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Swim w/ Dolphins & Las Caletas Tours

Started October 15, 2002 · 5,686 views · 4 posts
Re:Swim w/ Dolphins & Las Caletas Tours
swim with the dolphins is fantastic. I know it because i have done it By Vallarta adventure.
I recommend it to evreybody to do it.

Greetings vleer
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Re:Swim w/ Dolphins & Las Caletas Tours
Just a warning, there are people very much in favor of the swim with the dolphins by Vallarta Adventures and those very much opposed. The choice, of course, is yours. One alternative you may consider is the Dolphin Encounter through Open Air Expeditions.

When the whales are in the bay, you can combine Dolphins and Whales. When the whales leave it reverts to the Dolphin Encounter.
Half day trip (5 hr), small boat with professional guides go into the bay and find groups of dolphins, where if conditions are right, you can join them in the water. These are wild dolphins and completely free and if they choose to interact with you in the water, it is their choice. Naturalist and Hydrophones on board, 525 pesos per person, 315 pesos under 10 years old. Includes continental breakfast, lunch on the beach, soft drinks and snorkeling gear. You can find out more about both encounters if you click on the top banner link,\"What to Do\".

Which ever you choose, have a great time.
Re:Swim w/ Dolphins & Las Caletas Tours
Hi There!

If you go out whalewatching, please make sure that you will go with a company which has the permission to do so. There a a lot of people selling the tour without permission and unfortunatly the do not have any respect for the whales, which means that they come too close and chase them away. Vallarta Adventures and Open Air Expedition are good companies where they have proffesional guides (biologists) on board and good captains. Please, do not go with anyone who does not have the red whale flag aboard. The whales usually arrive at the end of november, but whalewatching is allowed from december the 15th.
Re:Swim w/ Dolphins & Las Caletas Tours
We tried to book the whale watching trip through Vallarta Adventures but they said that the season did not begin until Dec. 16. So much for that...