Dani Kobelka

Review of Vancouver Whale Watch

This started out very rough. We had booked at 9AM ...

This started out very rough. We had booked at 9AM whale watch on Saturday.. they called a hour before we were suppose to be there and canceled because it was too windy. I rescheduled for the next day for the 2PM same boat as the day before. They called a hour again before we were suppose to be there and canceled due to some mechanical issues. As you can imagine at this point I was not very happy. I wasted my whole weekend on this. I told them they better figure something out because this was getting ridiculous. 10 minutes later they called and said they have room on their zodiac boat. I said ok. I was very nervous to go on the zodiac boat because I read other reviews before booking.

On just the zodiacs you wear a life floatation suit. The ride was not too bumpy in the back. We drove for about 30 minutes before we became surrounded by pods of killer whales. Everywhere we looked there were whales! It was a once in a life time experience. We were the first ones to find them and shortly after 9 other whale watching boats arrived. We saw at least 15 whales.One even swan under our boat. It was unreal! We followed the whales for at least a hour. I was impressed with how much our guide and driver cared for the animals. I am glad we ended up on the zodiac you feel much closer with the whales and you are not fighting for a spot to stand to get a picture like on the bigger boats.

The whales definitely made the day..