The 7 Dolphin Watching Trips in Turkey We Would Book Again

1.Dolphin Island Boat Trip with Lunch & Unlimited Drinks

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 896 reviews · 7 hours · from $24Our pick

Side dolphin island boat trip from Kumköy Beach with hotel pickup, lunch, unlimited soft drinks, and swim stops in the river and sea.

“Highly recommend!!! A brilliant boat trip from the moment we got picked up from our hotel to the moment we got dropped back off. The stops were beautiful, got to swim in the river and the sea, lunch was lovely, nice touch with unlimited soft drinks. The guides were great, the foam party was great, got everyone dancing to the Macarena! Excellent!!!”

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2.Dolphin Island Boat Tour w/ Lunch & Foam Party

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 623 reviews · 9 hours · from $30

Side’s Dolphin Island boat tour with lunch and foam party. Sail the Manavgat River, swim turquoise water, chase dolphins.

“Trip was great from start to finish ! Staff were friendly . Plenty of swim stops and amazing stops on the trip with full day out on boat , lunch was also lovely . Would recommend :)”

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3.Dolphins Island Cruise with Swimming Stops and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 617 reviews · 7 hours · from $26

7-hour Side cruise from Manavgat River to the Mediterranean for swim stops, lunch, dolphin and turtle spotting, plus a foam party.

“Awesome experience. We saw turtles and dolphins from the boat. Staff is very nice and funny. Definitely an experience to do!”

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4.Dolphin Island Boat Trip – Swim, Sun & Lunch Included

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 206 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $30.17

7-hour gulet cruise from Side with swim and snorkel stops, lunch onboard, bar for drinks, and wildlife spotting chances.

“Really good fun drinks on board (not free) foam party’s, lunch (included) and opportunities to swim in the sea. You can borrow a life jacket too! We didn’t see dolphins but that doesn’t matter because it was worth the money paid for what we got.”

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5.Side Dolphin Island Boat Cruise with Lunch & Drinks

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 186 reviews · 7 hours · from $28

Double-deck dolphin cruise from Side, Turkey. Swim in clear Mediterranean bays, visit Dolphin Island, and enjoy lunch with unlimited soft drinks.

“Het schip kan wel een opknapbeurt gebruiken……verder was de laatste stop niet meer zo fijn. Duurde te lang. Het eten was prima. Ook de zwemstops prima. Dolfijnen en schildpadden waren ver te zoeken en er werd ook niet over gesproken”

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6.Side Dolphin Island Boat Trip With Lunch And Soft Drinks

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 149 reviews · 6 to 7 hours (approx.) · from $25

Side dolphin island boat trip with hotel pickup, 3 swim stops, onboard lunch, and unlimited soft drinks, plus a foam party.

“Absolute false advertisement. We was supposed to go yesterday and waited outside the hotel for 45 minutes and then was told we would go today instead. We were collected at 8:35am today, then taken to a boat (in manavgat, not kumkoy as adverised) which we sat on in a junk yard type area of a river for an hour and a half before it finally set sail. We were at sea for less than an hour. We booked this believing we would sail past the ruins and temple of apollo, have 3 opportunities to swim in the sea, potentially see dolphins, sail around an island advertised as "dolphin island" and…”

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7.From City of Side: Dolphins Island Boat Trip with Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 100 reviews · 7 hours · from $15Best value

7-hour Dolphins Island boat trip from Side with hotel pickup, lunch onboard, dolphin sightings chance, swimming and snorkel breaks.

“Und hat alles super gefallen , war ein super schöner Tag bei Euch auf dem Boot , super organisiert mit viel Herz und vollem Gefühl. Macht weiter so 🫶🏼”

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