Re: [81attendees] Whale watching cruises

Le 11-07-26 11:25, Alexander Mayrhofer a écrit :
>>> Whale watches leave from both Baie-Ste-Catherine on the near side of
>>> the ferry, and Tadoussac on the far side. You can watch in
> everything
>>> from a big tour boat down to a rubber zodiac, wearing foul weather
> gear.
>>>
>
> I did the Whale watching thing back in 2006 (when we were in Montreal).
> Based on recommendation on locals, i did it in Grande-Bergeronnes
> instead of Tadoussac with this company:
>
> http://www.essipit.com/eng/croisieres_zodiac.html
>
> I would strongly recommend doing the Zodiac thing

I completly agree. did that too years ago and was great. (unless you do 
not feel good to be in a zodiac)

Marc.

> instead of the big
> boats, because they get much quicker to the position of the whales.
> That's if you don't mind wearing heavy sailing clothes, including gloves
> and hood. They also offer Kayay tours - but whales are definitely
> quicker than Kayaks :)
>
> I didn't expect much at first, but it was literally breathtaking - They
> were really good at estimating where the whales would  ascended to the
> surface, whales got within about 20 meters of the boat. On the way back,
> a whale ascended directly in front of the boat, and the skipper did a
> very sharp turn&  stop - he told us the whales do that all the time for
> fun. Bring a camera with a good Telephoto lens (and make sure you got a
> waterproof bag for it!).
>
> I even got a GPS track of that ride here:
> http://timatio.com/traces/5881-whale-watching-tour
>
> Alex
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