Witness an absolutely unique and truly impressive way of hunting! At Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, orcas beach themselves with great energy in order to catch the seal pups from the shore. There’s no other place known in the world where orcas hunt like this. March is the best time, as the new-born seals gather at the beach in high numbers. If you continue from the Argentinean Atlantic coast to the Chilean Pacific coast, you can meet blue whales. From December to April, blue whales give birth to their calves in the Gulf of Corcovado. Meanwhile on Vancouver Island, Canada, the people of Tofino and Ucluelet celebrate the arrival of the gray whales.

Meet the giants: blue whales are the biggest animals to have ever lived on this planet. Unfortunately, there are only a few places, where you have good chances to meet them. The Azores are among them! Blue whales pass by on their way north – best time: between April and May. Plenty of other big whales pass by the islands, too, including sei, fin and sperm whales.

Spring in Manitoba and Nunavut, the Arctic regions of Canada. Meet bowheads, belugas and narwhals right at the border of the ice. Here also, you have best chances to encounter walruses and polar bears. Other option is to visit Greenland! At Disco Bay (best location: Qeqertarsuaq), you can meet bowheads, belugas and narwhals before they follow the breaking ice and travel further north for summer in late April / early May.

As the summer begins, any of the North American coasts are a great option. Quebec, British Columbia, New England, Washington and Oregon are among the best places in the world for whale watching. Most likely to see: humpbacks, fin and minke whales on the east coast, humpbacks, orcas and gray whales on the west coast. It is especially important in this region to take a trip from a location where the boats don’t outnumber the whales.