Brett Myles

Review of San Juan Safaris-Whale Watchin...

This is a review from a disappointed father.

This is a review from a disappointed father.
We took our 3.5 year old daughter out to Seattle for a trip that was just for her. We live in Austin. We wanted devoted time with just her for a few days. And she LOVES all sea life, but namely Orca Whales. We booked this tour after reading reviews and seeing that it has a 90% success rate of seeing whales! She was gonna lose her mind.
The only thing we saw in our 4 hours on the water were a pair of bald eagles and a few sea lions. And all from pretty far away.
No seals, no whales of any kind, no porpoises... nothing in the water.

The first think our daughter said to my mother in law when we got home was, "We didn't see any whales or orcas" - it killed me.
We took her to the Space Needle, to the Zoo, the Aquarium, our to Mt. Rainier... and she loved the whole trip. But the her first comment about the trip was that she didn't get to see orcas.

It was by far the most expensive boat ride I've ever been on.
I get that you can't guarantee sightings... but man, we were so disappointed.