Rare whales filmed off Lanzarote

Nature certainly dishes up a feast of wonders in and around the Canary Islands, particularly in the case of whales and dolphins. One third of all the species in the World either live in or pass through the Canary Islands, but even allowing for that fact, some sightings are enough to get the whole World talking.

Gervais’ beaked whales are very rare as they normally prefer the deep waters of the North Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico, but they are equally at home in the deep waters between our islands. Normally shy, they have just been filmed for the first time in their natural habitat, some 18 miles off Puerto Calero. The yacht Ibero came across 3 males whilst on a survey and protection voyage for the La Caixa banks social works programme.

Gervais’ beaked whales measure between 4.5 metres long for the male and 5.2 metres for the female and they can be recognised by their dark grey tops and light grey undersides. The small head sometimes has a white tip and the mouth contains two small front teeth.

We can’t promise you will see such rare sights when visiting Sands Beach Resort Hotel, but the beachfront setting in Costa Teguise has great views of the Atlantic and reception will be glad to show you a choice of boat excursions you may want to enjoy to see some of the more common whales and dolphins.

Beauty Queens and Kings line up at Sands Beach Resort

Everyone wants to sample the family atmosphere at Sands Beach Resort Hotel, so when the beautiful and talented want to be presented to the media, it’s no surprise that they chose the Costa Teguise beachfront hotel as their favoured backdrop.

It takes a lot to divert our guests attention from the 6 pools or the sea water lagoon and beach, but the arrival of 50 glamourous contestants for the Mr and Miss Las Palmas 2008 beauty contests, certainly turned a few heads. The province of Las Palmas covers Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote so the stunning hopefuls were flying the flag for all 3 islands.

 The council of Teguise invited the contestants to Lanzarote and Sands Beach Resort was the natural place to hold a press conference. In recent months Sands Beach Resort has hosted the press conferences for the World Windsurfing competition and the musical extravaganza “Costa de Musicas”. The bright modern setting and wide ranging facilities of Sands Beach Resort meant that the visiting media were spoilt for choice when it came to photo opportunities.

Looking after the contestants and their media admirers was all in a days work for the Sands Beach Resort staff, after all they offer a right royal welcome to all their guests.