[2025 Mauritius ] Travel Guide for Baie du Tamarin (Updated Feb)

If you come to Mauritius, you must choose to go out to sea once, and the greater pleasure of going out to sea is to see dolphins. Dolphin Bay is located in Tamarin, a town on the west coast of Mauritius, surrounded by mountains and beautiful scenery. If you want to see dolphins, you must take a speedboat. When the speedboat finds dolphins, you can turn your head or keep up, and you can see dolphins up close. In addition to several companies that offer swimming services with wild dolphins, luxury resorts in small towns also have dedicated dinghies to take guests there. Shoes need to be taken off before boarding the ship, collected by the crew and stored in several boxes, and then barefoot, set foot on the cleaned ship. As the speedboat left the pier and sailed towards the middle of the sea, if the weather was good at this time, the water was sparkling. As the boat sailed farther and farther, the color of the water changed from green to sapphire blue, to dark blue. When you arrive at the bay, you only need to wait for the dolphins to appear. Generally, before 10 am, the dolphins are in the predation stage. At this time, the probability of seeing dolphins is more than 90%. Bottlenose Dolphin Mao Island is one of the best places in the world to get up close and personal with bottlenose dolphins, a common species of dolphin, these little gray creatures that live in warm water and are named for their elongated snouts. They swim very fast, and it is said that dolphins generally swim at a speed of 5 to 11 kilometers per hour, and can reach 35 kilometers per hour faster. However, if the speed is maintained, it only lasts for a short time. Bottlenose dolphins breathe through the water jets above their heads, so they have to get up to the surface every 5-8 minutes to breathe. When the dolphins appeared, all the people around began to cheer and cheer, and the whole Dolphin Bay was filled with joy. The dolphins are always near and far, and the boats keep chasing the dolphins. Whenever a dolphin swims in front of the boat, the people on the boat will be very excited and exclaimed constantly, and the dolphins will often respond to people's exclamations and jump out of the water happily. , and even a nice front flip. Dolphins sprang out of the water from time to time, exclaiming one after another. Groups of dolphins are happily swimming in the sea on the waves, at this time, you can jump into the water and swim with them in the sea, chasing them. In the sea, wisps of sun beams shoot into the sea, and in front of you it looks like a palace with brilliant golden walls. You can see the seabed more than ten meters deep covered with coral, and more than a hundred dolphins swim in groups within the field of vision. , for a while to the sea to breathe, and then to sink to the bottom of the sea, very wonderful. During the two-and-a-half-hour interaction with people, dolphins can be seen constantly swimming up and interacting with the divers. They are not afraid of humans at all and are very friendly. After visiting the dolphins, the speedboat will take you back to shore, or to the next attraction.