Wildlife Adventure Tour Companies: The following companies organize extraordinary whale and wildlife trips, some to places that would be inaccessible to the individual.
EARTHWATCH hooks up teams of volunteers to participate in research projects working with dolphins, orcas, humpback whales, right whales, and more. Check out their site at http://www.earthwatch.org/index.html or at PO Box 553, Mr. Morris, IL 61054-0553. Phone: 1-800-323-0298
NATURAL HABITAT conducts wildlife adventure trips all over the world. Their whale trips involve swimming with wild dolphins, swimming with humpback whales, swimming with sperm whales, and seeing gray whales from small skiffs-sometimes with very close encounters. Contact them at 1-800-543-8917 or 2945 Center Green Court-H, Boulder, CO 80301 or at their website: http://www.nathab.com
The above image is from a grey whale trip with Natural Habitat to Baja, Mexico. Eventually, this well-known female came over for a "friendly" encounter, allowing her head to be rubbed.
The opening image was created on a Compaq Computer with a Wacom Drawing Tablet & Corel Photo Paint.
