Monday, December 3, 2012

Sour the Ocean!

It’s that time of year when the ocean’s gentle giants can be spotted with ease around the south coast of Sri Lanka. Mirissa is renowned for being a major hotspot of whale watching between the months of November and April. Dondra Point, just off the coast of Mirissa, lies within the migration path of these whales and therefore is an ideal location for whale watching. You are almost guaranteed a sighting of either the mammoth Blue Whale or the unusually shaped Sperm Whale.

Last year our team from Nature Odyssey, the nature and adventure arm of Walkers Tours, visited Mirissa along with the BBC film crew- including the likes of Doug Allan and Didier Noirot to shoot their documentary ‘Ocean Giants’ that aired on BBC1.

The BBC crew whilst on tour

For more information on these phenomenal mammals check out the link attached below. Featured in this video is naturalist Chitral Jayatilake of John Keells Hotels & Resorts.