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.
We loved the Dolphin Watching. Big comfy boat, friendly guide and we saw sooooo many dolphins. We would highly recommend the trip.
Luis and the team were amazing. The trip was beyond our expectations. The kind woman who was our tour guide during the 19 hour excursion was simply fantastic. The bus drivers were professional and in every way, perfect. I would like to stress that this wonderful woman on our trip was worth more than the cost of the trip. She was the highlight of our tour, from the moment she picked us up at 4:40am and said “hi, welcome”. Please tell her…thank you! Thank you so much, Luis to you and your wonderful team. I will recommend you again and again and contact you in the future for our trips.
An incredible day. From the pick-up at the hotel, the boat trip and, of course, the trip to the par kwas spectacular. I don’t know which of the shows I liked more, I loved them all!!
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.
Good boat trip. Seeing so many dolphins was spectacular and even though I got a little dizzy, it was worth it. The rest of the trip was much more relaxed, we sailed along the coast and really enjoyed the ride, swimming in the sea and the banana boat ride.
Not worth it. As soon as we got on the boat, all of the spaces to lie down on the boat’s bow were taken, so we had to sit. Also, we wasted 2 hours and didn’t see any dolphins. The rest of the trip wasn’t very interesting since I didn’t want to swim in the sea or ride the banana.
I’d recommend it. From the moment they picked us up at the hotel until they dropped us back, the service was very good. We enjoyed the ship, and above all seeing the dolphins up so close.
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.
Brilliant. I have already gone on this trip 4 times and I’ll do it again as soon as I can.
Lovely tour; worth the money. The whole trip was well organized; on-time pick-up from the hotel by bus, modern and comfortable boat. The crew managed to bring us to a big group of dolphins that would hang around and play around the boat for at least half an hour. It was amazing!