Dolphins | swim with dolphins

Have you ever dreamed of taking an actual swim with dolphins? If so, the following dolphin retreat website links offer the wonderful opportunity of experiencing dolphins in their natural habitats.

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The Dolphin Institue
The Dolphin Institute is dedicated to the education, research and preservation of dolphins and whales. Learn about their dolphin research, explore their dolphin and whale resource guides, take part in their education programs and find out how be a part of a team investigating the abilities of the intelligent dolphin. The Dolphin Cognition and Communication Short-Term Participation Program provides a unique, hands-on experience with dolphins unlike any other program in the world.

Discovery Cove
Discovery Cove is located adjacent to Sea World in Orlando, Florida. Interacting with a bottlenose dolphin is just one of the several experiences in this exotic tropical oasis that will stay with you for a lifetime. At Discovery Cove you can snorkel through colorful reefs teeming with thousands of tropical fish, explore underwater shipwrecks and mysterious grottos, and lazily swim down a tropical river with rocky waterfalls and a freshwater lagoon.

Dolphins Plus
Dolphins Plus is an education and research facility located in Key Largo, Florida. Dolphins Plus houses ten atlantic bottlenose dolphins and two California sea lions. Their focus is to educate the public about dolphins and their environment, and to give guests the opportunity to join the dolphin's world. Swimmers can go in the water and interact with dolphins up close and personal. Dolphins Plus is at the forefront of dolphin assisted therapy, run by Island Dolphin Care, and is an active member of the Southeast Marine Mammal Stranding Network.

Dolphin Discovery
Dolphin Discovery began ten years ago with the dream of creating unique interactive programs that would allow guests to get closer to dolphins than they ever dreamed possible. The signature Dolphin Swim Program is action oriented. It is designed for dolphin lovers who want to experience the joy and excitement of swimming with dolphins first hand. The Encounter Program is fun and educational. It offers guests the unforgettable experience of personal contact with dolphins. The Dive Program offers visitors to Cozumel and Isla Mujeres an opportunity to observe and interact with dolphins underwater. The new Sea Life Discovery and Sea Life Discovery Plus Programs available in Puerto Aventuras allow guests to interact with stingrays, manatees and dolphins.

The Dream Team
The Dream Team brings you eye to eye with friendly wild spotted dolphins. Take a week long adventure cruise aboard the 65’ research yacht Dream Too. They specialize in introducing small groups of people to pods of atlantic spotted dolphins in their natural environment. Swim with dolphins in the warm crystal clear blue waters of the Little Bahama Bank.

The Divine Dolphin
Travel to Drake Bay, on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, to swim with wild dolphins and whales, then tour the rainforests in Corcovado National Park and Cano Island. The ecological adventure of a lifetime!

Water Planet
Together with swim with the dolphins programs in the wild, Water Planet offers therapeutic programs for special needs children. To swim with dolphins in the wild, in conjunction with aquatic bodyworks, physical therapy, speech therapy and expressive arts can help children with disabilities. Their programs combine the natural beauty of a dolphin encounter with education for an experience rated by some as the most moving encounter of their life. All programs are geared towards a low impact eco-tourism management as an educational medium to marine wildlife conservation and protection.

Dolphin Retreats: swim With dolphins