The Whales (Las Ballenas) Samaná Peninsula

... their population of humpback whales that come here every winter to mate and breed.   The humpback whales that come to Samana migrate between the Dominican Republic, Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland, and the coast of New England in the US. ...

... 's the sign of an enormous creature moving around just below the surface of the seemingly empty ocean. A cool feeling. Also, just before the whales surfaced, you would see a pool of light green/light tealy colour. So you can imagine 25 people standing on ...

... me to a friend of hers, Kim Beddall. Kim Beddall is a whale specialist who lives in here in Saman'' teaching about and studying the whales. The humpback whales are probably the most famous visitors to Saman'' and they winter in the warm waters of the ...

... for the day. Later that night we went to a pasarato. The next day we only had 6 people in the car and headed to Samana to go and see the whales! That was so amazing, we saw a momma and a baby. Never seen them so close and it was just beautiful. After the ...

... lives relatively close to Rachele.  After an inspirational four hour bus ride through the countryside we finally arrived at the Samana peninsula.  Kelly had come to meet up with some friends and to hike to a waterfall the following day. ...