Whale watching in Puerto Lopez

While waiting for our trip to the Galapagos we took a bus all the way to the coast west of Guayaquil to see if we can spot some whales. Puerto Lopez is famous for whale watching this time of year but we still got on the little fishing boat somewhat reluctantly, wondering whether we wasted 50 Dollars on yet another tourist trap.


But we had not left the harbour for more than 5 minutes when we spotted a massive Mama Whale with her newborn and followed her up North for 2 hours. It was the most magical experience. The huge whale peacefully swimming along, coming up for air every couple of minutes and the little baby whale (which is born weighing about 2 tons!) jumping around happily, every few minutes he would do a huge leap in the air and then quickly side up to his mother again. Absolutely amazing.

They are so huge, yet so graceful and in spite of all the exitement (we were about 20m away from them and got splashed from time to time!) I felt really peaceful suddenly. The world cannot be such a bad place if those creatures can still cross the oceans twice a year like they have always done. I am still walking on clouds.... Can you tell?

We are off to Galapagos tomorrow, Monday 16th and will not be online for about 10 days.
Muchos besos! T and C