CBC News of Canada focuses on whale watching in the Dominican Republic, reporting that the humpback whales that will soon be delighting locals and tourists in Canada with their frolicking off the coastlines of Newfoundland and Labrador can be seen in the DR now. Jane Adey of CBS News describes the excursions organized by Kim Beddall, a Canadian woman who is credited with having founded commercial whale watching in Samana in the northeast of the country. The Bay of Samana is the first national marine mammal sanctuary in the Caribbean. Beddall says that the Bay’s warm waters attract the whales in the same way as Canadian tourists are attracted by the warm weather.
Visitors to Samana who will not be making a whale-watching excursion also have the option of the Samana City Whale Museum, although explanations are in Spanish only. There is also the Punta Balandra whale-observatory point, involving a long walk uphill. The sign made up of two large whalebones is on the eastern side of the road from Samana City to Las Galeras.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/where-do-humpback-whales-spend-their-winters-1.2990251