Whale watching season has arrived in Guanacaste. Costa Rica is home to a frequent visitor, the humpback whales, which can be spotted for over half of the year as they journey past the country.
August and September stand out as an optimal time to spot these majestic creatures almost daily as they are highly active and plentiful. It is during these two months that they migrate to breed and nurture their offspring. The image of a humpback below was shot little more than a kilometer offshore of Playa Danta around this time a few years ago.
Remarkably, Costa Rica boasts the world's lengthiest humpback whale watching season, attributed to the migration of both Northern and Southern hemisphere whales through these waters. Keep an eye out, you may even be able to catch them from the shoreline, or follow along with care from kayaks, paddle boards or small watercrafts.