Dolphin Encounter Kaikoura
255 Rankers Reviews
210 Face-to-Face
4 Marine Animals
1 Dolphin Watching
12 Kaikoura
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The Dolphin Encounter tour is a boat based tour that takes you to swim with or watch the acrobatic dusky dolphins along the Kaikoura coastline. An incredible tour and a "must do" during your time New Zealand!
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10/10
Incredible experience swimming amongst a super pod of dusky dolphins.
Small boat with small number of participants made this a very special experience. Staff and crew were excellent.
Cannot recommend highly enough, worth every cent.
Lisa
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9/10
Good and informative service.
Professional staff that make you feel comfortable, safe and well taken care of at all times. Very cold water!! But absolutely wonderful experience swimming with the dolphins and seals.
Michael Holm
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10/10
Nothing to say more that this was a perfect trip, worth the money.
Katharina Koch
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9/10
Absolutely amazing but really expensive, something to have one time in life.
Aurelie and Ben Marie
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9/10
Unforgettable experience, nice employees, great photo opportunities, nice to see the animals in the wild.
Seasickness! But the employees did care for us.
Fentrup
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10/10
It was a great experience.
The people there are very kind and well organised. Cost $169 for swimming with the dolphins.
Stefan Zink
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9/10
Well organised, saw a lot of dolphins, long time in the water, bad weather conditions.
Sebastian Braun
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10/10
Fabulous!
200 dolphins, a lot of interaction with them. Long time in the water so worth the money!
Virginia Fradin
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10/10
We did the tour at 5:30am, when the Dusky Dolphins were very lively and playful.
The most enchanting thing I did in my life. The only negative is that the people in the water is too much.
Wendy van Boom
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9/10
Breathtaking experience!!
Professional, experienced organisation. One minor issue: groups were too big. Besides that, a thumbs up!!
Olivier Anciaux
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10/10
Perfect = equipment was new, size of the boat, number of swimmers, respect of wildlife, time of the trip was comparable for the price.
Olivier Reculeau
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10/10
Didn't get to experience it as access to Kaikoura was cut off after the earthquake.
Called in to cancel our reservation and it was very fuss free. Thumbs up to the staff! Will definitely return to try it in future!
Joanne Woo
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6/10
Quite pricey, we had really horrible weather and the sea was not great, but we didn't have much choice but to go as they were operating and we'd already paid.
The staff who handed out the wetsuits kept giving wrong sizes and even after we asked for a specific size they gave a different one that what we'd asked for, so suiting up wasn't a pleasant experience. I wasn't able to complete the swim as it was way too much for me and the waves were shocking. They did however refund my money and charge me a spectator rate. I think this would be a really wonderful experience in good weather, so I suggest you plan your swim around the weather.
Chris
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9/10
It was so amazing to swim with wild dolphins in the sea and totally worth the $170 and throwing up!
Daniel Weber
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10/10
Had an amazing time swimming with dolphins, they literally swim around you.
It was incredible.
Josh Legge
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10/10
A fantastic experience to swim with the wild dolphins, staff were really nice, also we made a short trip to see other marine life.
Susanne Breudel
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10/10
Quite cold, but we did swim with heaps of dolphins, definitely one of the highlights of travelling.
Nils Kissel
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10/10
One of the most beautiful experiences in my life!!
The staff were friendly and the dolphins were amazing! Take some medication with you if you tend to get seasick.
Mira Huckfield
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10/10
Very well organised company: great location, easy to find, lots of parking space available.
Literally everything is taken care of, from a dry wetsuit to anti fog spray and hot showers. Once in a lifetime experience, but do not forget to bring your sea sickness pills because you really need them when the sea is a bit rough. It might seem a bit expensive but it is truly worth the money!
Bas Hoogteijling
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9/10
The experience was amazing.
We wanted to swim with them but there was no more space. We watched and it was a special day. We saw four dolphins, something uncommon on this activity. But the boat went lots of times after the dolphins when it was enough. For us it was time to leave them alone.
magdalena gomez haedo