Banderas Bay Whalewatching Part 1: Dolphins

Last August, we had cruised Alaska's Inside Passage. We didn't sign up for a whale-watching excursion because of the exorbitant cost of such a tour and hoped to see whales from the ship but that didn't happen.

So when we learned that Alaska whales migrate to the Banderas Bay to breed and have their young, we jumped on the opportunity to see them. It's also costs a lot less to do this in Mexico and we had such a wonderful time with the funnest crew ever! We don't think you'll have
more fun whale-watching with anyone other than the Banderas Bay Kontiki crew.

We set sail from Nuevo Vallarta to Puerto Vallarta to pick up more tourists. This is a 45-minute ride and what a lot of fun that was with dolphins riding the bow-wave of our boat and frolicking in the sea. Unfortunately, I only had my Olympus all-weather camera with me and so I was unable to get the best photos and videoclips of the dolphins. The photo above was the best photo I could get of a dolphin close to our boat.

Video: A pod of dolphins

Video: A dolphin rides the bow-wave of our boat

Mark has a much better videoclip of frolicking dolphins in Banderas Bay. Please CLICK HERE for his videoclip.