It’s the peak time for taking whale-watching excursions to see the humpback whales breach up and down in Samaná Bay. The observation season began 15 January and continues through 30 March 2018. The whales, some weighing up to 40 tons, travel 8,000 kilometers from the North Atlantic to reach the warm waters of Samaná Bay.
Humpback whales have been wintering near Samana for centuries. Cave drawings made by the aboriginal inhabitants of Los Haitises National Park long before Columbus arrived depict the spouting whales. And Columbus saw them too, as the log of his travels along the north coast in 1493 makes clear.
20 February 2018
