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Picton - The E-Ko Dolphin Swimming Tour

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Swim with the dolphins and be at one with nature in the calm waters of New Zealand’s beautiful Marlborough Sounds!

Swim with the dolphins and be at one with nature in the calm waters of New Zealand’s beautiful Marlborough Sounds!

Highlights

  • Swim with and view dolphins in their natural environment
  • Encounter the dusky and bottlenose dolphins with potential to come across the very rare Hector's dolphins
  • Abundant wildlife viewing of Fur Seals, Seabirds, Blue Penguins, Gannets and Shags
  • Beautiful location on the Marlborough Sounds

Our Dolphin Eco-tours provide a once in a lifetime opportunity to swim and view dolphins in their natural environment.

Get up close and personal to dusky and bottlenose dolphins and you may also have a chance to encounter the very rare Hector's dolphins.

We also visit New Zealand fur seals and spot a variety of seabirds like blue Penguins, Gannets and Shags on the water.

Our knowledgeable skipper and guide will provide you with an informed and interesting commentary on the wildlife encountered along with local history of the Marlborough Sounds.

There is plenty of time allowed for photography, an all important part of many people's experiences here in the stunning Marlborough Sounds and free coffee, hot chocolate and cookies will be available.

Trip Duration: 2-4 hours depending on the location of the Dolphins. (Subject to min numbers).

Also check out the awesome deals on Picton Dolphin Viewing! .

Adult $165.00
Child $135.00

What's included

  • Coffee, hot chocolate and cookies will be available

Location

Restrictions

  • Minimum age 8 years old.

Notes

  • Child price applies to ages 8-15 years.

    Our success rate for locating and swimming with dolphins is a massive 80%! In the event that you are not able to swim with the dolphins, you may be entitled to a 15% refund.

    Partial refunds for non dolphin sightings do not apply to discounted bookings.

    Check-in is at 8:15am, 45 minutes before departure.

    Conditions: Customers must confirm their Booking the Day before departure. Customers must supply contact phone number at a time off Booking. Discounted Fare T/C, No Refunds for Non Dolphin Viewing. 15% Partial Refund for Non Dolphin Swimming. Full Refund if cancelled by E-ko from Bookme. E-ko reserves the right to cancel any time up to 30 minutes before Departure. Must show proof of Bookme Booking at Check-in.

    Subject to minimum numbers to Operate.

Authenticated Reviews & PhotosAll of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme

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Pauline from France wrote on 13 May 2018

Amazing day

Great experience, great weather. People were really nice with us.

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Danny from Germany wrote on 19 December 2016

Absolutely awesome

We saw a Hector Dolphin and swam with bottlenose Dolphins that was pretty awesome... only the coffee was not good, because of that just 4 stars ;-)

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Kathryn Watson from New Zealand wrote on 01 November 2016

Dolphin swimming

Tour was great! Guide was amazing and skipper was too. Would well recommend to everyone and do it again myself

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Ngaire Peek from New Zealand wrote on 22 January 2017

No dolphins

It's a beautiful spot, but we saw no dolphins and the refund is very small, so it was an expensive boat ride around the sounds. The guides however where great and they tried very hard to find some dolphins.

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Gabriel from Switzerland wrote on 08 March 2017

"just" hector dolphins

My colleague did swimming with Dolphins before in Kaikura and it was a great experience for him. Unfortunately it was not the same in Picton and we "just" saw hector dolphins for 2-3 times and it's prohibited to swim with them. Positive +Very good Wet-Suits and they even have stuff to cover the feet and face +the skipper was very experienced +we got a small refund and paid totally 115NZD Negative -the spotter was busy all the time chatting instead of spotting -the hector dolphins have all been spotted from normal passengers -the information from bookme were wrong and it said that we'd to be there 10Min before the departure instead of 45Min. -A few guys in my Hostel had the same experience

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