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Dolphin Cruise and Cave Exploration: Guaranteed Wildlife Sightings from Albufeira Marina
4.4
229 Ratings
Albufeira
Embark on a thrilling Dolphin Cruise and Cave Exploration from Albufeira Marina. Guaranteed wildlife sightings and a chance to explore stunning coastal caves. Book now!
Embark on a thrilling Dolphin Cruise and Cave Exploration from Albufeira Marina. Guaranteed wildlife sightings and a chance to explore stunning coastal caves. Book now!
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- R. Marina de Albufeira 3B - This activity offers a unique combination of two memorable experiences along the western coast of the Algarve: observing cetaceans (dolphins) and exploring the region’s breathtaking caves and rock formations. The most frequently spotted cetacean species are the “Common Dolphin” (Delphinus Delphis) and the “Bottlenose Dolphin” (Tursiops Truncatus).
- R. Marina de Albufeira 3B - This activity offers a unique combination of two memorable experiences along the western coast of the Algarve: observing cetaceans (dolphins) and exploring the region’s breathtaking caves and rock formations. The most frequently spotted cetacean species are the “Common Dolphin” (Delphinus Delphis) and the “Bottlenose Dolphin” (Tursiops Truncatus).
What's Included
- All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
- Expert guidance from a professional guide
- Live on-board commentary to enrich your experience
- All taxes, fees, and handling charges included
- Expert guidance from a professional guide
- Live on-board commentary to enrich your experience
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
This activity, commencing from Marina Albufeira, is an engaging two and a half hour experience which will allow you to witness these astonishing creatures in their natural surroundings, just a few miles off the coast. Post spending some time with the dolphins, we will take you on a tour of the coastline, showcasing some of our remarkable caves.
Please…
This activity, commencing from Marina Albufeira, is an engaging two and a half hour experience which will allow you to witness these astonishing creatures in their natural surroundings, just a few miles off the coast. Post spending some time with the dolphins, we will take you on a tour of the coastline, showcasing some of our remarkable caves.
Please note, the sequence of the activity might be subject to change based on our captain’s evaluation of the dolphins’ position.
In this experience, we offer two distinct packages: one comes with a quality assurance promise, guaranteeing a full reimbursement if no dolphins are spotted, while the other does not include this benefit.
- Check-in up to 30 minutes from departure time
- Pregnant women may be subject to an evaluation of the crew, depending on the ocean conditions
- Children under 3 years of age may be subject to an evaluation of the crew, depending on the ocean conditions
- Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult
- Not wheelchair accessible (except if the passenger is able to change from wheelchair to the boat seat)
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If cancelled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund
- Dress code: subject to weather conditions. Recommend light jacket.
- The experience and/or the itinerary might change according with the weather and/or sea conditions.
- Dolphins are wild creatures, It’s not guaranteed they will be encountered. The tour duration can change subject to that.
Location
R. Marina de Albufeira 3A
Rua Marina de Albufeira
Please meet us at Várzea da Orada, CP 707-H, 8200-394, Albufeira. The check-in is 30 minutes before departure time.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(229 Ratings)
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5imona
Oct 29, 2025
Wonderful cruise along the shore and dolphin view - Wonderful cruise, very good all 3 staff, sailor Miguel, capitan and guide. The guide explained the history of each the caves and was very knowlegable. The ship very clean, almost new. The scenery is breath takeing. Is a 2.30 hours tour and in recomand. Was the best!
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Carol_h
Oct 18, 2025
Absolutely fantastic but... - Absolutely fantastic but be prepared to get wet. I’m almost 80 and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Would recommend to any age
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685abigailg
Oct 16, 2025
Dolphins, hallelujah Dolphins - I enjoyed it so much I went twice.
I used Algar Experience company, mainly as the hotel i stayed recommended them, i'm sure tgey have a discount or something, anyway as I have to use walking aids i wanted the hotel to find or recommend a boat trip suitable for those with mobility issues, and wow did i get the experience I was hoping for.
I love dolphins, that was my main reason for booking, of course no guarantee as they are wild and possibly unpredictable.
