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The Bay of Islands Explore New Zealand, Australia & Fiji!tune
Join Carino Wildlife Cruises for the ultimate day exploring the beautiful Bay of Islands.
Highlights
- Get up-close views of dolphins and other marine life
- Island stopover for snorkelling, walking or relaxing
- We are the only yacht licensed by the Department of Conservation to interact with wild dolphins in the Bay of Islands!
- A unique sailing, wildlife watching and island hopping adventure - the best activities in the Bay of Islands!
Experience the Bay of Islands with Carino Wildlife Cruises in helping to protect our wild dolphins!
A special home base for bottlenose dolphins, the best way to discover the Bay of Islands is onboard the Carino Wildlife Cruises luxury 50ft catamaran. You'll just love exploring deep blue waters, vivid green islands and diverse wildlife.
This 6-hour expedition caters for those who know the journey is more important than the destination - we take a leisurely relaxed approach to enjoy the many activities on offer during the day.
Tour Includes:
Dolphins - Observe and learn about wild dolphins. Carino Wildlife Cruises is the only sailing yacht licensed by the Department of Conservation to interact with dolphins in the Bay of Islands. Every ticket directly contributes to marine mammal research and conservation – Protect the future.
Sailing - Experience sailing among the beautiful Bay of Islands; help the crew set and trim the sails or just sit back relax and enjoy the view and wildlife from the spacious decks of this purpose-built vessel
Exploring - Your skipper will find the best suited island cove on the day where a wide range of activities are on hand, from Snorkelling (equipment provided) to scenic walking tracks, beachcombing or just relaxing in the sun on the golden sands.
All prices are shown in NZD ($)
- Adult$200.00
- Child$135.00
- Adult$182.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$135.00
- Adult$182.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$111.00
- Adult$182.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$111.00
- Adult$200.00
- Child$135.00
- Adult$182.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$111.00
- Adult$200.00
- Child$135.00
- Adult$182.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$135.00
- Adult$182.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$111.00
- Adult$182.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$111.00
- Adult$200.00
- Child$135.00
- Adult$182.00 Less than 6 at this price!
- Child$111.00
Authenticated Reviews & Photos All of our reviews are from people who have booked and paid for this activity thru Bookme
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Nicky Bowden from New Zealand wrote on 22 October 2024
Wonderful day out
We had a lovely day with Vanessa and her crew. Very professional and knowledgeable. We saw penguins, got to swim and walk on the island but unfortunately no dolphins. We will have to come back again.
clynnes from New Zealand wrote on 08 February 2023
Wonderful cruise and snorkel in the bay
We went out on holiday in Paihia and knew we wanted to cruise the bay. The fact that Carino is allowed to get up close and personal with the dolphins made for an easy choice! We were fortunate to have the dolphins play all around the boat. We even saw penguins out at sea! Michi & Veronica were not only friendly and fun, but extremely knowledgeable and catamaran was so smooth on the water (no seasickness). They also provided binoculars, snorkeling gear and reading material to help identify the animals we saw. What a fantastic experience!
Célie Husson from France wrote on 25 October 2022
Wonderful
Wonderful experience! Friendly crew, beautiful boat, small group (10 people, perfect if you don’t want lot of tourists). The company is respectful toward to marine life. We saw dolphins at less than 1 meters of the boat, beautiful day!!!
kerih4 from New Zealand wrote on 09 January 2022
Great experience
Vanessa and Wayne were truly wonderful. Very knowledgeable about the wildlife and the Bay. Thank you for a wonderful experience for my entire family.
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Eva Mueller from New Zealand wrote on 14 April 2025
Very enjoyable encounter with Bottlenose Dolphines
I can highly recommend the 6 hrs catamaran excursion through parts of bay of island. Vanessa the skipper and her lovely staff Megan where super friendly and so knowledgeable about Bay of Islands history and the wildlife, here. We had numerous encounters with a small pod of very curious bottlenose dolphins which hung out with us and even followed us a while. It was definitely great to watch and also to know that we humans are not allowed to swim with the dolphins here in the bay. It helps to preserve the dolphines freedom and encourages their curiosity knowing we dont interfere too much in their habitat. Great day out on the catamaran. Thank you very much.