About this activity

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!!!.

What is included

Bottled waterFood and drink

Face masks required for guides in public areasSafety face masks required for guides in public ar

Face masks required for travellers in public areasSafety face masks required for travelers in public

Gear/equipment sanitised between useSafety gear equipment sanitized between use

Granola Bars, small snackFood and drink

Guides required to regularly wash handsSafety guides required to regularly wash hands

Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staffSafety hand sanitizer available to travelers and s

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or strollerStroller accessible

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lapInfants must sit on laps

NO alcohol beveragesFood and drink

No es recomendable para personas de mas de 7 meses de embarazoHealth other

Public transportation options are available nearbyPublic transportation nearby

Regularly sanitised high-traffic areasSafety regularly sanitized high traffic areas

Service animals allowedPets welcome

Suitable for all physical fitness levelsPhysical easy

Temperature checks for travellers upon arrivalSafety temperature checks for travelers upon arriv

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Standard

Weather cancellation available

May cancel if minimum travelers are not met

Refund rules

100% refundable until 1 day before departure

0% refundable from 0 to 1 day before departure

Reviews

5/5

Donate and save dolphins, swim with them while you get this limited chance.

Learning the baby dolphins don't know about jet skis and are being killed. Also, I am proud my grandsons enjoyed the dolphins in the wild more than Sea World! We followed the north pod but one set had babies and none of us could jump in and be close. Only one couple was lucky to be close to the 2 large dolphins that traveled separately. Just the luck if the draw but the sightings were enough. Soon no one will be able to swim with them, as it should be.

Reviewed by Sheryl_B - 2023-01-08

5/5

Support science and nature while learning and enjoying yourself on an intimate boat swimming alongside dolphins in the wild

The team were great. Much more intimate experience. Only 10 on our boat. Had a biology lesson first about whales and dolphins, taught by trained marine biologists. If you want to see dolphins and whales in their natural habitat and to swim near and alongside them, this is the ecofriendly way to do it. We were privileged to see whole pods and their babies. Please let me be clear though, if the dolphins don't want you close, they have a choice to move away. We got close enough to here them chattering to eachother but they certainly weren't wanting to interact with us because of their babies. We were also so lucky to see humpback whales too. I must also say we were able to take our own photos and videos and there was no hard sell for photos which was appreciated as I heard from friends who swam with dolphins in captivity, that the photos cost them a fortune. So it all comes down to your conscience, do it the kinder way to nature or risk being as exploited as the dolphins in captivity all for a great picture.

Reviewed by Melody S - 2023-01-08

5/5

You Will Not Regret Booking This!!

It is my second time doing this tour with wildlife connection and all I can say is WOW! You will not regret booking this excursion. Sansy and Jorje were amazing! You can tell they are really passionate about what they do and they do everything they can to make sure everyone has en enjoyable experience and a close encounter with the dolphins. Swimming with the dolphins was EXHILARATING. They get so close, swimming in circles around you looking right at your face as they go around. It is definitely in the top 5 coolest experiences in my life. It's wonderful to see companies that support interacting with these beautiful creatures in their natural habitat while always respecting the wildness of the dolphins. Thank you again for a wonderful experience!!

Reviewed by Michelle_M - 2023-01-07

5/5

A great time and we found...

A great time and we found 2 whales to photograph too! It’s about 3 hours long and there were only 12 guests on our boat.

Reviewed by Gretchen_P - 2023-01-06

5/5

Amazing, unique, and needs the right perspective

My experience was fantastic as I got a lot of interaction with the dolphins! They’re so curious and it was a blast to swirl around them under water as we scoped each other out. So much better than swimming with dolphins in captivity. The guides are friendly and clearly love their work. They also explain why this unique opportunity of swimming with wild animals exists in PV :) Some important things… 1: Since they’re wild, your tour guides have to wait until the dolphins surface to breathe and then chase after them so you can jump in nearby. This can be a game of cat and mouse, especially if the particular pod has a baby and wants nothing to do with the boat. I had tons of interaction with 3 dolphins and the couple whose turn it was right after mine had no interaction because the pod kept ditching our boat. You’re at the mercy of the dolphins. (Also, local kayakers and paddle boarders will be chasing them down with you but they almost certainly won’t jump in) 2: Listen to the guides and SWIM toward the dolphins! You can’t just jump off the boat and expect them to come to you. But with some real effort swimming toward them you’ll get the delight of playing with wild dolphins. It was surprising how many people simply wouldn’t swim after jumping in despite the tour guides cheerfully yelling that they needed to do so. If you get far from the boat, they’ll come get you. Just swim! 3: This is not a whale watching tour. It’s peak humpback season and we thankfully managed to see one in the distance. But don’t count on a double feature because this is all wild animals, the guides can’t control them, and the majority of the time is dedicated to the dolphins.

Reviewed by Katie S - 2023-01-04

Swimming with Free Wild Dolphins in Puerto Vallarta

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Donate and save dolphins, swim with them while you get this limited chance.

Support science and nature while learning and enjoying yourself on an intimate boat swimming alongside dolphins in the wild

You Will Not Regret Booking This!!

A great time and we found...

Amazing, unique, and needs the right perspective

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