Full tour participants will receive a free-diving (snorkeling course) on the day of arrival. This is to make sure you know how to snorkel and feel confident in the water. Certain free-diving techniques will be shown to you as well as familiarizing yourself with your free-diving equipment (mask, snorkel and fins). Prior to any dolphin swim, participants are required to attend a full briefing at the Dolphin Center. This is done through an interactive slide presentation and includes our Dolphin Encountour Code of Conduct, some information on the dolphins in the area, rules and regulations one needs to follow while swimming with wild dolphins and ways of initiating play. We also explore that ‘Dolphin Connection”. All our boats launch from the protection of Ponta bay and go to sea with a Dolphin Skipper who has experience in reading dolphin behavior and identifying individual dolphins as well as a Dolphin Swim Facilitator. It is the swim facilitators’ job firstly to lead the swim through knowing how to interact with and hold the dolphin’s attention and secondly assist anyone who needs assistance in the water. On water time is dependent on the Dolphins location and behavior but usually we are not longer than 90 minutes at sea. Please note the type of swim we have is totally dependent on the dolphins’ behavior, after all they are wild animals and in saying that there are no guarantees. We do support a 20 min interaction time set by international standards. Full tour participants have preference to early morning launches, when normally the sea conditions are at their best and the dolphins at their most sociable. The rest of the day is for you to do what you wish. There are a number of restaurants in town for lunches and in season the nightlife ROCKS! read more >>