Best New Trips in the World: Sea Kayak, Snorkel, and Swim with Whales in Tonga

For our annual Adventure Travel issue, we scoured the globe to find the 25 Best New Trips in the World for 2010, complete with a Best Trips photo gallery. Today, we present Tonga. The world's far corners are now well within reach.

TONGA: Whale World

Each June, some 450 humpback whales arrive in the shallow waters off Tonga’s Ha’apai Islands to mate and calf, transforming the archipelago into an oversize nursery until September. The Ha’apai are one of the only places in the world where you can snorkel with the 50-foot-long mammals—and starting next year, Wilderness Travel will be the only tour operator to bring clients here to do it. “They’re really curious and let you get very close,” says the outfitter’s Barbara Banks. Just don’t expect a Sea World encounter. “It’s done with the absolute strictest guidelines about behavior around the whales,” adds Banks. “There is no contact.”

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I never dream to swim together with whales especially those bigger ones. Are they not rude to the people. I'm afraid by the way.

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Humpback whales are incredible creatures. They 52 feet lengthy, weigh as much as 50 tons, and the usual life span is 40 to 50 years. The males are singers of the whale species and have the broadest and most versatile vocal range within the animal kingdom.

Anyway, if you do not want to go all the way to Tonga, you are able to also see humpback whales along the Pacific Coast of Colombia, which is also one of the most biodiverse places within the globe.

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Anyway, if you don't want to go all the way to Tonga, you can also see humpback whales along the Pacific Coast of Colombia, which is also one of the most biodiverse places in the world. If you're interested, check out http://expeditioncruise.net/itineraries-rates/whale-watching-cruises/.

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[Video of Humpback whales in Tongo]

Swimming with humpback whales is a once in a lifetime deal.
It's not legal to swim with them anywhere without a permit.So it is a very good opportunity to do it in Tonga.

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