Where can you see the Blue Whale?
Some of the best places to see the Blue Whale in the wild include Parque Nacional de Galápagos (Ecuador), Elsehul Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) and St. Andrews Bay (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) — among 6 wildlife hotspots across South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Ecuador, Mexico and Norway. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Cooper Bay
Cooper Bay, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+27 birds+9 mammals
Where black-sand beaches meet towering cliffs striped with cascading meltwater, one of the Southern Ocean’s most dramatic amphitheaters reveals itself. […]
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Laguna San Ignacio, Mexico
+101 birds+15 mammals
Where the Baja California peninsula thins into a tapestry of salt lagoons and coastal desert, one of Mexico’s most biodiverse […]
VIEW BIOSPHERE RESERVEElsehul Bay
Bird Island Station, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+29 birds+4 mammals
Granite peaks rise sheer from the Southern Ocean, their weathered faces streaked with cascading meltwater and cloaked in tussock grass […]
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Norway
+22 birds+12 mammals
Granite peaks plunge into the fjord’s crystalline waters, their cliffs carved by ancient ice and crowned with Arctic tundra. This […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKParque Nacional de Galápagos
Santo Tomás, Ecuador
+88 birds+12 mammals
The Galápagos National Park is one of the world’s most extraordinary wildlife destinations, offering visitors an unparalleled opportunity to experience […]
VIEW ISLAND & ARCHIPELAGOSt. Andrews Bay
South Georgia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
+28 birds+11 mammals
Where windswept tundra dissolves into obsidian beaches, one of the planet’s most extraordinary wildlife theaters unfolds across St. Andrews Bay. […]
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