We had very high hopes for this activity. Our travel agent raved about it. It started off fine as we listened to Dr. Poole's personable discussions of dolphin behaviors. We saw a large group of spinner dolphins and he let everyone sit on the front of the boat as they surfaced within feet of us. It took an hour of... More

Dr. Poole's Whale Watching trip was horrible! He was condescending and rude. He made light of people's nausea and talked about himself the whole trip. The engine smelled like deisel and the waves were insanely choppy, which would have been fine, but Poole let the boat rock endlessly while showing pictures of dead dolphins: a recipe for sickness. We saw... More

This is a great trip. I am not a huge fan of the canned dolphin swims or watching animals swim around in a big tank. This trip is neither, you get to see what dolphins and whales really do in the wild and not being bribed by a trainer with fish and it is really cool. Dr Poole is an... More

My husband and I went to Moorea for our honeymoon. Whenever we go somewhere that is on the water, we do a whale watching trip. We signed up to go with Dr. Poole even though our chances of seeing a humpback whale were slim as we were getting into the off season for them (they head down to Antarctica for... More

Should begin by saying that the sea was quite choppy the day we went out and the whales were not very active, which is obviously no one's fault. I'm sure better conditions and more whales would've papered over the cracks in our experience (though telling us again and again about how amazing the whales had been yesterday was poor form).... More

Dr. Poole introduced himself and said he moved to French Polynesia to study dolphins and whales in 1987 for his PhD from the University of CA and decided to stay. He has since established a dolphin and whale sanctuary in French Polynesia to protect the animals he studies. Dr. Poole was very friendly and informative and he told us he... More

If you only do one trip on Moorea, make it this one. Dr Poole is a fantastic guide and he is so skilled at conducting the tour in different languages. We'd read a warning in our guide book that said make sure your hotel listen and actually book you onto Dr Poole's trip. When we went to book, they conveniently... More

My husband and I recently returned from a vacation on the Tahitian Princess, which cruised the Hawaiian Islands and French Polynesia. The highlight of our entire trip was our afternoon shore excursion onboard Dr. Michael Poole's dolphin and whale watching boat tour. We not only enjoyed his excellent lecture/talk on dolphin and whales, but were also fortunate enough to see... More

Ia orana, This is now my 7th season of whale watching abord the Dr Poole Dolphins and Whale watch tour on Moorea. I make sure at first to make my reservations at the earliest to avoid any disapointment ( full boat ). Contact by email or by phone and receive within a week in season your response directly from Dr... More