It's got to be the whales for sure. We saw lots of minke whales (common rorqual) sitting right on the rocks at Tadoussac. For the first three days, you only had to be at the saguenay fjord for 1-2 minutes and you could hear them blowing and see them splashing and breaching. This was better whale watching than we had even on whale cruises at other locations in the past.
I think we also saw 2-3 humpback whales.

On the ferry, we saw dolphins, seals, and belugas as well. One of the belugas jumped right out and we saw the fluke. This was neat. Minke whales do not show their flukes when the surface and dive.
On day 4 and 5 the elusive creatures were elsewhere and we went exploring.
This led to our misadventure of the week...
What if the sand on the beach was nearly vertical?
At Tadoussac, there is a huge sand dune probably 200m high which plunges down to a small strip of sand and the St Lawrence below. We called it the vertical beach.
Watch what happens when mr M runs down the steep bank of sand at domaine de dunes tadoussac.
Update. We saw lots of belugas on day 6 (as we were leaving) at point-noire, st catherines observation deck.
So Cool!
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ReplyDeleteThis video made us laugh sooo much!!
ReplyDeleteHappy for you that you hit such a great time to see so many whales.
This video made us laugh sooo much!!
ReplyDeleteHappy for you that you hit such a great time to see so many whales.