{"id":8239,"date":"2012-03-12T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/ningaloo-whale-shark-tours-to-start-this-week-2\/"},"modified":"2012-03-12T06:05:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T06:05:00","slug":"ningaloo-whale-shark-tours-to-start-this-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2012\/03\/ningaloo-whale-shark-tours-to-start-this-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ningaloo whale shark tours to start this week!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-bPE_MohFCVE\/T12SI5D3J_I\/AAAAAAAATkA\/ELYHv4sJ1f8\/s1600\/Swimming%2Bwith%2Ba%2Bwhale%2Bshark%252C%2BNingaloo%2BMarine%2BPark%2B%25283%2529-722209.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-bPE_MohFCVE\/T12SI5D3J_I\/AAAAAAAATkA\/ELYHv4sJ1f8\/s320\/Swimming%2Bwith%2Ba%2Bwhale%2Bshark%252C%2BNingaloo%2BMarine%2BPark%2B%25283%2529-722209.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first whale sharks of 2012 have been sighted in the Ningaloo Marine Park and tours offering the chance to swim with the world&#8217;s largest fish are expected to start in Exmouth and Coral Bay this week.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up to 16 metres long, whale sharks are attracted to Ningaloo&#8217;s warm, pristine water after the mass spawning of coral in March each year.<\/p>\n<p>Whale sharks migrate to the area to feed on krill, while tourists from far and wide visit to experience the incredible thrill of swimming alongside these gentle giants.<\/p>\n<p>The Ningaloo Marine Park in Western Australia&#8217;s Coral Coast has recently been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list and is considered one of the best places in the world to swim with whale sharks.<\/p>\n<p>Whale shark tours are offered between mid March until early August and sometimes into September if whale sharks are still in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Image caption: Swimming with a whale shark in the Ningaloo Marine Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first whale sharks of 2012 have been sighted in the Ningaloo Marine Park and tours offering the chance to swim with the world&#8217;s largest fish are expected to start in Exmouth and Coral Bay this week. Growing up to 16 metres long, whale sharks are attracted to Ningaloo&#8217;s warm, pristine water after the mass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}