Such an amazing trip with such a friendly crew....

the best 30th i mean 20 10th ever.... thanks for the present too.... love my tshirt and got to see 2 whalesand many dolphins -one even touched my good :)

Reviewed almost 8 years ago

Guide was really friendly, experienced and a lot of knowledge of the sea and animals.

We saw a pod of dolphins and did some fishing.

Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in March 2016

Regarding Asha's comment I cannot disagree more.

What a miserable person you are - you cannot control nature and if the dolphins arent willing to come and entertain you then that's just nature. Everyone takes this same risk.

However, on the day I and my daughter went out we had a great day playing with a pod of aroun 80 dolphins. The weather was great there was great activity and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Even if there had been no dolphins the scenery and the pleasant boat ride would have been more than enough to compensate.

Reviewed almost 13 years ago

What a brilliant day we had!

Saw so many dolphins and although we didn't get to go free swimming as these dolphins were definitely on a mission, the 3rd time going on the swim bar saw so many under and ahead of us.... so very cool and so well worth the money. The crew are fantastic, extremely knowledegable. People, dolphins are wild animals... you just can't tell what you are going to get on the day. Hubby even wanted to go back out again! This company is very professional and approachable, and really know their stuff. We will be back!!

Reviewed almost 13 years ago

Very friendly crew on board our boat, the skipper Cameron had a very positive attitude and was very helpful with information in general.

We got to see a lot of dolphins in their natural environment.

Reviewed over 10 years ago and experienced in January 2014

We did not really see dolphins but the guide was really nice and we spent a great time after all.

Oh! we saw whales so that made it worth it.

Reviewed over 7 years ago and experienced in November 2016

Such an amazing trip with such a friendly crew....

the best 30th i mean 20 10th ever.... thanks for the present too.... love my tshirt and got to see 2 whalesand many dolphins -one even touched my good :)

Reviewed almost 8 years ago

Nice crew and that is the only positive point.

We ended up seeing three dolphins and not looking for more. We were supposed to swim with them. It would have been a polite gesture to offer another possibility to catch them.

Reviewed almost 12 years ago

Me and my dad spend the last day in New Zealand with Dolphin Seasafaris and it was without discussion the best activity we did in New Zealand.

Saw at least 60-70 wild dolphins under just 3 hours, The crew was also very professional and kindly, it didnt feel like this origianly touristthing, It was more like a couple of hours adventure. I really enjoy this trip!!!

Reviewed almost 13 years ago

This tour was extremely dissapionting!!

My partner and i only had 1 day in Tauranga since we were doing a road trip. We saw NO dolphins let alone swim with any, we were on that boat from 8am until 230pm looking for dolphins. We didn't even see fish, whales, seals nothing. I was actually suprised this tour still went a head because we went on the 05/01/2012 not long after that ship wrecked just off the mount. So not only had we wasted our only day in Tauranga, but we didn't get a reffund but were given a voucher for another trip which is valid for 3 months and only to that person so i couldn't give it to friends who live in mount maunganui and to top that off they said to get onto the tour you must call tell them the day you want to go and they will get back to you IF there is a vaccancy. There were also a few people on that trip and it was their second time out there because their first tour was unsuccessful as well. In conclusion, if you are willing to take the risk in losing your money and a full day of your holiday then do, but if not i would not advise doing this kind of thing, especially the weather in NZ being so unpredictable as well.

Reviewed almost 13 years ago

It was a great half day.

We saw a lot of Dolphins and this was very nice, but we only saw 3 Dolphin, when we went into the water.

Reviewed over 13 years ago

Poor reception, met in carpark, no office, no instruction, swimbar useless, no dolphin to view, staff useless, like putting your face in a jacquzi, unprofessional!

Reviewed over 13 years ago

This was an absolutely fabulous experience.

It was the single best part of our two week visit to NZ. We were very lucky and saw many large pods of common dolphins and were able to interact with them on the swim bar and during a free swim. We were lucky to see this many dolphins.

Even notwithstanding the dolphins (over which the crew has no control), the team on the boat was great. They were helpful, friendly and professional. I would highly recommend this experience.

Reviewed over 14 years ago

what an amazing day out we have had.

We saw hundreds of seabirds diving amongst so many dolphins feeding wherever we looked around us. The skipper said there were over 200 dolphins feeding on small fish with the birds. they were diving all around us. an awesome experience for my family who had a really sweet time in the water on the swimbars. super clear water and heaps of dolphins under the kids. We also saw a huge sunfish.

crew were so helpful with the kids, awesome time. lovely spacious comfortable boat and good info from the skipper. totally recommended and we will definately go again next year.

Reviewed almost 15 years ago

What an incredible day we have had, dolphin swimming in New Zealand was our No1 must do experience and went out with Dolphin Seafaris in Tauranga as we really liked their website on first impressions whilst

planning our holiday.

The trip was amazing, The skipper found a large pod of 70+Common dolphins within 15 mins and we tried a bar swim that was cool. We then went on to find a pod of bottlenose dolphins and had the most amazing free swim with the huge dolphins swimming right beside and around us. I had two dolphins come and look right into my mask. They look so huge underwater.

My wife was so overcome with joy from such a close up experience she is still in tears thinking about it. Top marks for the professional crew, the whole tour and commentary from the skipper and service from a real nice crew. They really know their onions! Nice boat, Thanks guys so much you have made our whole holiday worth the long haul. These guys are just the best!!

Reviewed about 15 years ago

A well organised half day trip - we were unlucky not to be able to swim with the dolphins but we did see some and the crew are very knowledgeable + respectful of the animals.

Reviewed almost 16 years ago