Have you ever had the opportunity to interact with a dolphin? For those that have, they are aware of their loving personalities and playfulness with humans. Dolphins love to smile, talk, dance, and kiss their newly found friends; and many are also fascinated to watch them being trained. Each dolphin has its own unique personality as humans do, and as such, each encounter with a dolphin is sure to provide a new and rewarding experience. The Dolphin Academy in Curacao offers visitors the opportunity of a lifetime to swim, snorkel, dive and interact with the lovely Bottlenose Dolphins.
The Dolphin Academy is a natural facility that is connected to the open sea and is located at the Curacao Sea Aquarium Marine Park on the south coast of Curacao. Dolphins at the Academy can be found swimming in their very own lagoon or in the open ocean where they often frolic and play with scuba divers and the local marine life. The mission of the Dolphin Academy is to present the world with the truth about dolphins in an effort to help protect them. This is accomplished by the Academy through education, training, and special projects.
The dolphins that can be found in Curacao include the bottlenose, striped, and spinner dolphins. All dolphins at the academy are coastal bottlenose dolphins as they prefer to live shallow waters and along the mainland coastline. Copan, Tela, Annie, DeeDee, Bonnie, Ritina, Chabelita, Li-Na, Roxette, Caiyo, Kayena, Tikal, Romeo, and Pasku are the stars at Curacao’s Dolphin Academy are always ready to meet new friends and dive buddies but also long to greet those that they haven’t seen in awhile.
The Dolphin Academy in Curacao offers the following programs: Dolphin Encounter, Dolphin Swim, Dolphin Snorkel, Open Water Dolphin Dive, and the Dolphin Scuba Encounter. For those who wish to touch, hug, and kiss a dolphin will want to get in line for the Dolphin encounter while others may prefer to engage in the Dolphin Swim which allows a 30-minute swim with these amazing creatures. Adventurers may want to try the snorkeling, open water dive or up close scuba encounter.
The Dolphin Academy in Curacao is the third in the world to offer an Open Water Dive program and a valid open water certification is required for all divers that wish to participate in the program. Participants of the program will have the opportunity to learn about the dolphins and how they interact in their natural habitat as well 30 minutes to pet, hug, and swim with these playful animals in the open ocean.
For those looking for a more intimate scuba encounter, may wish to partake in the Scuba Encounter Program which takes place in the Academy’s lovely lagoon and is open to both divers as well as non-divers. This experience allows a group of up to 4 divers to gain new dive buddies as well as study them as well as their movements. Divers will also have the opportunity to hug and kiss their new friends.
The Dolphin Academy also offers an in-depth educational program that will teach you about the science and nature behind the dolphins, as well as their natural skills and behavior. These educational sessions are designed to give you not only current information but also provide insight to the past allowing you to see the bigger picture of how research has transformed the way we view and live with dolphins today.
Want to be an Assistant Dolphin Trainer for 5 days? Dolphin Academy in Curacao allows you to do just that by providing a classroom setting where activities and instruction take place, along with multiple sessions in the water with the dolphins. All participants in the Assistant Trainer Program will be a part of the daily training and demonstration shows for the crowds.
Regardless of program you choose at the Dolphin Academy, you will be rewarded with your own unique dolphin encounter and your precious moments will be captured in photos and videos to ensure that this amazing once-in-a-lifetime experience is not forgotten.