My first trip was closer to the coastline, roughly 1 hour into the trip we were blessed with an amazing visit with a family pod including a baby, it was truly amazing. Pod of 8 in total, and very as curious with us as we were with them, mum and baby did stay a little further away from our group, but it's as though mum was telling them to perform for the silky tourists.
I was overwhelmed and quite frankly buzzing for the rest of the day, so much that I booked again.
The crew were tremendous, gave the passengers a great experience, laughs, songs and provided a lot of knowledge of the area.
The next trip was with the same company but one of their other boats, this one took you further out into Atlantic, we seemed to be travelling for a while, every tip of a wave i thought was dolphin, but no. Sadly just as I thought this trip would not provide what I craved, we came across another group, an older group a different group. These were adults but very playful, they swan at the now of the boat, surfing the waves, they flipped their tales, only thing they didn't do was leap out of the water. But I caught on camera plenty of lucky shots.
The trips were €29 for 1 adult.
They did advertise if you didn't see a dolphins you'd get a refund, that's only if 2 or more in the group, solo travellers no refund, but they have the latest technology, have excellent spotters and keep track of sitings in the area,so I'd probably say the odds are in your favour so see dolphins.
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Caroline
Oct 14, 2025
Lovely way to spend your morning - What a lovely experience and would highly recommend! The staff on the catamaran were friendly and knowledgeable. I went at 10am and we saw dolphins soon after we left the marina. Stayed there for a good while and then went fast along the coast to the caves and then slowly back. Fantastic caves and commentary from the staff, mentioning points of interest along the way. This isn’t a big catamaran, and the pre booking said to take a jacket. There was a bit of spray at times but nothing much. We were fortunate the sea was calm.
A great way to spend the morning and finished with lunch in the marina.
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Julie_k
Oct 14, 2025
Excellent trip out to sea - Staff were helpful and shared their knowledge of the area and marine life, my daughter and I throughly enjoyed the dolphin watching and viewing the coastline and caves up close. Good size of boat, limited amount of people onboard. Overall, excellent trip from start to finish, would highly recommend using this tour group.
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Grainne187
Oct 1, 2025
Fantastic - Absolutely Fantastic!!
The tour was amazing the hosts and captains of the boat were amazing it was such a brilliant experience
The tour was 2hrs30mins we were out about 10 Mins and immediately seen the wild dolphins which was fantastic as we were told it may be unlikely to see them and if not money would be back gauranteed
It passed the afternoon for us and honestly I cannot wait to go back and do it again
We booked the tickets through our hotel which was €29 which was brilliant and well worth it
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Sylvie_v
Sep 29, 2025
We really liked... - We really enjoyed this activity. The driver of the boat very competent, and what about the scenery wow.
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M8793sbstevenl
Sep 23, 2025
september boat trip - Super trip on a sunny September afternoon - excellent commentary from on board staff - only downside was provisio at the start of the trip that no food and drinks were permitted even though no food or drink was sold on board, am assuming this excluded water consumption on a hot afternoon but no clarity was provided - apart from that would fully recommend
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Lsbrandon2002
Oct 13, 2025
Saw the dolphins but the music!!!! - We booked this for a group of friends. First the positives. The staff were friendly and professional. Didn't tell us much about the caves but had a fact for each which was fine. We saw a pod of dolphins which was lovely.
The bad was that the music was so loud! I couldn't hear myself think and it wasn't at all in line with a nice relaxing experience. Far too loud and a very odd choice of music. I would recommend that you take a jacket or coat as we were FREEZING sitting towards the rear of the boat and got splashed a lot! Overall I think there are probably better options for a boat trip.
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Falkirkbairn70
Oct 9, 2025
Good trip but watch out for boat/time being changed at last minute - The trip itself was good, we did see dolphins and the guy doing the commentary was very good. However this operator algar experience, lie about their boats having engine trouble and bump customers onto other boats or cancel them of the boat they are due to be in does not have a certain number of people booked. While I get this from a commercial aspect it’s highly inconvenient for customers especially if it’s your last day here. We were moved from the 10am boat to the 11am boat only when we turned up at 9.30. We’d specifically chosen the first boat Sea Mystic for its higher profile to be blue to see. We were staying by the marina and funnily enough Sea Mystic sailed out for its 3.30 sailing.
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