Puerto Vallarta: Swim With Dolphins in the Wild Wildlife Connection
go to original December 27, 2014

DELFINES // DOLPHINS (Wildlife Connection Vallarta)

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!!!.

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 curious), but we can’t guarantee the swimming as they are wild animals so it depends on them not on us.

Only during December-March 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 is 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.

Our normal itinerary is to meet at Opequimar at 9:00 am, located across the street from Westin Resort & Spa Hotel in Marina Vallarta. A light Continental Breakfast is served while you receive an educational explanation to introduce you to the world of dolphins as well as information about the different species of dolphins in the bay and their habitat.

Our boat departs at 9:30 and Dolphins are searched inside the bay, the time to find them varies. Once they are found there are possibilities that the clients can swim with the dolphins but there is no GUARANTEE, it always depends on the dolphins.

We arrange special later departures for cruise passengers. It will depend on the Cruise Line’s arrival time to port. Please contact us to check the itinerary that will apply for you and pickup at cruise ship. We can offer you a private Van with City Tour included after Dolphin Tour. If interested, ask us for costs and details.

We use small boats because is the best way to get close to the animals with low impact. Our boats are 26 ft and 27 ft shaded fast boats, with 12 and 14 (depends the number of clients the boat we use). So it’s a private and personalized tour.

For more information and reservations, visit Wildlife Connection.