Whaling

Infanta hosts an annual whaling spectacular the likes of which can’t be witnessed anywhere else in the world.

The whales that congregate in this area for calving purposes every year are considered to be the least understood of all the species, they have inhabited the southern oceans for over 60 million years and are said to have the most highly evolved brain of all mammalian species. Every year from June to late November they move from the Southern Atlantic Ocean to the coastal regions off South Africa, Australia and South America. The region along the southern coast has some of the best viewing of these gentle giants and by all accounts the best of these is Infanta/Witsand.

In 2011 a survey counted 85 whales and 40 calves a massive number considering that they have been a protected species for barely 40 years.

The calving is a natural complement to an area that is already full of beauty.