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Whaletrip:
SCOTLAND
SHORE WATCH
Dolphin watching from land: a road trip along the Scottish cliffs and lighthouses.
Whaletrip:
SHETLANDS
TU-TU-TU-TU-TU
Searching for the Shetland Orcas. With a group of bird watchers.
Whaletrip:
LA GOMERA
DOLPHINS ISLAND
Black beaches, ancient rainforests and an incredible biodiversity: two weeks off La Gomera.
Whaletrip:
VANCOUVER ISLAND
ORCAS IN THE MIST
Wild forests, rugged coastlines, endless beaches, bears and orcas everywhere: visiting Vancouver Island.
Whaletrip:
AZORES
FORCES OF NATURE
Blue whale research off the Azores: one week with Richard Sears. In a rubber dinghy.
Whaletrip:
NEW ZEALAND
DIFFERENT WORLD
Far away and completely isolated: In New Zealand everything is a bit different. Even the whale watching.
Whaletrip:
GREENLAND
FLUKES IN THE ICE
Endless ice, giant icebergs and plenty of whales in the midnight sun: two weeks in Greenland.
Whaletrip:
NORWAY
WHALE AHEAD!
Arctic chills, northern lights, fjords full of whales: a winter trip across Northern Norway.
Whaletrip:
AUSTRALIA
THE WHALE COAST
Following thousands of humpbacks: three weeks along the Australian east coast.
Whaletrip:
ICELAND
HEY, ICELAND!
Volcanoes, geysers, black beaches and whales just around midnight: a road trip across Iceland.
Whaletrip:
QUEBEC
THE WHALE ROUTE
The perfect combination of road trip and whale watching: three weeks on the whale route in Quebec.
Whaletrip:
NORWAY
GOING NORTH
The plan was to go north and see how far we’d get. A summer whale trip from Norway almost to the North Pole.
The
WHALETRIPS
A few years ago Theresa and I had the idea to just travel a bit with the whales. Since then quite a lot has happened.
SHORE WATCH
Dolphin watching from land: a road trip along the Scottish cliffs and lighthouses.
Whaletrip:
SCOTLAND
We can see the first dolphins after only a few minutes. They swim right along the beach, less than five meters from shore ...
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FORCES OF NATURE
Blue whale research off the Azores: one week with Richard Sears. In a rubber dinghy.
Whaletrip:
AZORES
We've been out on the water for about five hours now. Blue whales all day, everywhere. There's quite a lot going on here. I've lost track of things. Of course, Richard hasn't ...
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ORCAS IN THE MIST
Wild forests, rugged coastlines, endless beaches, bears and orcas everywhere: visiting beautiful Vancouver Island.
Whaletrip:
VANCOUVER ISLAND
A group of orcas emerges directly between a few kayakers. Such a kayak might be nothing more than a little matchstick for an orca. Sometimes you have to have confidence ...
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DOLPHINS ISLAND
Black beaches, ancient rainforests and an incredible biodiversity: two weeks with the dolphins off La Gomera.
Whaletrip:
LA GOMERA
So far, this site has been mainly about whales. And that's something Theresa wasn't quite happy with: »We should do something about dolphins! Dolphins are also great!« ...
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A DIFFERENT WORLD
Extremely far away and completely isolated: In New Zealand everything is a bit different. Even the whale watching.
Whaletrip:
NEW ZEALAND
We started to hide in small shelters and sly places to wait patiently for some shy little penguins waddling up the beach. What a great idea ...
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FLUKES IN THE ICE
Endless ice, giant icebergs, midnight sun and plenty of whales: Two weeks of summer whale watching in Greenland.
Whaletrip:
GREENLAND
I had to win her over a bit with Greenland, at first Theresa wasn't convinced at all. »What do you want in Greenland?«, she asked me. »That's definitely not the classic summer vacation, right?« ...
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TU-TU-TU-TU-TU-TU
Searching for the Shetland Orcas. With a group of bird watchers.
Whaletrip:
SHETLANDS
»Shetland Orca Sightings«, it all started with a Facebook group. Theresa had discovered it some time ago, so she'd been sitting there ever since, telling me that Orcas had been spotted on the Shetland's AGAIN! ...
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ORCAS AHEAD!
Visiting the whales of Northern Norway. A winter trip to the ice cold fjords of Andenes, Senja, Tromsø and Skjervøy ...
Whaletrip:
NORWAY
We stayed in the fjord for the whole time, and the whales stopped by every day. One night we could even hear some orcas through the hull of our sailing boat ...
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THE HUMPBACK COAST
Every year thousands of humpbacks travel along the Australian east coast. We followed them for a few weeks.
Whaletrip:
AUSTRALIA
Eight hours on the catamaran. It feels like a trip with some friends, not like a commercial tour. We see so many whales that we can choose the most active ones ...
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HEY, ICELAND!
Volcanoes, geysers, lava fields, black beaches and whales just around midnight: a road trip across Iceland.
Whaletrip:
ICELAND
Three breaches, right after each other, pretty close to our boat. Sperm whales can weigh about fifty tons. It’s a huge splash when such a giant crashes on the water ...
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ON THE WHALE ROUTE
The perfect combination of road trip and whale watching: three weeks on the whale route in Quebec.
Whaletrip:
QUEBEC
After four hours we had become friends with the thought that we would be out of luck today. And then they came. A few minutes later the whole bay was full with belugas ...
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GOING NORTH
The plan was to go north and see how far we’d get. A summer whale trip from southern Norway almost to the North Pole.
Whaletrip:
NORWAY
It's always a good sign when the guide himself is quite excited, just like on our second tour at midnight. We would have to leave immediately, our guide told us, since the fjord was full of whales ...
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