Issue: January 2012

A Giant Adventure

Every year, from mid-January to mid-March, the waters of Bahia de Samana, Dominican Republic (73 miles fromPunta Cana) and the Silver Bank come alive with eerie songs and the slapping of flippers as thousands of playful humpback whales migrate here to mate and calve. It's one of Earth's greatest spectacles, and one that you can see for yourself on a tour out of Punta Cana.