Cédric BRUN (Captain Baleines) is a passionate sailor above all, "un passeur d'émotions". Partner guide of the National park of Port-Cros, he was the first « High Quality Whale Watching » labelled guide of the Pelagos Sanctuary on the park area.
Cédric navigated from 2011 to 2016 within Beach Tours / XL Cruise company. He introduces his own brand Vertical Horizon in 2017 for the leisure business of his company Even Crew.
Captain Baleines has extensive knowledge of the tourism and maritime area and the Mediterranean aquatic environment.
He pays particular attention to these wilderness areas, while promoting them among a wider public. His approach is based on careful and responsible wildlife viewing.
Always motivated by a pedagogical approach, Cédric invites his passengers to raise awareness around the fragility of the Mediterranean ecosystem; kids have fun on board while collecting plastic pieces from the sea and complete their excursion with a different vision of the marine environment and its essential preservation.
Animals photo-identification technique elaborates sighting files to track the comings and goings of identified Mediterranean cetaceans and animals. For a few years, Cedric BRUN has specialized in wildlife photography.
He performs this activity with passion and takes more than 10,000 photos per year. Unique moments with cetaceans and other Mediterranean species are thus sometimes captured.
Within his firm Even Crew, Cédric BRUN has a Matser mariner certificate and provides with:
Please feel free to ► contact us by mail for any quotation or by phone: +33(0)6 07 86 81 83.
"This will be one of these days in our life we will never forget. And would highly recommend if doing such a tour, do it with Vertical Horizon."
"A fantastic experience. About 20 Striped Dolphins and 3 Fin Whales. A great fast boat with a very knowledgeable and enthusiastic captain/guide. Highly recommended."
"Captain Cedric is a marine professional, his language his concise and easy to grasp, his enthusiasm for the Mediterranée undounted. We really got more than we expected and it was worth the wait. An unforgettable excursion!"
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► Interview on France Inter radio - August 2019
► Press report in La Croix - 2019 February 19th
► Press report in l'Express - summer 2018
► TV report "Echappées Belles"- France 5 - 2015 August (7 first minutes)
► Le Petit Futé Guide - 2015
► Press report "Rencontre avec les mammifères marins" - Moteur Boat Magazine
► "En tête avec les cétacés de Méditerranée" - Var Matin - 2012 April 3rd