Ingrid received a call from ECOCRUZ there were pilot whales to the north of the Bay of Islands, so she set out from Tutukaka and took the ORT boat via Cape Brett (2.5 hours just to there). She found approx. 50 pilot whales, with new calves, some of which were only days, or even hours […]

New Years Day Orca
New Years Day – by anyone’s standards spending it with orca can’t be bad, but we (Sarah and Rhea – the dog – Dwyer, along with Ingrid) had a magic day out with orca in the Bay of Islands – they spent 11 hours with the orca – watching them sleep and hunt and travel. […]