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Take the opportunity to interact and swim with the incredible dusky dolphins of Kaikoura!
Take the opportunity to interact and swim with the incredible dusky dolphins of Kaikoura!
Highlights
- Swim with wild dolphins in the ocean!
- Enjoy watching these fascinating mammals in their natural habitat
- Exhilarating experience not to be missed
Having the highest success rate in New Zealand to both locate AND swim with dolphins, the friendly team at Encounter Kaikoura will provide you with a not to be missed bucket list experience!
Dusky dolphins are one, if not the most interactive and acrobatic species of dolphins in the world and they frequent Kaikoura year-round! Join the team aboard a comfortable vessel for a picturesque tour along the spectacular Kaikoura coastline.
Meet these incredible wild animals in their natural environment, and enjoy their spectacular acrobatics in the open ocean.
Make memories to last a lifetime and book today!
Swimming with the dolphins is an exhilarating and exertive experience and those who book to swim should be relatively physically fit and be confident swimmers in open water. Snorkeling experience is an advantage though not essential as lessons can be provided onboard.
Tours scheduled daily: We close just one day each year - Christmas Day!
Swimmers and watchers join the same tour, and if you would prefer to stay dry and watch these amazing mammals from aboard the boat, please check out the deals on our Watch Tour:
Available Bookings from 10 Nov to 23 Nov 2024
Change Dates
All prices are shown in NZD ($)
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Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
♡♡♡AMAZING♡♡♡
karaf from
NZ
♡♡♡AMAZING♡♡♡
karaf from
NZ
Fantastisch
Rosanne Mosterd from
Netherlands
Awesome team and great experience
aprilm8 from
NZ
Incredible “Once-in-a-lifetime” experience
Ruth Gutenberg from
NZ
Brilliant!
jessr2 from
NZ
AMAZING, just Amazing
sallyk4 from
NZ
AMAZING, just Amazing
sallyk4 from
NZ
Excellent
Jack Hawker from
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Best day ever!
Katana Parsons from
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Best birthday ever!
Rebekah Amos from
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Best birthday ever!
Rebekah Amos from
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Best Experience Ever
Jade O'Connor from
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Best Experience Ever
Jade O'Connor from
NZ
Best Experience Ever
Jade O'Connor from
NZ
The most amazing experience ever!
Suzy Preston from
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The most amazing experience ever!
Suzy Preston from
NZ
The most amazing experience ever!
Suzy Preston from
NZ
OUTSTANDING
Bailey from
NZ
OUTSTANDING
Bailey from
NZ
Best trip we have ever been on.
Craig Hodge from
NZ
Best trip we have ever been on.
Craig Hodge from
NZ
Best trip we have ever been on.
Craig Hodge from
NZ
wow moments
Richard from
Australia
Unbelievable!
Caitlin from
Australia
Unbelievable!
Caitlin from
Australia
Grandios
Felix from
Germany
Grandios
Felix from
Germany
Grandios
Felix from
Germany
Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
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From Kaikoura - Dolphin Swim Tour
Thanks so much David! Lovely to read your review :-)
lydjieb from France wrote on 13 December 2020
Expérience à faire
C’est une super activité à faire mais attention à ceux qui on le mal de mer. Malheureusement j’ai pas pu nager avec les dauphins dû à une soirée trop arrosée la veille et le mal de mer.. Ce qui fait que j’ai eu la tete dans le sceau quasi tout le long. Cependant la compagnie aurai pu faire un geste commercial dû a mon état, je n’ai malheureusement pas été rembourser partiellement sur un tarif juste spectateur. Sinon personnel sympathique.
From Kaikoura - Dolphin Swim Tour
Sorry to hear you got seasick :-( We have a policy that we can't refund for seasickness. and we do our best to clearly brief likely conditions for each tour at check in to give those susceptible the option to cancel before departure. We were able to fully refund your Go Pro hire though as a gesture of good will. We do wish we had a button to control the sea and that this hadn't happened for you though! Hoping you are feeling better now you are on land! :-)
ROMAIN PASTOUREL from France wrote on 22 October 2016
Finally it was great
At the beginning, You find It Really touristic, with so Many people, A presentation video ètc. You are In A business, A touristic one. On the boat with 20 people You are Still nervous BecauSe You are expecting 5 Dolphin for 40 tourists. But actually When You are In the cold sea the expérience is AMAZING. Dolphins everywhere. The service is Really Nice even if the chocolate And cookies are not good at all, the hot water is Perfect after the swimm
Francois from France wrote on 19 October 2016
LA chose à tester à Kaikoura
Plus d'une heure dans l'eau à nager avec les dauphins dusky (40 minutes avec un petit groupe, puis 20 avec un groupe plus important), mais aussi plus de 20 minutes à les observer du bateau en fin de matinée, flip, sauts divers, quel spectacle ! Nager avec les dauphins permet vraiment d'avoir un contact privilégié tout en jouant avec eux, en tournant, plongeant, et en captant leurs regards. Exceptionnel !
Cindy Demarquet from France wrote on 27 July 2016
Incroyable
Incroyable cette activité est à faire à tout prix. Ce fut une superbe journée le staff est génial et la baignade et balade extraordinaires. Les dauphins passent de partout, vous entourent, sautent, font des loopings.....bref fantastique !!!!
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David LeGouellec from France wrote on 20 November 2022
Expérience magique
Déjà voir les dauphins c'est quelque chose de génial, mais il faut rajouter à cette expérience la prise en charge, l'accompagnement et la sécurité dont fait preuve la compagnie. C'est formidable, allez y les yeux fermés !