Dolphin tours in Gran Canaria
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Chosen from many
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Gran Canaria Guide
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🐬 Dolphin and Whale Watching Trips in Gran Canaria
Experience the thrill of seeing dolphins and whales in their natural habitat with our boat excursions in Gran Canaria.
Throughout the year, cetaceans are spotted on more than 80% of trips. For extra peace of mind, choose one of our sightseeing tours with a sighting guarantee: if you don’t see any dolphins or whales, you can repeat the excursion on another day at no extra cost.
⚠️ Important: To secure your spot, we recommend booking in advance, especially during peak season.
Dolphin tours
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Dolphin and whale watching in Gran Canaria
Watching dolphins, whales, and other cetaceans in Gran Canaria is one of the most popular activities for tourists visiting the island. In fact, seeing dolphins and whales in their natural habitat is one of the most thrilling experiences you can enjoy on the island by yourself, with your partner, with family, or with friends.
In Gran Canaria, you’ll be able to find around 30 species of cetaceans belonging to 7 different families, representing one-third of the cetacean species worldwide. The diversity of cetaceans that can be seen in Gran Canaria makes the island a unique destination for observing these marine animals.
Just a few miles off the southern coast of Gran Canaria, you can see spotted, common, striped, and rough-toothed dolphins, as well as grey or tropical pilot whales, beaked whales, orcas, sperm whales, rorquals, and other cetaceans.
The chances of seeing dolphins all year round is over 95%; therefore, on some tours, we offer a guarantee, so if you don’t see any cetaceans, you can return for free on any other day within a month.
Unlike whales, which only surface to breathe, dolphins often emerge and spend more time at the surface and enjoy swimming alongside boats, making them easier to spot. However, boats will only approach a dolphin pod for a short time to avoid causing them stress.
Here are some tips to make the most of a dolphin-watching tour:
- Book tours offering a sighting guarantee on one of the first days of your holidays. That way, if you don’t see them, you’ll have a second chance to repeat the experience for free.
- Book as far in advance as possible to get a guaranteed spot.
- Take precautions for seasickness, as the boats travel up to 12 miles from the coast and can move a bit.
Booking cancellations are free for groups of fewer than 5 people if cancelled up to 36 hours before departure. For larger groups, cancellation is free up to 72 hours before departure.
Dolphin-watching boats depart from the Puerto Base Dock in Puerto Rico. If you are staying in Puerto Rico, you will need to get to the boat independently, but if you’re staying in the areas of Puerto de Mogán, Taurito, Tauro, Playa del Cura, Arguineguin, Meloneras, Maspalomas, Playa del Inglés, San Agustín, or Bahía Feliz, the boats provide a pickup service.
In summary, we offer various options so you can see whales, dolphins, and other cetaceans in nature. We hope that after any of our tours, you’ll get back to your accommodation feeling like you had an experience in Gran Canaria that you will undoubtedly remember for the rest of your life.
Other dolphin tours in the Canary Islands
If you’re traveling to other islands, check here for dolphin tours in Lanzarote and for dolphin watching in Fuerteventura.
Impressive if you take measures not to get seasick. I went with a group of 12 friends and those of us who didn’t get dizzy loved it but the 3 who did vomit and had a terrible time until we returned to port.
Good service. We went there one day, but we didn’t see anything, so they gave us a ticket for another day when we got see lots of dolphins.
Everything was wonderful, but a word of warning: the catamaran does roll about quite a bit. We got a proper close-up view of the dolphins. If you have strong sea legs, it’s a beautiful experience.
Good trip well organized. Hotel pick up from playa del ingles on time. We did see dolphins which was brilliant and worth it fir us as we didn’t suffer sea sickness the crew were very good on board telling us which type of dolphins that we saw etc. However if u have small children please be aware that the sea journey is rough at times children and adults were being sick And were really bad !! we took anti sea sickness tablets which did help a bit but still felt queasy at times the crew handed out sick bags snd were helpful but think again if you have children or are inclined towards motion sickness it really isn’t worth it if you do . smoking is allowed at the back if the boat which in my opinion should be stopped it didn’t help at all if you are feeling or being sick
Nearly a perfect trip. The visit to the park was lovely and all of the shows that they have were quite fun, but the boat trip, if you don’t take seasickness medication like I di don the return trip, you’ll have a bad time.
100×100 recommended. You can’t miss it.
Spectacular but unpleasant. Although the tour is very nice and you can see dolphins, it was very unpleasant to see people vomit throughout the trip.
Fantastic trip! We spent a good amount of time sitting quietly watching the dolphins in their natural habitat; the captain positioned the boat beautifully so everyone got a proper look. The swim afterwards was lovely and refreshing.
Amazing. It’s been several years since I stayed in Tenerife but now with the new orca show, it’s even better.
A must in your holidays. It´s the third time we visit the park. Loro Park Gran Canaria is really in Tenerife and with this tour you will have the chance to live a great experience in the park.