Dingle Boat Tours: Experience Wildlife Sightings on a Thrilling Sea Safari

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Embark on a thrilling sea safari with Dingle Boat Tours and get up close and personal with whales, puffins, seals, and dolphins in their natural habitat. Book your Wildlife RIB Adventure today!

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Dingle Marina - Take an exciting Rib adventure around the beautiful Blasket islands….
Experience the thrill of a 2.5 hour speedboat ride around the Blasket islands onboard our newly commissioned 11.5m RIB. Explore hidden coves and sea caves as you travel through the domain of the seals, dolphins, whales and puffins.

What's Included

Waterproof jackets provided
Spray pants provided
Lifejackets provided

Additional Information

Experience the thrill of encountering whales, puffins, seals, and dolphins in their natural habitat at Ireland’s only Marine National Park.
Seeking the ultimate sea adventure? Discover our two and a half hour Sea Safari, accommodating 12 passengers. Embark on an exciting journey around Europe’s most westerly islands, where you’ll marvel at stunning…

Location

Dingle Boat Tours

Beside the car park. Please arrive 30 minutes before trip to be fitted with jackets etc.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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466nickh

Sep 10, 2025

Wonderful Experience! - The Wildlife RIB adventure was one of the highlights of our trip to Ireland. Our guide – Declan – was wonderful. In addition to being a naturalist, he was also a great historian, comedian and storyteller. Booking our trip was easy and we were treated extremely well by the woman in the office.

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Kingswood41

Aug 26, 2025

Magical Experience - Just such a lovely experience. Well worth the money. I have been twice now with my son and will go again. Skipper is fantastic and gives a great tour with lots of history but the sightings of porpoises, dolphins and whales are just so wonderful. A special trip.

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Seaside01450628478

Aug 6, 2025

Great family - A very nice boat trip. We were there with my husband my 2 daughters (13 and 15 years old) and myself. We saw beautiful landscapes, we were among dolphins, we also saw seals and lots of birds. The weather was not mild and despite that the release was great, the loaned waterproof clothes are perfect. We speak poor English so we could not take full advantage of all the explanations but despite this the outing was loved by the whole family.

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Cmcckildare

Jul 30, 2025

Awe inspiring coastal tour in fab boat with a great skipper - The day of our tour was wet and dull and the tour staff were apologetic but in the end we’d a magical experience that will stay with us as long as we live. We are regular visitors to Dingle and this was our fourth time to do this trip over the years and each time it’s different and we learn or experience something new, Due to the conditions we skipped a lot of the coastal history stuff (heavy mist/rain) and headed straight to more open water where we saw puffins, many dolphins, even more seals and several minke whales. We also toured around the Blasket islands and stunning cathedral rocks. Our friendly, funny and knowledgeable skipper was a treat and passed on lots of stories and information that was new to us even though we’d done this trip before. An important reason we love this trip is it appeals to all ages and interests. Our teens loved it as much as we did. It has something for everyone: the adventurous, the history buff, the nature lover and the linguist. They even kit you out in great wet gear. Can’t recommend it highly enough!

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Carol

Jul 25, 2025

Amazing!! - Unforgettable!! Whales, dolphins, seals, 1000’s of beautiful puffins, and many other sea birds. Great history and other tales from Declan. An exhilarating boat ride along the cliffs, around the islands, and through the sea.

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Victoria_l

Jul 19, 2025

Rib Boat Tour of the Dingle Peninsula - This tour is awesome! The views, landscapes, and sea life and indescribable. None of my pictures do it any justice - so you will have to trust me and just go!! This tour was one of the best things I have done in Ireland. Decklan was driver/guide and he was fun and informative. The staff at Dingle Boat Tours was wonderful. Viator was so easy yo book through and I have never had an issue - my name was on every list and all the instructions were true!

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Zila78

Aug 24, 2025

3 hours by boat not to be missed - Beautiful experience. We bought the ticket online and it pays off since the boat only has 12 seats. They provided us with jacket and pants cover (and life jacket!). The tour started on time at 1030, lasting almost 3 h (we returned around 1320). We skirted the beautiful coast and saw Blasket Island. We saw seals, dolphins but no puffins and no whales either unfortunately. Cmq highly recommend the tour!

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Jean_h

Sep 8, 2025

Cancelled.... - Cancelled. Evidently happens fairly frequently. They mentioned they’d tried to get a hold of me but I didn’t know until departure time. Remain flexible.

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Ciccioexpo

Aug 24, 2025

Activity cancelled - Activity cancelled with only 30 minutes notice. We arranged everything for the tour. I understand the unpredictability of the weather but 30 minutes....

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Sightsee23809343550

Jul 11, 2025

One of the worst RIB boat experiences of my life - This was one of the worst RIB boat tours of my life. We hardly saw any wildlife, let alone any whales. The waterproof clothing did nothing to help, my clothes were completely soaked thru. Don’t let the nice weather fool you, the waves were incredibly choppy I was holding on for dear life the whole time. It got to a point a few of the other passengers were seasick. I’ve been on other RIB boat rides and know to expect the waves and the salt, but this was like no other, my eyes were burning and everything was dangerously slippery. It was seriously uncomfortable and I was left crying most of the time with the vomiting going on behind me and the choppy waves to the lack of wildlife even spotted. If you are wanting to whale watch or even see decent wildlife, I would highly advise against choosing this trip

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From $104

up to 12 guests

1 - Adult