Dolphin Swim | Dolphin Academy

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Always wanted to swim with dolphins on Curacao? This is a great opportunity to touch, interact, swim, and enjoy your time with these lovable marine mammals.

What can you expect?

Swimming with dolphins on Curacao is truly a magical experience.  As you swim in the natural lagoon, the Dolphins will allow you to gently pet and interact with them. You will give them different hand signals and see how they will react. A great opportunity to touch, interact, swim, and enjoy your time with these lovable marine mammals.

Don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity!

General information

Days Days Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Duration Duration 1.5 hours (30 min. in the water)
Start-Time Start Time 8:30 AM, 11 AM, 2 PM
Age-Required Min.Age Required Min. height of 1.20M

What’s Included:

  • Experienced trainers
  • Swim with dolphins
  • Extensive knowledge about dolphins
  • Entrance to the Sea Aquarium
  • Lockers

Meeting & Pick up:

  • This tour does not offer pick up service
  • Start time: 8:30AM, 11AM, 2PM
  • The duration of this activity is 1.5 hours, with a total of 30 minutes in the water

What to bring:

  • Towel
  • Dry clothing
  • Sunscreen
  • Bathing suit

Know before you go:

  • Entrance to the Sea Aquarium is included for participants
  • Children must be 1.30m to go by themselves (51 inches)
  • Children between 1.20m and 1.29m must be accompanied by a full paying adult (with 1 adult per child)
  • Please arrive fifteen minutes before the program begins
  • Swim fins are mandatory and provided by Dolphin Academy
  • This experience is not accessible for pregnant women
  • All observers, including parents/guardians signing waivers for minors, are required to pay the entrance fee at Curacao Sea Aquarium
  • After your swim, you can visit the gift store to purchase your pictures or a nice souvenir
  • Family and friends are more than welcome to take photographs from our observer areas. However, participants may not bring a camera into the water
  • There is a limit of max of 6 people, per 2 dolphins
     

Additional information:

  • Dolphin Academy is one of the only facilities in the world that works with trained dolphins in the open sea.
  • The dolphins reside on the premises of the Curaçao Sea Aquarium in four primary lagoons interconnected by secondary basins and canals. The lagoons are in contact with the ocean, allowing a constant flow of fresh seawater and numerous fish and invertebrate species.

Refund and Cancellation Policy:

  • A cancellation up to 24 hours prior to departure of the tour entitles the guest to a 100% refund.
  • Less than 24 hours prior to departure, the guest receives no refund unless due to illness accompanied by a valid doctor's statement.
  • In case of illness, only the person who is ill will receive a 100% refund. Other participants within the same booking that cancel the tour will not receive a refund unless otherwise decided by the supplier depending on the circumstances.
  • No-shows, or if you miss the tour because you are too late, and cancellations made less than 24 hours before the scheduled activity will be charged the full price.
  • In case of operator cancellation due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances the tour will be rescheduled, if rescheduling is not possible or the new time is inconvenient for you, a full refund will be issued.

Learn more about cancellations.

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Google Reviews

★ 4.1 (809)
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Diana Pathammavong
a month ago
I stayed at the Kontiki Resort and visited Mood Beach for dinner one night. The food was good but the portions were quite small. Despite this, the beach club itself was nice and I thoroughly enjoyed the ambiance.
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Jeff Michael
a month ago
Beautiful day at the beach. Enjoy lounge chairs in the shade for $16 each for the day. A large menu offers many food choices. Service may be very slow but with patience every thing is good.
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Yasmeen Jones
4 months ago
The food and service was excellent. It’s recommended that you make a reservation but during the week did not seem overcrowded. The sushi salmon and black tiger come highly recommended from the staff. This restaurant is worth a try for aesthetics, mood, and good food.
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Sorren M
8 months ago
One of the best dinners I’ve ever had. From the atmosphere, to the service, to the food and drink. Perfection. Cocktails were sublime, especially the Royal gin and Pornstar martini. The Wellington was amazing. They also gave some free appetizers which was an added treat!
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JoNo X
8 months ago
A decent place to have lunch by the beach. Service was definitely on island time but we were on vacation so it didn’t matter much. Beautiful atmosphere right by the water, in the shade made it well worth it.

Tripadvisor Reviews

★ 4.5 (2969)
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Explore66476921187
rating 30 Apr 2026

Precious creatures, great crew, loved

The staff gave great directions to keep both our family and the dolphins safe and able to engage well with each other. It was a surreal experience for us. Sunscreen was a must for us. Sunglasses were allowed, no hats.
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arraht2026
rating 31 Mar 2026

Dolphin Encounter Perfect for Kids!

Our children had such an incredible hands on experience with the dolphins! My girls are 4 and 6 yrs old and the dolphin encounter was the exact level of interaction that they wanted. We first attended the dolphin show/demonstration at 10:30am, did the experience at 11:00am stayed for 1 hour to explore the aquarium (highly recommend) and then lunch at their cafe. The pictures they took were beautiful, so we purchased those too. Thanks for such a wonderful day! We booked directly through the dolphin academy, we did not book through our cruise. When we hopped off our cruise, we took a taxi to Mambo Beach. The aquarium was a 10 minute (shaded) walk from where they dropped us. If you are wanting to go to the beach afterwards, reserve a chair and umbrella while you're walking to the aquarium. They will be completely full when you are done with lunch around 1pm.
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F4018RJemilyk
rating 31 Mar 2026

Swimming with dolphins

Instructor was amazing and it was the highlight of my vacation can not recommend it enough
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Travelbugjiggle25
rating 31 Mar 2026

Fabulous

Fabulous experience! Dolphins are very well cared for and visitors are educated on their care, the does and don’t plus the entire experience was well worth the price. Best overall.