This tour runs Saturday to Saturday. Offering five swim days for guests, which occur Monday through Friday. Sundays in Tonga are rest days—all businesses, including airports—are closed, and whale swims are not allowed. Guests take the Sunday after arrival to rest and get ready for their swim week.

Each boat will take six clients. Tonga law allows four people in the water at a time with a certified whale swim guide. 

Four guests will swim; two will stay out and guests will rotate equally throughout the day. Having fewer people on the boat offers guests almost 33% more swim time than other boats that take 8-12 people.

This trip runs out of Flying Annie Bed & Breakfast.

Flying Annie is a cute bed and breakfast located near town. Within five minutes of walking, you will find yourself at restaurants and at the water’s edge. Flying Annie is, in our opinion, is the most comfortable accommodation in town.

We book all 10 rooms at Flying Annie for our guests.

Guests can choose from twin share or single occupancy (based on availability), with the price based on twin sharing. If you would like your own room there is a single supplement cost of $130 USD per night, space permitting.

Guest should arrive into VAV (Vava'u, Tonga) via NAN (Nadi, Fiji) on Fiji Airlines.

If you are flying from LAX, you should depart LAX 2 days before the trip start date, as you will cross the International Dateline on your way to Tonga

Tonga does not allow business to operate on Sundays. All airports are closed and whale swims are not allowed. Guests take this day to acclimate to their new time zone and get ready for the whale swim week ahead!

Guest will embark on their whale swim boats at 7:30am. The government of Tonga allows all boats in Tonga to search & swim with whales in a 7 hour window. 

The ocean and whales gift guests as nature does. Some days are slow, some days are amazing. Please make sure to watch our 5 day overview video, to get an idea of what a 5 whale swim day trip could look like.

Guest should make sure to book the Fiji Air flight out of VAV to NAN.