All posts tagged Whale Watching Cruises
Whale Watching Cruises in Kauai, Hawaii: A Guide
Like all of the Hawaiian Islands, Kauai is an excellent place to whale watch, and there are several different whale watching cruises you can take from around the island. However, several of these companies don't exclusively offer whale watching, and thus they can be slightly harder to track down. Moreover, directories of businesses on Kauai can't be organized to only show the outfits that offer whale watching cruises, forcing you to look through more companies as you search for what you want. To help simplify your search, we have compiled the following guide to whale watching cruises, which focuses only on this activity. Read more [...]
Whale Watching Cruises on the Island of Hawaii: A Guide
The Island of Hawaii, also called "Hawaii Island" or the "Big Island," is the largest of the Hawaiian Islands, and accordingly it has a large number of whale watching cruises that set sail from it. Below we have attempted, after much labor, to organize these various whale watching cruises into one convenient guide, and we also provide a basic overview of what to expect on a cruise that departs from the Island of Hawaii. Read more [...]
Whale Watching Cruises in Hawaii: A Guide
As a state composed entirely of small islands that are situated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii is an ideal place to see marine wildlife, including whales. In fact, there are a number of places on the Hawaiian Islands where you can stand on the shore and see whales in the distance. If you want a closer look, however, you'll have to take a whale watching cruise, and there are plenty such cruises available in Hawaii. On at least six of the eight main islands - Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, and Hawaii Island - there are whale watching cruises, so there is a high probability that wherever you end up in Hawaii, it should be relatively easy to take a whale watching cruise. Read more [...]
Whale Watching Cruises in the Bering Sea that Depart from Alaska
Over the past few weeks, we've been researching whale watching cruises in Alaska, and we've been able to find plenty of nature and wildlife boating tours that involve whale watching in one way or another. However, we noticed that none of these cruises take place in the Bering Sea or further north, which led to our present concern: can you take a whale watching cruise in the Bering Sea, or really anywhere that isn't southeast or south central Alaska? Are there whale watching cruises in the Bering Sea that sail from places like Dutch Harbor, Dillingham, Nome, and Saint Lawrence Island, to name of a few of the potential departure points? Read more [...]
Whale Watching Cruises in Prince William Sound, Alaska: A Guide
Prince William Sound is famous for its calving glaciers and abundant wildlife, including whales, and there are several tour companies that are eager to show you all that the 10,000-square-mile ocean inlet has to offer. Essentially none of these companies offer whale watching cruises in particular - as in, cruises that are focused almost exclusively on seeing whales - but seeing whales is a component of a great deal of cruises that explore Prince William Sound. For reasons we will come to shortly, it is not always easy to find the tours that feature whale watching, so we've tried to compile all the information we have found in one easy guide. If you are interested in seeing whales in the Prince William Sound, this guide should provide you with several promising leads. Read more [...]
Whale Watching Cruises in Whittier, Alaska: A Guide
Whittier is a tiny town - its population is only 222 people - but like so many other small towns in Alaska, they have a few different wildlife and nature tours to serve the tourists who pass through town. None of the nature tours are, strictly speaking, whale watching cruises, but they include whale watching as part of a larger cruise itinerary that focuses on the sights and wildlife in Prince William Sound. Below we've compiled some helpful information about who offers these tours and what to expect when you go on one. Read more [...]