Full-Day Dolphin Watching Cruise in Mauritius
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Full-Day Dolphin Watching Cruise in Mauritius

By Eco Holidays Mauritius
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The calm waters of Tamarin Bay, in southwest Mauritius, draw spinner and bottlenose dolphins throughout the year. On this day cruise, your experienced skipper gives you an excellent chance of spotting them. Once you’ve observed the dolphins, from the boat and/or the water, glide to Ile aux Benitiers island for a beachfront barbecue with drinks, mountain views, and spectacular reef. Hotel transfers spare you the car hire cost.
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Ages 0-75, max of 14 per group
Duration: 6h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English, Italian, French
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Highlights
  • Look for the Tamarin Bay dolphins then indulge on Ile aux Benitiers island
  • Crew help spot the dolphins and brief you on how to behave in the water
  • Barbecue lunch features wine, beer, rum, soft drinks, salad, and dessert
  • No need for a designated driver: Tour includes 2-way hotel transfers

  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Lunch
  • Beverages
  • Professional guide
  • Snorkelling Equipments
What's not included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Gratuities


Start:Traveller pickup offered.
    Pickup details
    • Please Send Us Your Pickup Location.(Hotel Name)
    Port pickup offered
    During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included ports.
    • Cruise Pirs Port Louis Quay 2, RFWV+XRH Terminal II, Port Louis, Mauritius
    End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

      • Not wheelchair accessible
      If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 24164P4

      • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
      • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
      • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
      • Minimum age is 18 years
      • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
      • Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
      • Most travellers can participate
      • Pickup starts: 2 hours before Departure
      • This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
      • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travellers

      • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

      If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 24164P4

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      • Eco Holidays Mauritius
        4.5 of 5 bubbles272
        Mont Choisy, Mauritius
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      • petertK2919AE
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        Fantastic catamaran to idyllic islands
        Fantastic cruise to the most idyllic islands that you can imagine. Trip with Coral Belle catamaran “Coral Princess“ from Grand Baie was exceptional, nice, well equipped and comfortable boat that the crew were constantly keeping spotlessly clean whilst also offering drinks to all passengers. Kevin who expertly communicated in English & French was a fabulous host and together with the rest of the crew provided great service. The setting of the islands is stunning and we had about 1 1/2 hours on the beach before excellent bbq lunch back on the boat. Plentiful drinks to complement the singing and dancing on the way back. Hotel transfers were prompt, comfortable and efficient.
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      • nathansN5668LN
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        Satisfying tour, lots of walking...
        Vic , our driver was outstanding, his knowledge of the island was incredible. Informed us of the pros and cons of Mauritius while making us very comfortable during the tour. Will highly recommend this tour.
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      • rainbow2209
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        Religion and god are just all one, it is worth the view en the visit..Imagine making statues like this..the people who made this are artist♡
        Written 3 November 2024
      • Traveler25376622472
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        We enjoyed everything about this experience. The pickup taxi was perfectly on time, the catamaran was clean and in pris
        We enjoyed everything about this experience. The pickup taxi was perfectly on time, the catamaran was clean and in pristine condition. The crew were courteous and professional. The sailing was excellently done. The transfer to the island was smooth and the lunch was fresh and delicious. The music was contagious and a lot of the passengers danced. What an experience!
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      • Manoj5357
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        Amazing service by Eco Holidays and good driver.
        Great place to visit and see. Very friendly people very nice island and good weather. Very friendly driver. Agood 8 hours journey.
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      • Steven David G
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        Boat trip
        We were collected from our hotel from a friendly driver. Arriving at the port our driver took us into the office and explained to the staff who we were. The boat was very clean. Staff were friendly and made our trip enjoyable. Food and drink on board was excellent.
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        The best thing on the trip was our driver and guide Vic. Thanks Vic for all. The things to see was a 4 but you Vic made the trip a 5. Best to see on the trip was the Chamarel waterfall and the seven earth color. And Vic if you Reed this we got to see both dolphins and a whale the day after 😁 Best regards Maths
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      • Justino_Cabecas
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        Lovely day in southwest Mauritius
        It was an amazing daytrip to Southwest Mauritius with our driver Vik. We visited the Grand Bassin area and the Hindu temples, the 7 coloured earth sight and all the waterfalls around Charamel and Black River Gorges National Park. I really enjoyed the day and I recommend booking with EcoHolidays Mauritius. Congratulations!
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        Amazing day in Northern Mauritius
        It was an amazing daytrip to northern Mauritius with our driver Vik. We visited Port Louis and all the sights around the city. Loved the market, China Town portals and the fortress up the hill. The botanical garden was a really brilliant experience and see how many different species there are around the gardens. The giant water lilies and the lotus flowers are the main sight. We continued north to Cap Malheureux to see the beautiful little village and the red church of Notre-Dame Auxiliatrice du Cap Malheureux. Really enjoyed the day and I recommend booking with EcoHolidays Mauritius. Congratulations!
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      • Explorer43048196907
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        Well worth it thanks to Vik!
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        Flexibility and good value
        My wife and I were on our own, had a good driver who spoke good English and was knowledgeable about the island and also gave us complete flexibility as to what we visited. He was unconcerned that we overran on our allotted 8 hours and the whole day was extremely good value for money
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      • Ramsurrun
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        Bad experience for a day use in ravenala.
        Bad experience in a hotel called The Ravenala Attitude Balaclava Point aux Piment. Family and I went for a day use with all the facilities of the hotel and lunch also all inclusive but unfortunately after spending 7k. We were so disappointed by the service and poor quality of welcoming. The restaurant was full of birds and flies. We went to eat at 13hr and there was barely food on the buffet. With flies all round and birds disturbing our lunch, we lost appetite. We barely had food to eat. When we went to the kiosque at 4:45, the little food kiosque were already closed and we couldn’t access more food. The hotel also had a bad odor mostly everywhere. Not a proper welcoming of the guests as well. The average rating of the day use would be 4/10.
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      • Steve P
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      • scottjN7893TO
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      • Kerrylou71
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        Brilliant day out and excellent value for money
        Our guide for the day was Dhiran, who was friendly and extremely knowledgeable about the island and all the places we visited, giving lots of detail when answering our questions. His driving was excellent and we felt extremely safe with him. The viewpoints and waterfalls we stopped at all had breath taking views and Dhiran was always happy to take photos of us all together. The temple was very busy due to it being a Hindu celebration day, but that made it all the more interesting. We stopped for a 3 course lunch which delicious (Dhiran recommended the Mauritian Chicken curry and it was very good). The bananas cooked in rum and sugar for dessert were A-MAZE-ING!!! Our last stop was a rum distillery, again very interesting and the rums produced were incredibly good. The shop was well stocked and very busy. Overall a very good day out and would not hesitate to recommend.
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      nottageja
      Bristol, UK191 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      An amazing day out from start to finish. Picked up by the lovely Dhiren to take us to the south (considerately stopping for coffee enroute) for one of the best days ever!
      The boat took us out to where the dolphins would be & the crew briefed us on when to jump in and what to do. Owen and Nino were the best guides and out of 3 jumps swam with dolphins all around twice. Hard work to swim and keep up but worth it. Then headed to benitiere island for bbq lunch. Great food and relaxing island. All in all an amazing day thank you
      Written 27 October 2021
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      charan_samtani
      Mumbai, India32 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Dec 2017 • Couples
      Takes up all your day to give you memories of a lifetime. We had a very nice experience of watching so many dolphins together which was not in a zoo and also were given snorkeling time of 30 minutes at a proper place in the sea to have a look at different fishes. Vegetarian food was available and was more than satisfactory (I would advice you to inform in advance).
      Written 22 December 2017
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      Chitchai T
      Bangkok, Thailand16 contributions
      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      It was a beautiful experience. Never knew that they were such a thing. We took the tour and the chance for swimming alongside the dolphins was worth the experience
      Written 20 May 2018
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      melvinslb
      Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Oct 2018 • Family
      This excursion was well organised from our driver Raj who picked us up from our hotel and Pascal who managed to get us on the boat and the skipper Fabrice who took us to view and swim with the dolphins. He was well experience and he briefed us on how to swim with the dolphins and giving us some information about the dolphins. We then moved to snorkel in ‘The Aquarium’ where the colour of the sea was crystal clear and the corals and fishes was the main attraction there. After that we then went on to see the crystal rock and ended with a BBQ lunch at Benitier’s Island together with our boat mates and 3 other skipper which I cannot recall their names. Overall this is the best tours I have been with compare to all the other excursion in Mauritius😊😊
      Written 8 October 2018
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      352lynneg
      Gateshead, UK52 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Nov 2019 • Couples
      Had an amazing experience saw and swam with the dolphins. You had to be quick jumping in the sea but it was well worth it. The skipper was brilliant. The taxi picked us up promptly on other side of the island about an hour away. We then got into the boat about 8 of us so it was perfect. Snorkelled around the crystal rock and then had a fab lunch and creole dancing and singing and lots of rum beer and non alcoholic drinks. I totally recommend this company from start to finish. Book up you will not regret it.
      Written 27 November 2019
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      Joe O
      21 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      I went on a dolphin watching cruise with EcoHolidays Mauritius and had an amazing time. I booked the trip through the trip advisor app three days before. Our boat driver was incredible and positioned the boat in the perfect place for us to get in the water as the dolphins swim past. After spending a few hours with the dolphins we then set off to see crystal rock to take some photographs. We spent lunchtime and early afternoon sitting on the beach of a small island and had a bbq which was also fantastic. I would highly recommend booking your dolphin experience with EcoHolidays Mauritius, it was a great experience.
      Written 22 August 2019
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      Stephen B
      10 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      What a fantastic company we went out on this trip swimming with the dolphins and were lucky to spot humpback whales as well . Great trip started with Ravi our driver picking us up at hotel . He makes the start of the trip such a friendly guy . The 2 boys on the boat made the trip, very good at there job and friendly . Great barbecue on Benitiers island prepared by the two boys also . Everything was well organised and made our holiday . A must on any Mauritius holiday . John was one on the boat and can’t remember the other but made the boat trip a great success
      Written 19 August 2019
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      Bob A
      Margate, UK8 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Wow what a day!!Ben the skipper and Hans on this incredible speedboat knew where to find the dolphins plus a great lunch,we had the best day,would love to do it all again,thanks guys.
      Written 12 January 2019
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