What Matotea wanted most in the world for her 11th birthday was to swim with whales! Well that could be tricky elsewhere, but here it's easy enough, though mid-October is getting towards the end of the season!
So, off we went, it took a while to find them, and the girls went through excitement, to boredom to disappointment...
... until at last, off the coast, right in front of our home, we saw a mother and calf, we had to be patient, but Matotea was a star, and leapt right in as soon as she was able, Heimana was less happy in the water (well it was her first time swimming outside the reef, and I have to admit it was rather cool for my liking), but anyway it was a success...
Matotea wants to go back next year!
