto to the Azores, landing in Sao Miguel, Faial, or Terceira. Santa Maria and Pico can also be reached from Lisbon or Porto, but flights are not offered daily. International travel to the Azores has become easier in recent years, with weekly direct flights offered from London and Manchester to São Miguel. Boston also services the Azores, with direct flights to Terceira and São Miguel. Surprisingly, during popular tourism periods, you can even fly direct to the Azores from Oakland, California! Although the trip takes a solid 11-hours. Other countries offering direct flights to the Azores include Canada, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands and Spain.
