Name: Wildlife and Scenic Cruise - 90 Minutes
Price: 75.00 AUD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.4 (24 reviews)

Highlights

Experience seals and dolphins in their natural habitat
An exhilarating ride on a purpose-built boat
Enjoy views of the pristine coastline and cliff top mansions

Cruise along the calm waters of the Ticonderoga Bay Dolphin Sanctuary zone and spot dolphins, seals and other migrating seasonal wildlife. Navigate the famous 'Rip', a treacherous body of water, and enter Port Phillip Bay on a purpose-built vessel.

What's included?

90 minute dolphin and seal sightseeing cruise
Live commentary

The tour commences with an introductory on-board safety briefing, then cruises past the amazing cliff top mansions out into the sheltered shallows of Port Phillip Bay. With your family or friends, you will head off to Chinaman's Hat, a local spot where the ever curious Australian fur seals are waiting to show off their way of life. From Chinaman's Hat, cruise over to Popes Eye at Marine National Park for a look at the Australasian gannets, where your guides will share with you some interesting and educational facts about these amazing birds. From there, you'll cruise the magnificent Port Phillip Bay in search of the inspiring bottle nosed dolphins. There is no need to jump into the water; the captain's technique will place you right next to the action - where you will have a fantastic view into the world of the dolphins and seals.

Important information

Session Length

This experience is 90 minutes in duration
The departure times for the 90 minute adventure cruise are daily at 10am 12pm and 2pm.
This tour operates from December to the end of March ONLY

Guidelines

This tour operates from December to the end of March only.

Cancellation

Change your booking up to 48 hours before the start time of your experience
Changes are not permitted within 48 hours of your experience
Late arrivals or no shows may result in you forfeiting your experience

Numbers on the Day

This cruise runs with a maximum of 60 people.

Weather

If the weather is inclement or raining your tour will still go ahead.

Location

This cruise experience departs from Sorrento, a 90 minute drive south of Melbourne.

Reviews

4.4

24 reviews

5 stars 15

4 stars 7

3 stars 0

2 stars 1

1 star 1

Seals but no dolphins

Sandra 12 March 2024

Found it to be quite boring. Nobody seemed excited. Whilst I know that seeing dolphins is not guaranteed, being on a boat for 1.5hrs and just seeing seals laying around did not make an interesting time. Even the crew on board were not very friendly. Would not recommend.

Mya

Hi Sandra, I am sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy your Dolphin and Seal Watching Cruise. I’ve passed your valuable feedback through to our experience operator. We’re always looking for ways to improve so I really appreciate you taking the time.

13 March 2024

Seal and dolphins

Naomi 16 January 2024

The weather was beautiful perfect for day out on water , comfortable boat to ride Friendly crews , i was just spectator on boat taking photos and video , first stop at seals shed awesome. Dissapointed we did not find any dolphins

Excellent experience!

Hemal 24 December 2023

Overall, It was great experience! Fantastic crew! Loved it! Was bit unfortunate to not to see any dolphins because of the weather conditions, but saw the seals and that lemon drizzle was delicious !😋 😊👌🏻

Dolphin watching cruise -90’

Leontina 18 December 2023

I purchased this experience exclusively because my friend came from Argentina to watch the dolphins. Unfortunately it was a very disappointing activity since we hardly sighted what we were told it was a dolphin. Not even a chance to take a photo either.

Cassie

Hi Leontina, thanks so much for your feedback - We are always looking for ways to improve so I really appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.

26 December 2023

Loved it

Sim 19 December 2022

I am quite scared of boats, but I wanted to face my fear and booked this cruise with my partner, it was an amazing experience, crew was great and I felt really safe and comfortable. We saw seals and a dolphin. I will definitely be booking again

Absolutely loved the dolphin and seal cruise

Sheree 29 January 2017

Was so much fun to be able to swim with the dolphins and seals. Great experience and something I've never done before.

Dolphin and seals were amazing to observe

Michelle 5 December 2016

Cruise was amazing! Crew so friendly and helpful and the sights of the bay and wildlife are spectacular.

Great service that delivered

Cat 5 September 2016

This was a fantastic afternoon out. The seals were adorable & full of character and then mumma and bubba dolphins come to play around the boat for about 15 mins leaping, rolling & playing hide and seek under the boat. I wasn't really expecting to see dolphins so pleasantly surprised. Staff were friendly, helpful and approachable. The boat was modern, comfortable, smooth & even had a toilet. 5 stars from me

You should be extremely luck to watch Dolphins

Ram 22 May 2016

We were not able to get a glimpse of Dolphins, apart from that the tour is very good and the tour guides are friendly and they had good knowledge about the surroundings.

Great, fun experience.

Phoebe 3 April 2016

My partner's parents bought this tour for us as Christmas gift. It was great fun! The crews were super friendly and very experienced, made sure we have good position to watch the dolphins and seals. We had a great afternoon!