Day Seventeen

Early Sunday morning we went whale watching! I will be honest right here at the beginning I did not even attempt to take a picture, I was too busy staring open mouthed at the awesomeness of whales in real life. It was soo fun. Our boat captain is the leading whale researcher in the area, and he had a lot of interesting information. He found a humpback whale, her calf, and their escort for us to follow. The escort travels with the mother and calf to distract predators so that they can find a place to hide safely. We hit the last week of whaling season so we were lucky to see the whales we did. Humpback whales eat for three months of the year in Antarctica and spend the other nine months travelling to Madagascar (where they give birth) and back. They give birth in Madagascar because the water temperature averages around 32 degrees. Whales are mammals and so they need to give birth in warm water.

After that we drove down to Cape Vidal to see some more wildlife and hung out on the beach. Then we made our way to Umhlanga.