Watch and Swim with Dolphins in the Wild | 3 hours 30 minutes

549 Reviews | Puerto Vallarta
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Watch and Swim with Dolphins in the Wild
2 Adults x $100.00
$200.00
Approx Total
$200.00
Watch and Swim with Dolphins in the Wild
2 Adults x $100.00
$200.00
Approx Total
$200.00

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English, Spanish
  • Bottled water
  • NO alcohol beverages
  • Use of Snorkelling equipment
  • Granola Bars, small snack

Overview

Wildlife Connection offers you the opportunity to visit these fabulous animals in their natural environment and to participate in a research project that helps us understand and protect our dolphins here in Puerto Vallarta. Come with us and interact with a Bottlenose pod. Our guides are professional biologists who will share with you their knowledge, making this excursion a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Remember that these dolphins are not confined and this is the NATURAL WAY to observe and enjoy them. Do not contribute to capturing more dolphins! Visit them in their own environment because FREE DOLPHINS ARE HAPPY DOLPHINS!!!.

Meeting points

Opequimar Centro Marino
Av. Paseo de la Marina Sur 214, Marina Vallarta, 48450 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., Mexico

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OPEQUIMAR is located across the street from Westin Resort in Marina Vallarta. At security gate tell them you are going for dolphins so they will let you in. Inside look for our sign with a whale and dolphin. We receive at the Azzul Marino Restaurant. Please be 10-15 min prior tour

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

The tour goes to visit a resident bottlenose dolphin group and sometimes we find spotted dolphins. There is a hydrophone on board so you have a nice chance to hear the dolphins communication. Depending on the dolphin’s type group, activity and of course their mood we have good chances to swim with them specially if there are juveniles around (they are very curios), but we can’t guarantee the swimming as they are wild animals so it depends on them not on us. Only during Dec-Mar we can see Humpback whales, spinner dolphins, rough toothed dolphins, giant mantas and marine turtles, and even with luck Orcas or False Orcas. Our guides are specialists in cetaceans, Biologists with Masters Degree in Marine Ecology, Science Journalist and Professional Wildlife Photographer (National Geographic magazine and Animal Planet). We have some research programs with whales and dolphins, and during the tour we will share with you this information and you will have the opportunity to participate on our research. Your participation on our tour it’s what makes our research possible, and our research and experience helps us to GUARANTEE 100% that we can find the animals if not your money back.

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Additional Info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • No es recomendable para personas de mas de 7 meses de embarazo

Free Cancellation

February 05100% refund
February 06No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Reviews

4.7

549 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews
  • 5 stars
    481
  • 4 stars
    37
  • 3 stars
    5
  • 2 stars
    10
  • 1 star
    16

Reviews by TravelOne travelers

Showing 1-5 of 481 reviews with 5 stars

Great experience!

Published on Dec, 2024

Seeing the dolphins up close in the wild was amazing. You definitely need to be patient to see the dolphins and get close to them. They are in the wild after all! Really fun!

Incredible experience!

Published on Dec, 2024

This was an experience of a lifetime! The guide Pilar and captain Cesar are so knowledgable about the marine life and made the trip even more awesome. I highly recommend this as part of your visit to Puerto Vallarta!!

Best time ever!

Published on Dec, 2024

One of the best excursions of my life. The dolphins came right up to us and swam with us. They were even playing with me and spinning me in circles! These are wild dolphins! Pilar and Cesar were so amazing as well! They made sure we got to interact. Even saw whales!

Must Do!!

Published on Dec, 2024

Incredible experience! My favorite excursion of our trip! We were inches from the dolphins and the more you swim around the more they swim with you. They love to play! We also were super lucky to see some baby dolphins on our way back, so freakin cute! Our guides Gemma and George were amazing, we learned so much and loved that these were wild Dolphins

Incredible!

Published on Dec, 2024

We were cautiously optimistic that we would swim with dolphins. Pilar put us in the path of the dolphins and sure enough our entire group saw a dolphin up close. She reminded us if thru didn’t want to come near they would swim away. Just incredible experience. 100% would recommended over the sea world style experience. Better experience for you and the dolphins.

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