Whaletrip: ICELAND

ORCAS IN THE SNOW

Storm, ice and orcas: a winter trip to Iceland.

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: 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: BRITISH COLUMBIA

ORCAS IN THE MIST

Wild forests, rugged coastlines, endless beaches, bears and orcas everywhere: visiting Vancouver Island.

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.

ORCAS IN THE SNOW

Storm, ice and orcas: a winter trip to the north-western coast of Iceland.

Whaletrip: ICELAND

The golden arctic light, a glassy sea, and thick, soft snowflakes gently crackling into the ocean. Around the boat: orcas everywhere, for hours.

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 ...

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 ...

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!« ...

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 ...

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 ...

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?« ...

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! ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...