Mango Down

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Right in front of the resort also features big drop offs, and in September and October we often have the unbelievable bonus of humpback whales migrating past.

We have yet to see them underwater, but throughout this time we regularly hear whalesong under water and see them from the boat (and the beach!).

On one particularily memorable dive our bodies were vibrating so much with the song that we were spinning round in circles underwater, expecting a singing behemoth to appear out of the blue at any second.

When we surfaced, the two whales had gone past and were a hundred and fifty metres away, entertaining the boat crew.

Mango Down

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