Swimming with Baby Humpback Whales (incredible encounters)
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Published 2023-09-02
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Episode 897 | Filmed August 2023 | Tonga
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Who are Kara and Nate?!
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Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment.
We discovered the world of “travel hacking” while planning our honeymoon & became addicted ;)
So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world.
Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went back home to “normal life.” We started this channel to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with living on the road and found a new passion for capturing our travels through video. So we did everything we could to keep going.
4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time!
After ~2 years of van life, we are back to full time international traveling! And now we are finding the best adventures the world has to offer :)
We are incredibly grateful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. 😊🎥🌎 Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey!
00:00 Swimming with Humpback whales!
01:51 our routine onboard
12:19 mother and baby humpbacks :)
16:07 best swim of the week
18:50 Catamaran tour
20:58 tsunami wrecked island
22:23 listen to the whales singing!
25:51
All Comments (21)
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The best Saturday’s are with Kara & Nate! ❤
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Dior and her family have had such incredible hardships recently, loosing their home in Tonga to the volcanic tsunami, loosing a family member in an accident and they have the most beautiful and touching stories to tell. Their channel is so beautiful and their souls are so kind! I'm glad you guys got to spend time with them! It looks wonderful!
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Nate, you and Kara are so lucky to be able to do this with your parents. A lot of us don't have our parents here anymore, or never got a chance to do a trip like this with them. The best thing in life are the memories we form together! Cherish every second!
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I am not physically able to do the things the two of you do but it’s so nice to live through your eyes this fantastic adventure you are living. Thank you for documenting what those of us who are disabled cannot enjoy, we do that through you❤❤
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Gotta admire just how fearless Kara was in getting into the water with the whales! She’s come a long way since the night scuba diving in Thailand. Love watching her grow through the years, but still maintain her kind and sweet personality! ❤
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They put so much effort in their videos so let’s just respect them ❤
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It’s crazy to think that the humpbacks you guys saw in Norway could possibly be the same your swimming with now. Thanks for sharing such amazing footage! 💜💜
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What a fantastic experience! And lovely to see Dior and her parents smiling after all they have been through. I have followed them ever since the Wynns visited the island during Covid.
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That’s beautiful! As someone who is in love with humpbacks my eyes filled with tears of joy seeing you guys swimming with them! One day I will! I love sea animals/ whales soo much they are so majestic! Thank you for sharing this with us! And love you guys so much❤🥰☺️
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The relationship between the Captain and the whales is amazing. But at timestamp 11:58 the mama pokes her head out as if to see if, "they are still following" her. ❤ Thank you for yet another wonderful experience with whales. Onwards to the Australian outback! ❤
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Everytime I think they can't possibly find something new or exciting to do... They do! Their videos just get better and better every week, month and year. Great work Kara and Nate. Every single video is fun and informative.
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We were still in bed, covered in receipts...filling out our expense reports and I literally yelled, "There's a new Kara and Nate!" And receipts went flying...lol. thanks for being one of our favorite times of every week!
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The family who hosted y’all was featured pre-tsunami on Gone With the Wynns. They seem like such great people trying to live as close to nature as possible. ❤ I’m glad they are able to host this type of adventure!
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Your guys videos bring me so much joy. It is super fun trying to guess if you guys are secluded without service, or swimming with animals, and everything in between. Including spending hours and hours on airplanes, and doing an insane physical activity that you guys have not trained for😂. I love y'all 🥰
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i swam with humpbacks off the Silver Banks when I was 52. It was beautiful and life changing. I am now a little old lady with many adventures since then.. Thanks you two. Keep adventuring.
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The whale sounds are so comforting… it’s so beautiful
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So here I am, I sleeping in on a rainy, cozy, Saturday morning. When I thought things couldn’t get any better than this, I remembered it was Kara and Nate Saturday! Such a pleasure to watch! Y’all are finally back at it with the whales again! 🫶🐳 Happy travels!! ✈️🩵
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My husband and I love your channel! You two are livin' life! I'd like to know how Kara stays fit and see a video on how she exercises her legs! Thank you, Tammy
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I'm a whale watching guide in Alaska and I get to see humpbacks on the daily but seeing your video of them under water was INCREDIBLE!! I have been watching humpbacks for two years and I still shout with excitement when I see them as well Kara. I'm glad you got to show the beauty of these amazing animals and hope one day I get to see them in this way as well!!
