ZooMarine

Zoomarine is a marine park near Albufeira in Portugal.

Heather and Steve get aquainted with Hamlet the dolphin

Whilst there we took part in an "interaction with dolphins" experience, a.k.a. swimming with dolphins.

Heather and HamletHeather and Hamlet     Hamlet pushing Heather around in a circle

This included an theory lesson in dolphin anatomy and behaviour

Heather's dolphin interaction certificatedolphin

as well as the physical interaction you can see here.

Steve and Hamlet    Steve Hamlet and Luna playingSteve Hamlet and Luna playing

Hamlet and Luna love to play and we enjoyed ourselves too.

the interaction side of the dolphin pool    the other side of the dolphin pool

 

happy dolphins

 

no dolphins - birds instead            ticket

 

dolphin training school

 

jumping    jumping through hoops

 

comin' at ya

 

it's not just the dolphins who can jump through hoops    two show dolphins give a trainer a helping push

 

surfing, Portugese style

 

sub-aqua, Portugese style

look at me

 

 

I'm a seal    seal

 

parrot    sea lion

 

sea lion jumping

 

sea lion playing basketball

 

sea lion saing bye

 

Algarve photos Also see our Algarve holiday photos (Portugal).