Pacific Jewel - Bounty Adventure - Whale Swim

[Debsta]

I know many of you only read here, so I'm posting this here too :p

Swimming with the Whales on the Pacific Jewel Bounty Adventure in Vava'u, Tonga was the highlight of my trip. I hope you enjoy the video I put together!

 

[Debsta]

We had one day in port on the cruise on 17 October 2012. We chose to book with Dolphin Pacific Diving & Whale Watch http://www.dolphinpacificdiving.com/index.html. Booked via email, easy peasy. They were sensational and took us out, searched and searched and finally found the whales (the ship's tour didn't even see a whale!!!!). We then went back to Swallow's Cave before heading back to the ship. The whale watch crew were outstanding, lunch was yummy and it was an experience of a lifetime! It's the end of whale season so we were very lucky. The water was pretty choppy so it was difficult to get good shots, but I did my best! Sensational day and I would highly recommend booking privately with these guys.

 

For size reference. The mother whale was about 15-16 metres long, the baby about 5-6 metres and the male escort (the white spotty one) was about 10 metres! AMAZING!

[sagittarius]

Video looks amazing!!

 

Friend went a few years ago and did a stay where they snorkelled several days with the whales and it has been on my bucket list since!

 

Will keep note of the link etc and maybe, just maybe one day will get there!!!

 

Thanks for the show.