This is extraordinary whale travel untill 25,000 kilometers per year with a huge size almost 16 meters long and 35 tons weight, they feed only on summer and travel in spring and winter. where Samana is one of their favorite places.

From January and the next 3 or 4 month, more than de 3.000  Humpback whales, makes his love dance. They travel to the warm oceans in the Caribbean where they search the perfect place to make their courtship rituals and give birth. 

They are curiouses and spontaneous; The male jump  athletically to surprice females and swim around boats with  para sorprender a las hembras y nadan al rededor de los barcos con actos magnificent movement making them the ideal attraction for tourists.

Where is Samana?

Precios

Prices for tours are from US$80 to US$300 per person.

Other informations about Humpback whale season

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 metres (39–52 ft) and weigh approximately 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. An acrobatic animal known forbreaching and slapping the water with its tail and pectorals, it is popular with whale watchers off Australia, New Zealand, South America, Canada, and the United States.

Males produce a complex song lasting 10 to 20 minutes, which they repeat for hours at a time. Its purpose is not clear, though it may have a role in mating.

Found in oceans and seas around the world, humpback whales typically migrate up to 25,000 kilometres (16,000 mi) each year. Humpbacks feed only in summer, in polar waters, and migrate to tropical or subtropical waters to breed and give birth in the winter. During the winter, humpbacks fast and live off their fat reserves. Their diet consists mostly of krilland small fish. Humpbacks have a diverse repertoire of feeding methods, including the bubble net feeding technique.

Like other large whales, the humpback was and is a target for the whaling industry. Once hunted to the brink of extinction, its population fell by an estimated 90% before a moratorium was introduced in 1966. While stocks have since partially recovered, entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with ships, and noise pollution continue to impact the 80,000 humpbacks worldwide.