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JESSIE CAR RENTAL, Rental vehicle, Las Terrenas

/The Rental Agency JESSIE CAR RENTAL celebrates its 10 years of existence in Las Terrenas ! !

Map Jessie Car RentalWant to discover ? Thanks to a wide range of vehicles, you will find all you need to spend unforgettable holidays and practice the leisure activities you desire. Every vehicle is the subject of an individual care and maintenance in order to keep it as new.

Frequent inspections and a rigorous maintenance program ensure the vehicles are sure.
However, if your vehicle should be damaged, if you vehicle needs a maintenance while your are on a trip, or if you simply need help concerning the use of the vehicle, Jessie Car provides a phone number and a 24 hours a day assistance, 365 days of the year.

JESSIE CAR RENTAL, Pueblo de los pescadores, Las Terrenas
Phone : 809 240 64 15
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FLORA TOURS, professional excursions agency, Las Terrenas

FLORA TOURS, your professional excursions agency in Las Terrenas

Map Flora ToursPierre Fayet handed over to Nicolas who will share with you their passion for the country and make you discover the most wild areas in order to fill your heart with happiness and your photo album with exceptional images.

The specialty of Nicolas is visiting the National Park Los Haitises, a magnificent reserve of birds and tropical vegetation.

FLORA TOURS, Paseo de la Costanera, Las Terrenas
Phone : 809 360 2793 - 809 240 54 82

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Travel Net, Your Travel and Cruise Center in Dominican Republic

TRAVEL NET : more than 10 years of experience, more than 10.000 clientsPrice from US $ 200 !

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Nowadays, TRAVEL NET commercializes 5 cruises with the companies AZAMARA Cruises, CELEBRITY Cruises, CROISIÈRES de FRANCE, PULLMANTUR and ROYAL CARIBBEAN International, mainly in the Caribbean and in Europe

TRAVEL NET
International Representative for Dominican Republic
Desiderio Arias #25, Ens. La Julia, Santo Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Tel. : 809 534 7440 - Fax : 809 534 7141
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The Samaná Humpback whales

A long travel as far as Samaná

From the far north to the Cariibbean

Our friends, the humpback whales, are about to leave the north cold waters, and thus to accomplish a great travel. Some of them are actually already « on the road ».

Every year, they come by thousands and thousands in the warm and calm waters of the Caribbean, to mate or to give birth. Thereby, they come here, in the Samaná bay, considered as one of the best sites in the world to observe them, between mid-January and end of March.

The humpback whales are part of the big whale family. They have an average of fifteen meters length and weight, on average, 40 tones.

Marine mammals, they breathe air, and for that purpose, they regularly come up on the surface. They stay without breathing around 20 minutes (it’s an average), but they can stay under water up to 40 minutes.

After the long journey they realize and during which they did not feed at all, they spend a part of the winter in our region, still without feeding themselves. They will, thereby, loose a fifth of their weight.

Why do they come to give birth in the area ?

Simply because the calf, at its birth, has a too thin « fat layer » to take cold waters. When it comes to world, it measures between 3, 50 and 5 meters, and weights one tone. To constitute then a defender greasy layer and to acquire enough forces to follow its mother during the return trip, it will consume daily approximately 200 liters of maternal milk… As this milk is very rich and nourishing, the « baby » will take 45 kilos per day !

It’s a real pleasure and a great emotion to see the mother playing with her progeny.

By the way, the whale only has a single baby every two years. The gestation period is of 11 to 12 months. It thus comes to give birth to the baby where it conceived it ! Even if it’s uncommon, it happens that some of them mate the same season as they drop.

The Humpback whales, songs and rivalry

As for males… In order to seduce females, they sing and jump out of the water. The whales having a very keen hearing (its main sense); they can hear song up to 35 kms !

The rivalry between these « sirs » is important, and they don’t dither to fight for a pretty female. The maximal number of « gentlemen » observed after a fertile female is of 25 ! ! ! (wwooahh !..)

At the end of their stay in the region, they go back towards the great north where they’ll feed themselves. This is what we call it the feeding season. Every day, they regale themselves with a tone of « krill », a kind of small shrimps, and with small fishes. They don’t have teeth but they possess kind of big blades which were formerly used before invention of plastic (thanks !), in the manufacturing of umbrellas and corsets.

Fortunately, the whale watching is regulated. So, to comply with these rules aiming to the respect of these wonderful animals, and for your own safety, it is strongly recommended to go only with recognized organizations having the necessary authorizations.

We wish them an excellent journey and look forward to see them !