Whale and Dolphin Watching Tour
There is only one place on earth
where both northern and southern humpback whales come to give birth.
For uncounted millennia, the waters off the Pacific coast of the Americas have been the marine highway for migrating humpback whales from both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. These massive, magnificent beings are driven to a single destination that is essential to ensure their survival. They come to a place that exists nowhere else on the planet — Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula.
It’s here, in Costa Rica’s warm tropical waters that both migrating groups mate and give birth to their precious calves. The mothers nurse their young to ready them for the long swim home. Then, the northern humpbacks lead their calves back up Central and North America’s Pacific coasts as far as the Arctic Ocean. The southern humpbacks travel along South America’s Pacific coast to return to Antarctica’s Southern Ocean. The mating, birthing, nursing, and the arrival and departure of these two populations of whales (often numbering 1000 or more) all unfolds right in our own backyard.
For more than two decades, Aguila de Osa bilingual guides have taken our guests into the open Pacific, cruising the Osa coast to experience for themselves the majesty of these incredible marine animals. Because of the norther/southern migratory overlap, we can see whales for six to seven months of the year. And with our hydrophone, you’ll hear a language that’s arguably as complex as our own.
But whales are not all you’ll see…
The waters off the Osa Peninsula are teeming with marine life. Among them, five species of dolphins—Spotted, Common, Bottlenose, Spinner, and the Rough-toothed dolphin. We often encounter dolphins on our whale watching adventures, the pods range in size from a few dolphins to pods of hundreds.
Migration Periods:
- Northern Whales: January to April down the Pacific coast from Alaska to Costa Rica
- Southern Whales: July to October from Antarctica up the Pacific coast to Costa Rica
Tour Overview:
$140 per person + tax, 4-person minimum. Once the minimum is met, children 12 and under receive a 50% discount. Includes cold beverages, homemade cookies, and fresh fruit served on board. Private tours available by request and may be priced differently. Inquire at Reception for arrangements.
Duration: 4 to 5 hours
Time: Flexible, but it’s best to leave no later than 2:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
Activity level: Easy
Includes: Cold beverages, homemade cookies, and fresh fruit will be available on board the boat
Tips: — Although the boat is equipped with a hard fiberglass top and canvas awnings, it is advisable to bring sunglasses, a hat, sunscreen, and a long-sleeved shirt due to the intensity of the sun!
Don’t forget your camera!
“Aguila de Osa’s delightful staff and excellent food also created a joyous atmosphere and the days seemed to slip by far too quickly. We were incredibly lucky to swim with whales and witness a whale and her baby playing in the sea this only a few steps from we were snorkeling.”
~ Z Feeny
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