I posted back in March with reference to 'swimming with dolphins' at Zoomarine. We were advised to book but we are having difficulty in doing this...........has anyone got any contact e.mail addy........or any advice?

Btw we are comming to Carvoeiro 22.5.03 to 29.5.03.

Many thanks

Jennie

Zoomarine have their own web site and we got the phone number from that to book when we came over last year. They were very helpful and suggested going on a sunday as that is their quieter day ( it was in august however ). we booked well in advance but you pay on the day and have to be there 2 hours before your allocated time. it was a great experience and i am under severe pressure from the family to book again for this year, who knows i might even do it! hope this helps, any problems and i'll try and find the site again for you, enjoy

thanks for the info julia it sounds great and the kids really want to do this .............. you havn't by any chance got the website address as I cant find it?

many thanks

jennie

jenny, the web site is www.zoomarine.com and on there you will find a phone number. i will warn you that it is quite pricey, included is a zoomarine towel and flip flops each ( wow!) they look after spectators well and also offer to sell a professional video and set of photos of the ' experience' . from what my family said there is a fairly boring ecology style talk first that may well be done in a range of languages, i hope this helps, let me know how it goes

Thanks Julia ......your info has been brilliant and and a great help and we will definitely book it now before we come to Carvoeiro......we cant wait !!!

Jen

Just thought Id let you know Julia (or anyone one else if they are interested ) that I have booked our 'swim with the dolphins' at Zoomarine.....this was done very easily directly with Zoomarine over the telephone.....the telephonist spoke excellent English and was very helpful and informative.........many thanks

Jennie

great, have a good time and i look forward to the 'after swim report'. by the way , i have just remebered that you can not wear any jewellrey, that includes the beads on hair braids, so , if like me you have a daughter with very long hair who insist on giving the man at the square a vast amount of money to braid her hair ( and i have to say complains consistently of RSI as he does it ) do this afterwards as we had to take the beads out of her hair. best wishes , julia

*LOL* Julia .....thanks for the info.........it could come in useful as my daughter, and in fact my friends daughter, have both got long hair and Im sure will want braids put in .........mine on the other hand being shortish and curly.......... I think I'll leave it to them!!!!

But I will definitely do a 'write up' of our experience with the dolphins for the board when we return.

Jennie

Ps......our tickets arrived today .............not that Im excited or anything...... .......except that we did not get a map of where our villa is (The Jacaranda....apparently somewhere near the Carvoeiro Clube) just some sketchy directions

As a matter of interest what is the cost of swimming with the Dolphins. Is there a different price for Children and alternatively Adults?

How long does the swim last?

Do you have to join a group at a predetermined time on the day?

Many thanks.

hi, my name is Aaron,I'm Gerrys son and i went swimming with the dolphins last year.
It costs around €120 and that gets you into zoomarine includes free towel flip flops etc, and also allows you to have 1 guest with you. The swimming itself lasts roughly 30-40 minutes but before it you are given a talk on dolphins and on the dolphins you will be swimming with in particular.

Many thanks for the information. - Price is not cheap!!

Its definitely cheaper than when we went to Florida . The prices they were charging at Seaworld there were almost double and we were told the time actually spent with the dolpins was minimal.....so we didnt book it. But its something the kids (and I ) have always wanted to do.......so its worth it.

There are some restrictions tho.....eg certain medcal conditions that could prevent you taking part in this activity.

Jennie