Over the past two days we have been lucky enough to encounter some very lively whales. Yesterday after heading nearly all the way to Dar es Salaam, and having to admit defeat as the wind was very strong, we couldn’t see any whales so headed home. Suddenly we bumped into (more…)

The following post is authored by Christina of IFAW’s South Africa Office It’s not often a celebrity puts their vacation on hold, even for a day, but that’s exactly what Kristin Bauer van Straten and husband Abri van Straten did last Friday. The recently wedded couple is in South Africa (more…)

Today we were lucky enough to come across a lively pair of humpbacks. We spotted them at first breaching, head slapping and pec slapping about 6km away. We headed straight for them, doubtful we would make it in time. However there seemed to be an air of excitement due to (more…)

Headed out this morning in high spirits having not seen any whales for about a week, and what a day! After less than an hour of surveying we came across a mother and newborn yoy (young of the year). The calf must have been weeks old at the most, only (more…)

We haven’t seen many whales recently, so thought we would take this opportunity to tell you about the people here in Zanzibar that help make this project work. Firstly, IMS. The Institute of Marine science (IMS) holds many members that allow this project to run as smoothly as it does. (more…)