Saturday, 23 November 2024

• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 9:00
• CLASSIC WHALE TOUR | 13:00

Report from Eldey: This morning, we were very lucky to have nice calm seas to sail in and as we left the harbour, we were treated to a long and beautiful sunrise for almost the whole duration of the tour. We decided to sail directly to where we had had successful tours for the last couple of days. After reaching the area, and enjoying amazing views of the newly erupting volcano, we were surprised by two big splashes out in front of us! It was a humpback whale breaching! We had to wait for a few minutes for it to resurface but when it did, it had a friend and we saw that it was actually 2 humpback whales travelling together. Fo the rest of our tour we were able to watch the two whales swimming around our boat and just before we had to leave to head back home, they came up right next to us! So close that we could see their whole bodies! A perfect start to the day.

- Emily Erskine