Dolphin Discovery Dreams Puerto Aventuras

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Manzana 23, Plano 1 Lote 11 Centro Comercial Marina Puerto Aventuras, Km 269.5 Carretera Chetumal-Puerto Aventuras, 77750 Puerto Aventuras, Q.R.
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• Anonymous

  07 January 2018

  I had an outstanding time swimming with the dolphins. The people at Dolphin Discovery Dreams Puerto Aventuras are great! Dolphin trainer that we worked with, her name is Paola. She was incredible. The Dolphins were a pleasure to play with. All the tricks that they did with you were so easy for you, anybody could do it and there's nothing to be afraid of. These dolphins are so much fun. We then had an opportunity to swim with the manatees. They are so gentle!
  
  I would highly recommend this as an experience of a lifetime that you'll remember and cherish forever!
  
  The one hiccup to the process is that they want you to buy the pictures at a special price before you seen them. Although the price is a little high it's an experience that you'll have for the rest of your life.

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• Anonymous

  18 March 2017

  If I could give zero stars, I would. Please think twice before paying for torture. When you spend money at this place, you are condoning this terrible place and treatment of intelligent marine mammals.
  
  We stayed at the Dreams Puerto Aventuras, and so we're connected to this place. I asked the trainers how deep the "cage" was and they said "it's the largest dolphinarium in Puerto Aventuras." I again asked how deep and he said, "it varies, but the deepest is 16 feet but ranges from 4-8 most of the time. THAT IS NOT DEEP ENOUGH FOR MAMMALS THAT LIVE IN THE OPEN SEA! 8 feet? Even 16 feet? They "say" that the dolphins were born In captivity, but I highly doubt that. Even so, it doesn't make it right and they are only breeding them because people like yourselves are thinking of spending money. The dive instructors on the resort (most divers are guardians of our oceans) are horrified at the place.
  
  They are being asked to push 250 pound men and women for food. This place is no better than a circus.
  
  If you want to experience real beauty and the intelligence of dolphins, swim with them in the ocean.

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• Anonymous

  25 January 2017

  Great show

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• Anonymous

  18 October 2016

  very nice and big

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• Anonymous

  16 July 2016

  I am writing in hopes of saving another family the money and headache of dealing with this company. First of all, the experience was amazing. My children had a blast doing the encounter & royal swim. There are many lagoons in the area, all have dolphins. Of them all, these dolphins seem to be the happiest but still in captivity. The dolphin shows were awesome. Now, on to the bad. You're not allowed to take your own pictures of the experience so you have to buy theirs if you want pictures. Secondly they're expensive. We purchased a photo book and two cds (One for each child's experience) for $150! We were assured we'd receive our book in time before we left to come home. We did not, no one in the resort (Dreams Puerto Aventuras) had any idea where it was, nor did the dolphin discovery company. We were forced to leave with out our book with the reassurance that they'd ship the book asap. After a week of no contact from either company, I emailed the resort. I was told the book had been sent out and I'd receive it within 3-5 days. It's been over a month now and still no book. After emailing everyone repeatedly no one seems to know where it is and won't offer a refund. Swimming with the dolphins was fun but DON'T purchase the pictures!

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• Anonymous

  13 May 2016

  This is a great place to bring younger kids.

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• Anonymous

  29 February 2016

  I am writing to share my experience in Riviera Maya. Now I realise how naive I was believing that dolphins in captivity may live in decent conditions and that the statement "Because the only one that loves Dolphins more than youis Us (Dolphin Discovery)" could be true.
  
  Being fascinated by the wild animals and totally in love with Dolphins and their uniqueness, I have decided to swim with them touch and learn more about the "happy" mammals at Dolphins Discovery in Puerto Aventuras.
  
  There were three more people with me that were inside this pool (I would rather call it "cage") with Dolphin called Charlie. There are two more Dolphins in the same "cage" with Charlie, that at the same time as I was there were swimming with two girls that paid for "Royal Swim".
  
  I asked the "Dolphin trainer" if these Dolphins live in this particular pool all the time. She told me that the workers sometimes switch the Dolphins in the "cages". They have 12 Dolphins at the moment and most of them live 3 in one pool, which is definitely too small for such big and fast animals.
  
  The water in the "cage" is not clean enough. I do realise that the water comes from the sea, but the way it makes is through the channel, which is shared with the port they have inside the Puerto Aventuras.There a too many fishing boats, which, I guess, do not prevent pollution by reducing harmful emissions.
  
  The Dolphins are located in the centre of hotels and apartments, next to bars and restaurants, what actually means that the Dolphins live in constant noise.
  
  In the evening, I came back to the Puerto Aventuras and I saw the Dolphins again They were looking at each other thru the fence. Chasing each other not in the very friendly way (In the morning that day I asked the "Dolphin trainer" why the Dolphins have scratches all over their bodies and the answer was: they play and sometimes they are clumsy). One of the Dolphins was swimming near to the people with open mouth obviously asking for food. People around the fence were trying to reach the Dolphin.
  
  It was so hard to see these precious animals in this condition
  I have to underline that other animals: Sea Lions and Manatees, seem to be in the same situation.
  I saw one Sea Lion that couldn't open his left eye. One of the Dolphins had also one eye closed
  Of course I could be mistaken and MAYBE the animals in Puerto Aventuras are kept in good conditions, but, even if it sounds silly, I saw the eyes of these Dolphins that were looking at me with a deep sorrow
  
  I have promised myself that I will never again participate in any shows with wild animals and will never support such organisations. I would be so happy to have a possibility to just release these animals and give them back their life in the ocean.
  
  Please think twice before paying for the torture of the wild animals!
  

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