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Swim with the Dolphins on your next vacation in Hawaii, Mexico or the Caribbean
Has swimming with dolphins been one of your lifelong dreams? Fulfilling that dream is easier than you think because many cruise ports and tropical vacation destinations offer dolphin programs.
A favorite experience is swimming with a baby dolphin and its mother! This is an educational program as well as loads of fun. You will learn about dolphin nursing, their anatomy, physiology, echolocation and the close relationship between the calf (baby) and its mom during the first 5 years. You will also be able to throw hoops and balls to both mom and baby. Kids 8 to 80 love this experience and the dolphins love it too!.
Is speed and action more to your liking? How about swimming with dolphins in the Caribbean Sea? This program affords you the opportunity to jump right in with the dolphins and let them pull you around the water! What could be more fun? Dolphins are very “people loving” and you will really experience the special bond between dolphins and humans while swimming in their world. They love to kiss you, sing for you, and show off a bit by giving you a ride on their belly.
On Oahu in Hawaii, Sea Life Park has a great program for small children called Dolphin Encounter. The Dolphin Encounter takes place in shallow water, but the kids still get to experience a kiss and handshake from their new friends. A Royal Swim is also offered at Sea Life Park and during this swim the dolphins will pull you around by their dorsal fin or give the ultimate “foot push”. You can feel all the strength and energy the dolphin has to offer as they jet you across the water from the bottom of your feet. Wow!
Dolphin Quest on the Big Island of Hawaii, offers many of the same programs as Sea Life Park plus older kids and adults will enjoy shadowing a trainer for a day. Beside pool interaction with the dolphins, participants help prepare the dolphins meals, help with health exams and learn some basic training skills. Dolphin Quest is housed at the Hilton Waikoloa and many rooms have views of the dolphins.
Popular vacation destinations and cruise itineraries include Jamaica, the Bahamas and Mexico and each has a swim with dolphins program. Ocho Rios has Dolphin Cove. Playa Del Carmen, about 1 hour south of Cancun, has a great Eco-Park and dolphin program at Xcaret.
And in the Bahamas head to Atlantis on Paradise Island. Atlantis is a magical place with a fantastic water park, but there’s also a swim with the dolphins program right on property! The Atlantis is home to the Katrina dolphins which were swept away from their home in Mississippi during Hurricane Katrina. After being rescued and nursed back to health, all of the dolphins were eventually transported to Atlantis to fully recover and reside at Dolphin Cay’s new state-of-the-art habitat.
Wherever you vacation, I strongly recommend you make reservations prior to your arrival. Swim with the dolphins programs are extremely popular and often sell out months in advance. Please give me a call at (425) 821-4100 or shoot me an email at sandi@totemtravel.com to book your Swim with Dolphins vacation!