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Experience a dolphin cruise in Akaroa and encounter the Hector's dolphin, the world’s smallest and rarest.
Experience a dolphin cruise in Akaroa and encounter the Hector's dolphin, the world’s smallest and rarest.
Highlights
- Enjoy the beautiful scenery around Akaroa Harbour
- Watch dolphins, penguins, fur seals and birds in their natural habitat
- View the stunning volcanic formation of Cathedral Cove
- Relaxing cruise aboard our comfortable catamaran
Experience a dolphin cruise in Akaroa and encounter the world’s smallest and rarest marine dolphin – the endangered Hector’s dolphin. Cruise past Akaroa’s dramatic volcanic sea cliffs, fur seal colonies, and marine birdlife, all while gaining insight into the area’s rich natural and cultural history.
Black Cat Cruises are leaders in eco-tourism. During your cruise with us, you’ll discover the fascinating behaviors of Akaroa’s wildlife, learn about conservation efforts aimed at repopulating Hector’s dolphins, and explore how we can all contribute to their thriving future for generations to come.
Dolphins are sighted on 95% of our trips, if you do not see dolphins, we will give you a voucher to go again another day. Voted one of the top 101 things to do in New Zealand by local New Zealanders!
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- Adult$95.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$95.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$95.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$95.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$95.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$95.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$95.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$95.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$95.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$95.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$95.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$95.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
- Adult$109.00
- Child$45.00
- Infant Free
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Great trip!
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Great trip!
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Great for family
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Remarkable
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Remarkable
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Remarkable
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Great trip
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Cave
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Awesome Adventure
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Awesome Adventure
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Fantastic and enjoyable cruise
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Insightful Adventure
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Insightful Adventure
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Absolutely fabulous
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Absolutely fabulous
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Awesome Cat Cruise
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Relaxing cruise
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Relaxing cruise
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Relaxing cruise
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A must do ❤️
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A must do ❤️
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A must do ❤️
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Black Cat Cruise
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Awesome 👌
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Awesome 👌
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Cruise
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Best boat ever
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Best boat ever
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Best boat ever
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😎
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Great experience !
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Must do once
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Must do once
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Must do once
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Get your moneys worth!
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Amazing
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Akaroa
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Must Do!
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Must Do!
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Must Do!
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Perfect weather and loads dolphins
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A must do!
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A must do!
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Awesome tour!
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Great day out
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Great day out
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Fantastic and Friendly Experience!
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Fantastic and Friendly Experience!
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AMAZING!
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AMAZING!
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AMAZING!
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I'll be back!
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I'll be back!
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I'll be back!
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Perfect cruise
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A must do
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A must do
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Best trip ever so worth your $$$
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Amazing
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Spring sightings in akaora
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Great family adventure
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Unforgettable experience
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A beautiful morning
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A beautiful morning
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Sunny afternoon
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Sunny afternoon
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Fantastic Team
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Akaroa cruise
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Fabulous Cruise on Harbour
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Listen to the quiet...bliss
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Listen to the quiet...bliss
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Amazing
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Would definitely recommend
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Black cat cruise
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Excellent
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Akaroa scenic cruise
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Stunning
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Wonderfully Magical
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A must-do when in Akaroa!
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A must-do when in Akaroa!
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A must-do when in Akaroa!
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Amazing
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Must do
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Must do
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Stunning scenery
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Stunning scenery
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Akaroa Black Cat
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Absolutely amazing. Highly recommend
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Absolutely amazing. Highly recommend
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Best trip ever!
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Best trip ever!
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Enjoyable Harbour Cruise
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Worth it
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Worth it
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Worth it
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My Husbands Birthday, Fun, Fun and more Fun.
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My Husbands Birthday, Fun, Fun and more Fun.
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Boat cruise
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Amazing!!
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Black cat cruise
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Black cat cruise
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Saw and learnt heaps
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We loved this cruise .It was Great!
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Fabulous day!
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A must do!!
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Great experience!
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Akaroa dolphins
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beautiful rock formation
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Rock formation at Smugglers Cove
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Amazing history
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Amazing history
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The best excursion money can buy!
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Amazing experience
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Fantastic trip!
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Better than milford sound anyday?
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Better than milford sound anyday?
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Great wildlife cruise
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Must do experience!
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Must do experience!
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Must do experience!
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Repeat customer-so much fun.
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Boat trip
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Cruise
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Wonderful sighting and cruise
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Entrance from ocean looking back to port.
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Enjoyable cruise!
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Akaroa at it's best.
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Poor weather didn’t stop a great tour
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Amazing sight for sore eyes
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They can up so close to us
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Amazing tour!
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Amazing tour!
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Amazing Trip
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Amazing Trip
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Beautiful
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Beautiful
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Beautiful scene
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Fantastic trip
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Must do thing
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It was an awesome tour. Perfect day too
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Dolphins, penguins and seals!
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Dolphins, penguins and seals!
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Dolphins, penguins and seals!
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Selfie with Dolphins - Lavish Bisla
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Selfie with Dolphins - Lavish Bisla
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Selfie with Dolphins - Lavish Bisla
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Wonderful Day on the Water
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Awesome day out!
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Swimming with the boat
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Excellent Cruise
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A rainy day
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A rainy day
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Beautiful scenery with awesome wildlife
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一次挺不错的体验看到海豚啦
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一次挺不错的体验看到海豚啦
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一次挺不错的体验看到海豚啦
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Great day out!
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A view of the rock formations from the harbour cruise
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Awesome
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Seals spotting
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What an amazing experience!
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What an amazing experience!
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What an amazing experience!
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Amazing Experience.
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Amazing Experience.
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Amazing Experience.
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Amazing tour with great staff
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Amazing tour with great staff
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Great deal - great trip!
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Nature cruise
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完美的出海记忆
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dorzk from New Zealand wrote on 18 April 2026
Absolutely fabulous
Staff were super friendly and very aproachable. View were spectacular and the skipper was very knowledgeable. The dolphins, fur seals and little blue penguins very super amazing to see well worth the trip
moyras from New Zealand wrote on 02 April 2026
Awesome Cat Cruise
What a wonderful experience. We were fortunate to have a lovely calm Harbour on departure with sunny skies. Skipper Thomas was great offering excellent tour narrative with a touch of good old Kiwi humor. Grace told us all about the Hector pods that call t H is home and explained about the plankton rich environment that gives the water its unique aliuvial blue colour. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip even though the dolphins didnt show.. we saw a number of sun bathing seals and lots of Cormorants diving for fish. We will be back to take advantage of the complimentary ticket to try to see the dolphins again. Thanks to the lovely staff... Thomas, Grace and Helen for a special experience 😄
Lisa Haidle from Canada wrote on 30 March 2026
Nice afternoon
Good way to spend an afternoon. Helpful and courteous staff. Saw dolphins and seals.
Lorraine, Jim, Essie from New Zealand wrote on 28 March 2026
Birthday Preschooler Experience
Our little person loved Hector so much. Way better than buying lots of plastic things. Great experience
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mazz from Australia wrote on 31 October 2025
Awesome trip
Weather wasnt in our favour on our cruise day as it was quite windy and tad wet and sadly no dolphin wanted to play about with us - few penguins bobbing around and some seals lazing about - but it was a nice outing none the less. Beautiful part of the world !