Your Half Day Dolphin & Wildlife Cruise begins as you’re welcomed aboard the Bay Explorer at the Tauranga waterfront!
We spend the morning exploring the pristine Bay of Plenty harbour and beyond, searching for marine wildlife which may include seabirds, penguins, seals, whales, sunfish, school fish, sharks, orca, and dolphins swimming along with our vessel. Our awesome Captain and crew will be pointing out all that they see so you won’t miss a thing!
Don’t forget your camera as we are able to get up close to wildlife, making it a photographer’s dream.
Your experienced Captain and crew will provide a fascinating commentary on the history, geography and culture of the area. They have knowledge of marine wildlife and personally share with you everything they observe. Books and references are on board to enhance your experience.
You will be back in Tauranga by 2pm latest so you will have the rest of the day to explore our beautiful region!
Don’t miss this premier Bay of Plenty half day dolphin and wildlife adventure!
Great experience, the guys were really nice and gave us all the information about wild life in the area. Amazing day and we could see a lot of dolphins Highly recommendable
Kids expectations of the cruise was so high but were somehow disappointed. They saved several months to get into the cruise but did not get to see lots of dolphins or any other ocean creatures. That was most likely due to weather which as parents understand but was hard for kids to comprehend. The crew were great and tried their best to entertain people on Board.
Tough rating.. to say your kids didn’t see lots of wildlife but did see dolphins, and from our log penguins and sharks birds and fish. Guess kids were not paying much attention to encounters. Sorry you hear they were disappointed but perhaps take them out again with other operators and explain that it is a cruise in nature to observe wild animals not a petting zoo and educate them on appreciating that and the efforts companies like ours and many others make to get families on the water. A two star review is a tough punch in the gut and it all appears based on lack of real expectations.
Great experience... we were able to watch dolphins, orcas and penguins in their natural habitat. The skipper took us really close to those amazing creatures... would definitely recommend
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Nicola from New Zealand wrote on 14 September 2020
Fantastic Day Trip - A Must Do
We had a fantastic day with Brendan, Helen and Leo. Great knowledge, vesel and weather. Not so lucky with the larger wildlife but great to see NZ's 'Jurassic Park' close up, fur seals, penguins and numerous sea birds. A must do in you are in the area.
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