• Ecotours Vallarta / Dive Shop - Be a whale researcher for a day!
  Ecotours offers you an excellent opportunity for you to experience the real life of an investigator. Expert biologists will lead you through the marvelous world of humpback whales aboard our specially designed authorized boat for whale watching. Before launching in this adventure we’ll provide you with a lecture about these magnificent creatures. Once in the water, we’ll discuss the humpbacks’ behavior, while we see them breach, slap their tails, travel, play or fight. We’ll also listen to their intriguing songs You can participate in our research project. The head researcher of the Banderas Bay Photo identification Project might be leading your trip! If you like personal and professional attention and want a close encounter with our earth’s mightiest creatures, this is the tour for you!!

This ecological tour is aimed at all those who are interested in learning more about the study and conservation of Humpback whales.

Learn about the wonderful life of whales and have fun learning about the different research projects that are carried out in the Bay.

• Complimentary bottled water
• Enjoy tea and coffee
• Tasty snacks provided
• Contribution to whale conservation

• Port fee $ 3 usd
• Gratuities

This experience offers you a broader vision of the field work carried out by the civil association Ecology and Conservation of Whales for more than 25 years (ECOBAC). Your participation includes a donation that helps to continue with research and conservation of Humpback whales.

Highlights and benefits of the experience:

• Comfortable boat designed to observe whales with official permission from SEMARNAT.
• Learn from specialists about how humpback whales are studied.
• Support the study and conservation of whales
• Hydrophone to listen to the song of the whales.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.