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Photograph of the week: Whale watching in Walker Bay, South Africa

Every year the Walker Bay in South Africa welcomes the annual migration of Southern Right Whales to its shores. These gentle giants are attracted to the natural sanctuary the bay provides so that they may mate and calf with one another. The internationally awarded Grootbos Private Nature Reserve offers its guests the opportunity to see the whales from land, boat or small plane. The land-based whale watching is the best in the world as you can see two guests enjoying a luxuriously prepared picnic while the whales play in the background. Thank you to Grootbos Private Nature Reserve for permission to re-produce the image. If you have a really special photograph you would like to share with  A Luxury Travel Blog‘s readers, please contact us.

Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson is Editor of A Luxury Travel Blog and has worked in the travel industry for more than 30 years. He is Winner of the Innovations in Travel ‘Best Travel Influencer’ Award from WIRED magazine. In addition to other awards, the blog has also been voted “one of the world’s best travel blogs” and “best for luxury” by The Daily Telegraph.

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3 Comments

  1. This is a beautiful photo!I would love to see this someday! I’ve heard so much about the annual migration, and luckily it’s not such a short migration, and they travel quite a distance along the South African Coastline. We usually see them along the coast near Wilderness during December. We are planning a trip to the Cape again next year, and I will keep Grootbos in mind when booking.

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