Our last Maui post! One of the things that I found the most wonderfully crazy about Maui, was the incredible number of humpback whales just leaping and rolling all over the place. I had no idea that we’d see whales leaping out of the water almost every single day, just from our balcony and from the beach, and it was definitely a good idea to get closer.
Our first attempt though was a bust. We had decided to do a sunrise trip, so after Shirley graciously offered to babysit the girls (we didn’t think Isabelle would have the patience for a two hour trip), we got up very, very early in the morning, and headed off to the docks. After listening to our orientation, we trooped down to the catamaran, where we waited… and waited… and finally found out the boat wouldn’t start.
The next day, we repeated the getting up early part, the orientation part, and the walking to the catamaran part, but this time we actually left the port!
Almost immediately, we saw a mother and her calf rolling around in the bay. Soon they were slapping their tails and leaping out of the water. We watched them, totally in awe, for awhile, before moving on to see what else we could find… which happened to be another mother and calf, breaching and playing. Even the guides were pretty blown away. We saw a few more whales throughout the trip, and listened to all the whales in the bay on the hydrophone. All in all, an incredible voyage, and probably the best $25 I’ve ever spent.
Hawaii, you were amazing all over again, and we’ll definitely be back.