We chose Raja and the whales because of trip advisor reviews, and even then they exceeded my expectations. The personal touches, tea, biscuits, breakfast were great. I will say to guests though, out of 21, only 5 of us were ok, everyone else was sea sick. They did warn us the sea was a bit rough.
I loved the ethical and caring way they approach the whales, not chasing them like some other idiot companies we saw. All the time sharing their vast knowledge of whales. We didn't see many but the determination of the crew resulted in an up close and personal experience with a Blue whale, which the crew had stated was their last attempt to find whales that day. It was wonderful. Thanks Raja and the whales.

Most importantly for us Raja and the Whales seemed to genuinley care about the conservation of marine life, in partcular the blue whale. They follow international guidelines to approach the whales which means they are not disturbed, they do not chase them or get too close (contrary to what other boats in the vacinity seemed to be doing!) They gave us lots of information about their effort to aid scientists and to have the shipping lane moved the save the whales. They do not use sonar, instead relying on their own knowledge to find the whales.
In addition to having lots of knowledge, the service by all memebrs of the staff and crew was fantastic. They made every effort to make the trip enjoyable - despite a rough sea. We were given sea sickness tablets, lots of delicious food and drink and they even shared their photos (taken with a much better camera than ours) of the whales we saw with us afterwards.
We had a good number of whale sightings, some from a distance but some quite near just due to sheer luck. They were keen to not crowd whales or follow other boats and on many instances hung back - which meant we were not as near to the whale but were therfore not harassing the whale or chasing it into the shipping lane.

Would highly reccomend!

This was a great experience for me and my friend!
The crew was friendly and super professional.

However, if you know you tend to get motion sickness take that in account! I was sea sick during the entire time (definitely saw it coming) so I was ready. Got lucky to have all the whales showing up on the side I was sitting at.
although I was sick the entire time the crew kept checking in on me making sure I'm alright and of course- seeing the whales.

Over all, if you're not sick- this is a great experience. Do go with Raja and the Whales!