RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Famous for its beaches and vibrant parties in the Southern Hemisphere's summer, Rio de Janeiro now has an attraction for winter...
The tourism agency of Niteroi , Rio's sister city across the Guanabara Bay , on Thursday launched a whale-watching program that enables tourists to closely observe the mammoth mammals.migrate to Brazilian waters to breed. Around 25,000 humpback whales make a 2,500-mile journey from feeding areas in Antarctica to northeast Brazil.
“Captivating, passionate, enchanting,” she said. ”I couldn't have predicted such wonder, such beauty. The magnitude, the grace of a 40-ton animal that moves and dances with such lightness."The expedition set off from the Niteroi Yacht Club, and new boarding locations may be used as whale-watching tourism develops, said Thiago Ferrari, Amigos da Jubarte's director. Researchers have spotted, on average, five whales per cruise, he said.
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