Whale Watching and Swimming with Whales

The Tongan Beach Resort is in the enviable position of being able to offer Whale Watching tours to our guests.

The waters in front of our resort are actually on the seasonal migration path of the Humpback whales and these magnificent mammals can often be seen with their young from June to November.

There are few things in this world that can rival swimming with whales (at your own risk), and seeing their beauty, majesty and sheer size in our perfectly clear waters.

From June to November, large numbers of whales arrive in these calm, safe waters to mate and have their calves. There are organised whale watching tours available and this is as close to these colossal mammals as you will get anywhere in the world.

Whale sightsings in Vava'u are reliable since the shallow coastline that the whales frequent is accessible to boats, in fact it's not uncommon for these beautiful sea creatures to pass in front of the Resort. Moreover, the humpback whales is among the most interesting of whales to observe owing to its impressive acrobatic displays such as fluke, flipper and head slapping, lob tailing, spy hopping, and breaching.

As a side note - it was during 1984 when we we're buidling the Resort that Dietmar sighted Humpback whales breaching in front of Swallows Cave, and at the ripe old age of 12, not knowing the impact that these majestic creatures would play out in the development of tourism in Vava'u. Roll forward 25 years and whale watching and Vava'u have become synonymous.