Real life Orca's and hiking the Mt. Roberts trail in Juneau

In this particular blog I strongly suggest that you take the time to watch our video's. Some pix will follow below. 

We took a Wildlife Quest excursion to see some Sea Lions and Humpback Whales, but we were surprised to see a mother Orca and its baby. The crew on the Katamaran said they only see this some 20% of all tourist trips. These particular Orca's we saw were not mammal eating Killer Whales, but these feed on fish. For more information on the different types of Killer Whales, click here. 

This video's highlight starts at 3:45 minutes, but you should really see it all: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86IuT1wJ3c8

Then there are two video's we shot of the Humpback whales, using their net fishing technique to bubble up small fish: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyqPpPZjrUE

and:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbJQ30G5ga4

I will include this video that shows beautifully how that net fishing technique works: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJvfjiCTvq4

I wish I had shot this video, but I didn't. But it illustrates beautifully how the whales work together. It was absolutely awesome to experience in real Wild Life Alaska. 

Here are some pictures: 

What a view. This is one of the open ocean bays in Juneau, Alaska.

Check out the glacier in the back

Killer Whale mom and her baby

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Sea Lions sitting on the buoy

Sea Lions on the buoy

Sea Lions

Can't believe we took these pictures ourselves!

Group of Humpback Whales sprouting their air up

Group of Humpback Whales sprouting their air up.

After this fantastich experience, Keith and I went up with a cable car and hiked Mt. Roberts. It was quite a climb after the cable car, but the reward was stunning views all around: 

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