Dolphin & Turtles COMBO TOUR

Wildlife Connection offers you the opportunity to visit these fabulous animals in their natural environment and to participate in a research project that helps us understand and protect our dolphins here in Puerto Vallarta. Come with us and interact with a Bottlenose pod. Our guides are professional biologists who will share with you their knowledge, making this excursion a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Remember that these dolphins are not confined and this is theNATURAL way to observe and enjoy them.

Do not contribute to capturing more dolphins! Visit them in their own environment because FREE DOLPHINS ARE HAPPY DOLPHINS.

DOLPHINS IN THE WILD

The tour goes to visit a resident bottlenose dolphin group and sometimes we find spotted dolphins. There is a hydrophone on board so you have a nice chance to hear the dolphins communication. Depending on the dolphin’s type group, activity and of course their mood we have good chances to swim with them specially if there are juveniles around (they are very curios), but we can’t guarantee the swimming as they are wild animals so it depends on them not on us. Only during Dec-Mar we can see Humpback whales, spinner dolphins, rough toothed dolphins, giant mantas and marine turtles, and even with luck Orcas or False Orcas. Our guides are specialists in cetaceans, Biologists with Masters Degree in Marine Ecology, Science Journalist and Professional Wildlife Photographer (National Geographic magazine and Animal Planet).We have some research programs with whales and dolphins, and during the tour we will share with you this information and you will have the opportunity to participate on our research. Your participation on our tour it’s what makes our research possible, and our research and experience helps us to GUARANTEE 100% that we can find the animals if not your money back.

SCHEDULE

CRUISE SHIPS: We arrange special later departures for cruise passengers. It will depend on the Cruise Line’s arrival time to port. Please contact us to check the itinerary that will apply for you.

• 09:00 Appontiment OPEQUIMAR (Vallarta). Located across the street from Westin Regina Hotel in Marina Vallarta.
• Light Continental breakfast is served while you receive an educational explanation to introduce you to the world of dolphins as well as information about the different species of dolphins in the bay and their habitat.
• 09:30 Departure from: OPEQUIMAR. Dolphins are searched inside the bay, the time to find them varies. Once they are found there are possibilities that the clients can swim with the dolphins but there is no GUARANTEE, it always depends on the dolphins.
• 12:30 Arrival to Puerto Vallarta.

SMALL GROUPS: We use a small boats because is the best way to get close to the animals with low impact. Our boats are 26ft and 27 ft shaded fast boats, with 12 and 14 (depends the number of clients the boat we use). So it’s a private and personalized tour.

ADOPT A DOLPHIN!

We invite you to participate in the study and conservation of dolphins. Wildlife Connection has the first real Adopt-A-Dolphin Program in Puerto Vallarta, called RADAR. Ask us for information and adopt your own dolphin!

Marine turtles have been able to survive for more than 200 million years and successfully faced such dramatic events in the history that brought countless species to extinction. Nowadays however, due to human activities, they belong to some of the most endangered species of fauna. Wildlife Connection offers you the opportunity to visit a turtle camp, where you will participate in and support the conservation of these ancient creatures. We release baby turtles every night.

TURTLE CAMP

The tour goes to the area of Nuevo Vallarta where the National Protection of Marine Turles has the official Turtle Camp. We will visit all the facilities of the Turtle Camp to understand the protection program and it's importance. We patrol the beach to search for a female laying eggs but we can't guarantee females as they don't have specific time or place to lay their eggs. When we finish patroling we will go back to the turtle camp and release baby turtles to the ocean, we GUARANTEE 100% that we will have baby turtles every night if not your money back. Our guides are Biologists with Masters Degree in Marine Ecology, Science Journalist and Professional Wildlife Photographer (National Geographic magazine and Animal Planet). This allows us to provide a qualified, specialized and professional service.

SCHEDULE

CRUISE SHIPS: We arrange special earlier departures for cruise passengers. It will depend on the Cruise Line's departure time from port. Please contact us to check the itinerary that will apply for you.

• 20:00- 21:00 (Appointment depends on your hotel area)
  1.- BLOCKBUSTER. This is located at Vallarta's Main Ave
  (Francisco Medina Ascencio) at the North Hotel Zone (Zona Hotelera Norte), just across the street of Office Depot.
  2.- OPEQUIMAR. This is located in Marina Vallarta. Just across the
  street of Westin Regina Hotel
  3.- STARBUCKS AT PARADISE PLAZA. This Plaza is located in Nuevo
  Vallarta, close to Paradise Village Hotel.
• 21:10 Arrival to turtle camp. Guests receive an educational explanation to introduce them to the world of turtles and their conservation.
• 21:30 Female turtles laying eggs are searched on the beach
• 22:30 Baby turtle release.
• 00:00 Arrival to Puerto Vallarta.

SMALL GROUPS: Maximum 8 persons per group. If needed we can arrange bigger groups.