Where can you see the Humpback Whale?
Some of the best places to see the Humpback Whale in the wild include Lemaire Channel (Antarctica), Fitzgerald River National Park (Australia) and Parque Nacional de Galápagos (Ecuador) — among 65 wildlife hotspots across 18 countries, including Australia, Antarctica, the United States and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska, United States
+391 birds+58 mammals
Where the North Pacific collides with Alaska's rugged coastline, a sprawling archipelago of islands, rocky outcrops, and coastal headlands forms one of North America's most remote…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYBen Boyd National Park
Eden, Australia
+255 birds+47 mammals
Where the temperate forests of the far south coast meet towering sea cliffs, Ben Boyd National Park unveils one of New South Wales' most dramatic coastal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBouddi National Park
Gosford, Australia
+147 birds+17 mammals
Sandstone ridges rise sharply from the Tasman Sea along the central New South Wales coast, their weathered faces etched by millennia of salt spray and storm…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBribie Island National Park
Brisbane, Australia
+284 birds+20 mammals
Across tidal flats and shallow waterways north of Brisbane, Bribie Island National Park spreads across nearly four hundred square kilometres of subtropical coastal wilderness—a patchwork of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBrown Bluff
Brown Bluff, Antarctica
+23 birds+9 mammals
Where rust-colored volcanic peaks pierce the Antarctic Peninsula's icy realm, a geologist's dreamscape unfolds beneath towering cliffs of iron oxide and ancient lava. Brown Bluff rises…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPECabo de Hornos National Park
Cape Horn, Chile
+88 birds+9 mammals
Where the Andes plunge into the Southern Ocean and the Drake Passage churns between two continents, Cabo de Hornos National Park sprawls across one of Earth's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCabo Peñas
Susacasa, Spain
+303 birds+21 mammals
Where sea cliffs rise sheer from the Bay of Biscay, Susacasa's observation point commands one of Asturias's most dramatic coastal vistas. The landscape here is defined…
VIEW OBSERVATION POINTCape Range National Park
Australia
+159 birds+15 mammals
Where arid limestone ridges plunge toward turquoise waters, Cape Range National Park frames one of Australia's most dramatic desert-ocean interfaces. The park's spine—a stark, weathered range…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKChannel Islands National Park
Santa Barbara County, United States
+330 birds+15 mammals
A chain of eight volcanic islands rises from the cold Pacific waters off the California coast, their rugged sea cliffs and windswept terrain shaped by millions…
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