When the humpback whale slowly rises out of the ocean cradle, even sky can become a play tennis. Maui is the place to see such incredible moves, and what better vista can you get of them than from sea level? Here are some choices. Pacific Whale Foundation’s Eco Adventures sometimes offer trips which are designed to lee the past. Close your eyes and imagine you are on a catamaran, with hair full of sea spray everywhere–and that big tail come to smack down wherever it likes, leaving awed passengers on board. The crew tells tales that make perfect sense of themselves, reverberate with the depth of loud bass right beside water’s edge. This kind of thing really has to be seen. Redline Rafting–If you’re an adrenalin addict, this is the boat for you. You’re right in there with those smaller boats. Brave adventurers with an old-timey feel and rich yarns like Gran’ma’s chocolate recipe passed down from generation to generation – helpful hints.
In fact, a delicious feast for the eyes. All outings by luxurious catamaran Ali’i Nui Sailing Charters are done with a specious style. Service is rendered throughout the entire time aboard. Just a touch of interest here and there can make things lively enough to suit everyone. A vodka gimlet in one’s hand is electrical quick, a good refreshment. LOw and behold it is now that the those tail splashes have morphed into oceanic acrobatics. You must go at dawn on either Kai Kanani’s delightful and highly entertaining tours.
By this time the sleepy whales from last night’s party are just waking up for their own dawn show. With fewer people around it seems much more like an intimate gathering with these great sea animals. Trilogy Excursions offers great boat tours of the marine environment–a true bonanza for anyone. Their boats allow you to view life aquatic without any pang of guilt. And whether the wind blows your hair or not, your libido will be riding high.
Precisely selecting the boat for whale-watching takes a certain amount of attention to detail, of judgment–rather like matching wines with cheese. Each one delivers its own unique taste of ocean wonder. So give those binoculars to the watchlooker and put on a baseball cap and some sun screen and ask yourself, we say: “Maui’s cetaceans pledge–a show one can never forget.”
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