Itinerary
Note: This trip is offered on both a Private and Shared basis. For the Shared option, your hotel transfers are still private.
This excursion includes private pick-up and drop off from your hotel, B&B or apartment in a taxi or minibus. You will start your day with the experience of a lifetime, and one of the most popular activities in Mauritius, swimming with wild dolphins in their natural environment. Once you get on board the speedboat, the professional and qualified skippers will start by briefing you on the important aspects of the experience. You will then head to Tamarin Bay for the dolphin encounter. The skippers will accompany you in the water when it’s your turn to swim with the dolphins. You will enjoy 2.5 hours on the open sea viewing the dolphins and swimming with them. Depending on the amount of time left, you will then go to The Aquarium, a popular snorkeling and diving site with beautiful coral and tropical fish.
Stop At:
• Tamarin Bay, Mauritius
See Availability.
Traveler pickup is offered
We pick up at all hotels, B&Bs, apartments on the island. Please let us know which hotel, B&B or apartment you're staying at. Note that this excursion starts at 7:30am on the west coast of the island. Your exact pickup time will depend on which hotel you're staying at, but will typically be between 5:30am and 7am. Your exact pickup time will be sent to you upon booking.
07:30 AM
2 hours 30 minutes(approx.)
Not wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Most travelers can participate
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Grey S
Everything went very smoothly. Very good communication. The pickup time was organized just after making payment. The experience was really amazing. Would recommend.
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Posted On : 2024-01-01
Posted By : Csabaoszkar
We went to swim with Dolphins in October 2023. The pickup from the hotel was well-organized, including the transfer to the coast and back.
The guys organizing the entire event are professional and well-experienced. At first, we went out to the place where the group of dolphins were spotted. As per the guide, they swim in that path during the mornings, so it is possible to spot them with snorkeling equipment. If you have fins, take them with you, as only glasses and the breathing pipe are provided. If you have fins, you can technically swim above them picking up their speed. The water there is approximately 10 meters deep, so as soon as the skipper and the guide spot them, they position the boat in their line and let you know when to jump in the water. Then the dolphins submerge to approximately 5-6 meters where you can swim above them. The boat does this action a couple of times if you miss to spot them for some reason. If you have a GoPro camera or any waterproof camera, you can make nice videos of them passing by. Our tour guide took my GoPro and made a wonderful video of the dolphins and us swimming together.
After this session, we were taken to a spot where we had a short snorkeling time.
I highly recommend these guys due to their professionality and readiness.
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Posted On : 2023-10-23
Posted By : saskeptic
Unfortunately space does not allow me to detail the experience, which was dreadful in terms of safety, lack of success in seeing either dolphins or other fish, and food.
The best part was meeting other people.
Sitting on the beach was far better - even though I generally don't like beaches. Rather give your money to a beggar - it will go to a more worthy cause.
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Posted On : 2023-10-21
Posted By : Kimberly125
We booked this trip through Bonjour Mauritius. The driver collected us from our hotel perfectly on time so it was a great start. We were taken to the boat collection point which seemed very odd and no one communicated what was going on. The trip that was due to start at 7.30am left at 8am after no safety briefing or any information about the excursion. We got to where the dolphins are and quite honestly it was absurd. There were 17 small boats all chasing after these poor dolphins with tourists jumping on top of them as soon as they surfaced. The whole experience brought me to tears due to the lack of respect shown to these amazing creatures. I would not recommend this trip to anyone who has ethical beliefs in relation to animal rights. The trip concluded an hour and a half later so definitely not a 2.5 hour trip as advertised. Very disappointing.
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Posted On : 2023-09-17
Posted By : samsY4181WD
Great trip! Well organised and the captain was very friendly. Be prepared to work for your sighting though as you will have to jump in and swim fast in order to see the dolphins!
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Posted On : 2022-10-27
Posted By : D3587GOpaulb
Arranged all via email Mauritius Dolphins.
Prompt response, private taxi collection and taxi there 7 hours later and swimming near the Dolphins was great ,a great day and bbq lunch brilliant
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Posted On : 2022-10-09
Posted By : jmH9946VC
I have loved dolphins all my life and this experience was absolutely incredible! To see these beautiful animals in their own environment, not coerced by anything to stay around was just magical and the hosts made us feel so welcome and made every effort to make sure everyone had a great experience with the dolphins.
My boyfriend hadn’t swam in the deep ocean before, but the host made him feel so comfortable and he got to swim with the dolphins too. I can’t recommend this trip enough!
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Posted On : 2022-03-27
Posted By : V7930QOmartinj
Too many boats. They're hunting around the dolphins. It's not swimming with dolphins, it's swimming with boats...
Meeting point is just at a beach. You don't see a company or anything else.
Our driver and our boatsman were very friendly and make a very good job.
We booked a private tour. We would never do it again!
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Posted On : 2022-03-26
Posted By : Leanne_S
This has so much potential to be an awesome experience however our tour operator over filled the boat meaning our group was divided into 2 and had to alternate swims. Other boats had smaller groups where the whole boat could swim at every opportunity. We had 8 chances to go into the water as the Dolphins approached the boat but we’re only able to experience 4, only getting half the experience comparative to the other groups. Definitely worth doing but use another tour operator.
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Posted On : 2021-11-20
Posted By : Desireleap
We went with ROLO and his assistant to watch and swim with the dolphins!Nothing short of amazing !
We are not good swimmers but ROLO was so kind and patient!
Snorkeling in the lagoon was lovely!
My children aged 12 and 17 and hubby and I loved the experience so much we are already planning our next trip.
Will always go with him!
Was most impressed
He can pick you up anywhere on the island!
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Posted On : 2019-11-27
