Swimming with Wild Dolphins and Whale Watching (Private Transportation Optional) | La Vacanza Travel

Swimming with Wild Dolphins and Whale Watching (Private Transportation Optional)

Duration: 6 hours
Destination: Mauritius, Rivière Noire District, Mauritius
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  • 6 hours
  • Mauritius
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Note: You have the option to add Private hotel pickup and dropoff, or meet at the starting point on the west coast of Mauritius.

Get ready for the experience of a lifetime, a truly unique experience of swimming with wild dolphins and observing majestic whales, in their natural environment in Mauritius.

Enjoy a morning of viewing and swimming with wild dolphins in their natural environment in the waters of Mauritius, and spend the afternoon spotting humpback or sperm whales in the open seas.

With expert skippers accompanying you for both the swimming with wild dolphins and whale watching experiences, you're in good hands!

Itinerary

Once you arrive, you will get on board the speedboat, and the professional and qualified skippers will start by briefing you on the most important aspects of this experience, including:
- The types of dolphins that you will encounter and their habits
- Guidelines for sustainable dolphin watching
- Security measures on the boat
- Swimming procedures

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 and swimming with dolphins. Depending on the amount of time left, you will then go to The Aquarium, a popular snorkelling and diving site with beautiful coral and tropical fish.

Next, head back to the shore for a short period of time, and then start your 3 hour whale watching tour on the open seas to view these magnificent marine mammals in their natural habitat. Humpback whales can be sighted off the Mauritian coast between July and September/October when they move from the South pole to warmer seas near the equator, while the Sperm whales can be observed all year round.


Stop At:

• Tamarin Bay, Mauritius

Inclusions
  • Swimming with wild dolphins excursion
  • Whale watching excursion
  • Private transportation to and from the departure location (if selected)
  • Snorkeling equipment
  • Bottled Water / Soft Drinks
  • Professional Skippers

Exclusions
  • Breakfast & Lunch
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for children under 5 years of age
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • In almost all cases (at least 90%), you will see dolphins, but if this is not the case, a second outing will be offered on the boat free of charge for the dolphin viewing only (2.5 hours). It’s important to note that there will be no refund once you have completed the activity
  • There is a 60% chance that you will see whales, but if that is not the case, the local tour operator is unable to provide a refund due to the high fuel costs, so please consider this before making a booking
  • 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 12 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Departure Point

Grande Riviere Noire, Mauritius
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 6:45am on the west coast of the island. Your exact pickup time will depend on where you are staying, but will typically be between 5:00am and 6:15am.


Departure Time

06:45 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

6 hours


User's Reviews

Nicole_J

21 Mar, 2024

Got to swim with bottlenose and spinner dolphins, and see loads of sperm whales. It was an incredible experience

Linda_S

15 Nov, 2023

Great boat trip, two crew were very helpful and professional. There were 8 guests so a comfortable boat trip. The crew were careful about not stressing the wildlife and were upset at nearby boats allowing guests to try and snorkel with whales which is prohibited and stresses them. They then swim away too. We saw 3 sperm whales, one male, two females and lots of dolphins. The trip ended with snorkeling in beautiful clear sea and we saw lots of different fish. Only disappointing aspect of the trip was our taxi, was 25minutes late (it was a very early start) picking us up which he attributed to diwali celebration the night before. However he was apologetic and tried to make it up to us by showing us a beauty spot on way home.

bethanandrew

12 Nov, 2023

Amazing trip we were lucky enough to see about 5-6 sperm whales & swam with the dolphins ! We included the optional extra of transportation and I would say this was the only down side to the trip. The driver was terrible , drove so fast and unsafe. Also a word of warning that the speedboat is a very choppy ride , so not the most enjoyable but expected tot a trip like this.

Gina_F

13 Oct, 2023

We had a fantastic time, first we saw a group of spermwhales with a baby, and then we got to see a humpbackwhale. After that we swum with 2 kind of doulphins, it was the best day ever. Really recomended it!

Heidi_H

09 Oct, 2023

Amazing experience one we will never forget we saw humpback whale with her baby, huge turtle bottle nose and spinner dolphins topped off with a swim in the coral reef…so worth the money. The guides were so informative we had a brilliant time

User's Picture Gallery

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Highlight of my holiday

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Excellent trip

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A brilliant trip.

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Highly recommend, a must do if in Mauritius!

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Incroyable !!!!

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Perfect morning!

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