Swimming with the Dolphins in Punta Cana – Dominican Republic
Once off the boat, you get into 2 groups of 11 people and enter the water. You have a chance to free swim with the dolphins for about 20 – 30 minutes water time. Only petting the dolphins, you do not get to be pushed or pulled by the dolphins in this program. It was still very fun. You do get to have some photos with the dolphins by the professional photography staff. Here is a picture of me:
The whole experience of the Dolphin Free Swim was really refreshing to see the dolphins in such a beautiful environment, beautiful clean ocean and plenty of room for them to swim around. Here is a picture of the dolphins having some fun.
Over all, Punta Cana is a great place to have a vacation. The area has a lot of watersports activities, snorkeling, parasailing, scubadiving, boating, and so much more. It is a great couples and family place. Also, a great value, I stayed in a nice all inclusive, food and beverages included, resort for $45 a night.
Has anyone out there been to Punta Cana and have opinion on the area? Anything else to report about the area?
Hopefully, I will have a more in dept stories on my travels and Dominican Republic soon!
Have a great day!
God Bless
John
August 10th, 2007 at 4:12 am
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Swimming with the Dolphins in Punta Cana – Dominican Republic, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
August 14th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
Hi Daniel,
Here is a little better story I wrote,
http://dolphinworld.org/stories/Dolphin-Swim-Punta-Cana.html
Hopefully this will explain more.
Also, to see the pricing on this program, go to:
https://kattour2.securesites.com/reserve-dominican-republic.htm#natdolp
Have you been to the Dominican Republic? Any feed back on the island?
Have a great day!
God Bless,
John
March 28th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
My girlfriend and I currently won a trip to punta cana and we were just wondering if you knew of any place to go swimming with the dolphins that was free?…Our trip is all inclusive if that helps at all.
thanks
April 10th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Hi Aaron,
I don’t know of any location that you can swim with the dolphins free, especially in Punta Cana. We do offer a contest on http://www.dolphinworld.org for a Free dolphin swim in Miami. You can enter, maybe you can win.
God Bless,
John
December 17th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
What resort did you stay at in Punta Cana? Olease email me, thanks.
December 30th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Shannon,
I can not remember. It was in Bravo which is where most of the resort are. Punta Cana is very nice but not much going on. Bravo is where there are very nice resorts and more of a Dominican feel to it.
God Bless,
John
March 14th, 2009 at 9:52 am
hiya i recentley booked a holiday to punta cana and am looking to swim with dolphins as its been a life long dream and after been surfing the net i came across the puerto plata ocean world and was wanting your opinion on whether to pay for an internal flight to puerto plata or if its better in punta cana? both experiences are a chance in a life time for me but i just wanted a second opinion off someone 1st hand could you please e-mail me with your answer thankyou.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Hi Geogina,
Both programs are great but the program in Punta Cana is really unique. Most Dolphin swim programs are with totally trained dolphins and Puerto Plata is similar to that. In Punta Cana you get to free swim with the dolphins in an enclosed fenced in a natural ocean environment. So in Punta Cana it is more natural, like you would be swimming with wild dolphins. You need to ask yourself, do you really need to touch the dolphins and enjoy a dorsal fin ride, then you should go to Puerto Plata. Otherwise, the Punta Cana Natural Dolphin swim should be perfect for you.
God Bless,
John
December 1st, 2009 at 6:19 pm
We did this last month and it was totally awesome, there’s nothing like swimming with the dolphins, it’s a once in a lifetime experience.
http://www.vancouvertravelwatch.com/punta-cana