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Swimming with dolphins

Postby Mermaid on Sun Dec 11, 2005 3:19 pm

My mother has just found out she has cancer and one of her dreams is to swim with dolphins before she dies...can anyone recommend what countries/places you can do this...exc florida as she didnt like it there.
Price is kind of an issue too as we havent much money after medical costs
Thanks :) :oops:

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Postby Mermaid on Sun Dec 11, 2005 3:20 pm

Oh yeah, we'd be flying from London to somewhere.... :)

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Postby rollersetting_secretary on Mon Dec 12, 2005 12:53 pm

I've done it in Eilat, Israel.

Despite all the negative things you see and hear about Israel it is relatively safe there.

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Postby Mermaid on Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:37 pm

Thank you very much...did you book it over there or via a certain website? Can u recommend any packages?

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Postby rollersetting_secretary on Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:27 am

Dear Mermaid,

I booked it over there. I know they have a website but I never bothered to write it down or anything. Sorry.

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Postby mogadishu on Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:22 pm

i think it's possible to do it in the UK in ireland

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Postby Guest on Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:24 am

you can do it Monkey Mia, north of Perth in Western australia.
I think you can swim with them or is it just feeding them. Anyway you can be in the water with them. Ask first tho if you make an enquiry.
http://www.monkeymia.com.au/

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Postby Jarvisma on Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:54 pm

I did it in Mexico and it was amazing.

You can get a decent package holiday there for a week for a few hundred pounds and then go as an excursion while you're there.

We went to an ecological park where everything was environmentally fiendly and natural and the dolphins were in huge natural pens at the mouth of the sea, so they weren't in small cages or anything else like that that wouldn't appeal to me.

Good Luck

(my session was also videoed which you can then buy which would be a good reminder)

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Postby Sugar on Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:31 pm

So sorry to hear about your Mom, Mermaid. :( I hope she gets her wish to swim with the dolphins. It's also been a dream of mine. I've read about people doing this in Hawaii. Visitors can swim with dolphins in a pool or out in the open water. But that might be a pretty expensive trip for her.
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Postby tripbug on Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:38 pm

http://www.irishdolphins.com/


lots of dolphins on the west coast. get a ryan air to shannon,cork or knock airport. water cold now but in two months should be good . very clear but u need a wetsuit to stay in long.
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Re: Swimming with dolphins

Postby tamachant on Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:40 pm

Mermaid wrote:My mother has just found out she has cancer and one of her dreams is to swim with dolphins before she dies...can anyone recommend what countries/places you can do this...exc florida as she didnt like it there.
Price is kind of an issue too as we havent much money after medical costs
Thanks :) :oops:



You can swim with dolphins in the Oman, near Dubai, in sea, a friend just sent me pics, you just hop on a boat and they are everywhere
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Postby Clytum Nestra on Sun May 14, 2006 5:51 pm

Hi Mermaid, there are lots of places you can goto. America, The Red Sea, Malta, Jamaica and Mexico to name but a few.
It seems at the moment that Malta isone of the cheapest around at the moment if you are wanting to spend little as possible. :D

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Postby SWEETSUGAH on Wed May 17, 2006 7:05 pm

im sorry to hear the bad news for ur mom.....i send u my love

You can swim in any country in the Carribean or South America

i did it in Cuba, Mexico, Barbados, Jamaica ( just to name a few) yes i loveeeee travelling :animal:

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Postby T76 on Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:38 am

The Mediterraneo, a marine park in Malta, does it - Malta will also probably be cheaper that some of the other destinations.

I wish you mum all the best, and if you ever need anyone to talk to just PM me - my mum has had cancer for 6 years and currently has very little time left, so I know what you are going through.

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Postby P_1984d on Sun Jun 11, 2006 11:12 pm

The Bahamas!!!

Iam sorry to hear about your mums cancer - how long has she got left? I hope you make the most of your time together and make her feel really special.

I know places like Tenerife have aqua parks with Dolphin shows etc.. but with regards to actually being allowed in the water with them I have no idea!

Try California too

Hope you find something that suits - One of my top things to do is swim with dolphins too, Good luck!
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