Swimming with Humpback Whales
We are a USA-based travel agency with over 15 years of experience operating tours in Vava’u, Tonga. Our mission is to create extraordinary, intimate encounters with humpback whales for our guests. Don’t just take our word for it—check out our reviews!
Humpback Whales Experiences in Tonga
We are a USA-based travel agency with over 15 years of experience operating tours in Vava’u, Tonga. Our mission is to create extraordinary, intimate encounters with humpback whales for our guests. Don’t just take our word for it—check out our reviews!
With only 4-6 guests per group, we offer a personalized and close-up whale swim experience, ensuring each guest has the opportunity for meaningful, awe-inspiring interactions with these gentle giants.
Snorkeling with Humpbacks
These are snorkel trips, as it’s near-impossible to scuba dive with whales since they move quite quickly. Clients should have snorkelling experience and understand that there is a lot of swimming involved on these tours.
We generally get in the water with whales almost everyday, it really comes down to the quality of those swims. Typically you can expect 1-3 amazing days on a 5 swim day tour, and 3-6 amazing days on an 8 swim day tour. If this has been your dream, we highly encourage you to do an 8 swim day trip. You are coming all this way, and nature needs time to try and deliver. A high quality encounter to us is one that lasts over 10 minutes and is in close proximity to a set of whales.
Tonga law allows only 4 guests in the water at a time with certified guide. Allowing guests intimate encounters of a lifetime with humpback whales!
What Makes Us Excellent
Small groups
We take max 6 people. Other boats will put up to 12 people, this can become an issue, as you are only allowed 4 people in the water with the whales at a time. Can you imagine having the most amazing whale encounter of your life, and being tapped on the shoulder after 5 minutes to rotate with another guest? We keep our groups small, to optimize for water time. You gain an extra 33% more water time with 6 guests on the boat.
Best Boats & Crew
It’s an art to swim with the whales, and we have the best crew who have years of experience. Believe it or not, this can make or break your trip. Our boats are also the very best in Vava’u. They have been purpose-built in New Zealand for whale swimming in Tonga.
Top Accommodations
The island of Vava’u is small and quite undeveloped, there are not many places to stay. We book our accommodations years in advance, to ensure our guests have some of the best options available for their stay.