Kolumbia wita powracające humbaki

Jooin Jeb, a Wounaan village of about 130 people, sits on a tributary of the San Juan River in Colombia, June 24, 2024. Every year, as thousands of hu...

A resident wears freshly painted skin designs of blue-black ink made from jagua fruit in Jooin Jeb, a Wounaan village of about 130 people, in Colombia...

Cecilia García plays a drum during a community celebration in Jooin Jeb, a Wounaan village of about 130 people, in Colombia, June 24, 2024. For most o...

Handcrafted jewelry and baskets in Jooin Jeb, a Wounaan village of about 130 people, in Colombia, June 24, 2024. Many Wounaan women are master weavers...

A child holds a piangua, a black-fleshed mollusk harvested in the mangroves, in La Barra, Colombia, June 23, 2024. It has a texture that is reminiscen...

People swim at the pier in Juanchaco, Colombia, June 23, 2024. Whales are not the only attraction around Málaga Bay, which lies about midway along Col...

Pelicans in Juanchaco, Colombia, June 23, 2024. The area around Málaga Bay is part of Uramba Bahía Málaga National Natural Park, a protected area that...

Sari Rentería gathers pianguas, a local delicacy, in the mangroves of La Barra, Colombia, June 23, 2024. She brings visitors out to help gather the mo...

Duván Santiesteban, a member of Horcones del Pacífico, drums on the opening night of the Festival Mundial Ballenas y Cantaoras, a whale festival in La...

Odalia Rivas, the owner of Hola-Ola, cooks at the restaurant in La Barra, Colombia, June 22, 2024. Rivas sautés crabs in coconut milk, onion, tomato a...

Coconut rice with pianguas served at Hola-Ola in La Barra, Colombia, June 22, 2024. Every year, as thousands of humpbacks return to their breeding gro...

Crab in coconut sauce is served at Hola-Ola in La Barra, Colombia, June 22, 2024. Every year, as thousands of humpbacks return to their breeding groun...

A humpback whale monument in Buenaventura, Colombia, June 22, 2024. Buenaventura, a seaport on Colombia's Pacific Coast, draws whale watchers who have...

Docks in Buenaventura, Colombia, June 22, 2024. The docks in Buenaventura can be crowded with tourists, mostly from Colombia, heading to whale-watchin...

Alba Andrea Angulo, a member of Horcones del Pacífico, sings on the opening night of the Festival Mundial Ballenas y Cantaoras, a whale festival in La...

People ride a ferry from Buenaventura to the town of Juanchaco, from which you can walk or ride a motorcycle taxi to La Barra, the site of this year's...

Darwin Arias gives a surfing lesson the beach in La Barra, Colombia, June 22, 2024. La Barra, where the whale festival is being held this year, has mo...