Dolphin Discovery Grand Cayman
Video of the family riding dolphins at Dolphin Discovery in the Grand Caymans
Dolphin Discovery, West Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Caribbean, North America
Dolphin Discovery is a Mexican company which offers interactive programs with dolphins, sea lions and manatees in six locations in Mexico: Puerto Aventuras (Riviera Maya), Cozumel, Cancun-Isla Mujeres, Six Flags Park Mexico City and Puerto Vallarta. Out of Mexico, it has two more locations: the islands of Grand Cayman and Tortola. The company started operations in Cancun and Isla Mujeres in 1990. Dolphin Discovery currently offers programs with dolphins, manatees, sea lions, stingrays,and sharks. Cayman Turtle Farm is a conservation facility and tourist attraction located in the West Bay district of the Cayman Islands. It is used for raising the endangered Green Sea Turtle. Established in 1968 by a group of American and British investors as Mariculture Limited, the farm was initially a facility used to raise the Green Sea Turtle for commercial purposes. By raising the turtle in a farming operation, the investors could raise turtle-meat for consumption without depleting the wild population of the species. Still in operation as a farm that breeds and raises turtles in order to sell product, the Cayman Turtle Farm has also become a research center and tourist attraction. Currently, the farm is a conservation project as well as the largest land-based attraction in the Cayman Islands. The turtle farm welcomes more than 500,000 visitors annually. With the farm becoming successful in breeding and researching the Green Sea Turtle as well as the Kemp's ridley sea turtle, the farm became one of the most successful tourist attractions in the Caymans by the turn of the 21st century. The farm is 23 acres and featured predators, birds, caiman, and other creatures in addition to turtles. In 2001, however, a severe setback to the success of the farm as an attraction and breeding and research facility located next to the sea occurred on November 4, 2001, when large waves generated by Hurricane Michelle inundated the facility. The hurricane was located 90 miles southwest of Grand Cayman and produced little wind, but the waves washed turtles of all sizes from hatchlings to 600 pound adults out to sea. Cayman residents responded to help rescue the turtles and many were saved at the time. For months thereafter, the yellow-tagged turtles from the farm were spotted around the island for following Hurricane Michelle. 75% of the breeding turtles were lost. The farm's release and meat supply programs were reduced in an effort to build up the population following the event. As a result of the disaster, the Cayman Islands government conceived a new vision for the farm when the breeding pond was relocated across West Bay Road from the current facility. The new and more modern facility was far enough away from the sea that it would no longer be in danger of high seas such as had been experienced during the 2001 hurricane season. As well, the new park became an expanded facility to include a nature park. The new tourist facility was named Boatswain's Beach. Following the expansion, the entire park contained 23 acres that included a nature trail and aviary as well as a reef lagoon where visitors could snorkel with native fish and other local sea life, including the Green Sea Turtle. A fresh water lagoon and waterfall was also included in addition to a predator tank where reef sharks would habitate. Visitors were still allowed entry to the areas around the turtle breeding and feeding tanks. In 2010 the facility changed its name from Boatswain's Beach to Cayman Turtle Farm: Island Wildlife Encounter and in 2012 it added a water slide feature to its fresh water lagoon. The Cayman Turtle Farm is the only facility of its kind in the world. It is also the only facility to have achieved the 2nd generation of sea turtles bred in captivity. It was also the first facility to successfully breed the endangered Kemp's Ridley turtle in captivity. Approximately 100 scientific papers have been presented or published based on work in collaboration with researchers at Cayman Turtle Farm. The largest turtle at the facility is Sparky, a 70-year old female that weighs about 550 pounds. While on his maritime travels, Christopher Columbus, when coming across the Cayman Islands in 1503, called the islands Las Tortugas, because of the abundance of Green Sea Turtles found there. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Cayman Islands became a stopping point for sea vessels sailing the Caribbean Sea in need of food; the turtles caught in the Caymans were taken aboard ship and kept alive as a source of fresh meat. As settlements and towns on the islands were established over time, turtling became a way of survival and means of income in the Caymans. By the 19th century, however, the turtle population around the islands was near depleted and commerce centered around the Green Sea Turtle shifted to the Caribbean off the coast of Nicaragua in Central America.
Dolphin Cove Grand Cayman
Dolphin Discovery Grand Cayman, Northwest Road West Bay, KY1-1209, Cayman Islands, is located across the road from the Cayman Turtle Centre.
Grand Cayman offers a wide variety of activities to do, but undeniably swimming with dolphins is one of the favorites among the visitors of the island. Dolphin Discovery Grand Cayman makes this dream come true with their swimming with dolphins programs that are a once in a lifetime experience where you’ll interact with our lovely dolphins. Participate in different activities with the marine mammals like adorable kisses, unbelievable hugs, fast belly rides and the coolest foot push ever.
If you are fortunate enough to visit the Dolphin Cove at Grand Cayman it will be an experience you will never forget.
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DOLPHINE DISCOVERY - Grand Cayman Islands
Make your trip to the Cayman Islands extra special with a dolphin swim adventure that lets you see and interact with these joyful animals up close. Enter a lagoon-like sanctuary and feel what it's like to swim among these friendly and intelligent creatures.
Arrive at Dolphin Discovery Grand Cayman on Northwest Road West Bay and meet a friendly trainer who shows you to the dolphin sanctuary that resembles a peaceful, natural lagoon. Wade into the warm water and let these social animals swim up and welcome you with tender nudges. Say hello with a handshake, and listen for their squeaky vocalizations.
Enjoy the opportunity to try a belly ride, where you speed through the water as your dolphin swims backward and pulls you along, or simply watch them play and interact with each other. When it's time to say goodbye to your new friend, offer up a hug and a slippery kiss before you delightful experience comes to an end.
After this, towel off and take advantage of the park facilities, enjoy its pristine natural ocean habitat, or visit the Turtle Farm, located just across the street from the dolphin park.
Dolphin Swim Grand Cayman
Swimming with the dolphins in Grand Cayman on a Royal Caribbean cruise Jan 3-10 2010
Turtles Farm, Dolphin Discovery, West Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Caribbean, North America
Dolphin Discovery is a Mexican company which offers interactive programs with dolphins, sea lions and manatees in six locations in Mexico: Puerto Aventuras (Riviera Maya), Cozumel, Cancun-Isla Mujeres, Six Flags Park Mexico City and Puerto Vallarta. Out of Mexico, it has two more locations: the islands of Grand Cayman and Tortola. The company started operations in Cancun and Isla Mujeres in 1990. Dolphin Discovery currently offers programs with dolphins, manatees, sea lions, stingrays,and sharks. Cayman Turtle Farm is a conservation facility and tourist attraction located in the West Bay district of the Cayman Islands. It is used for raising the endangered Green Sea Turtle. Established in 1968 by a group of American and British investors as Mariculture Limited, the farm was initially a facility used to raise the Green Sea Turtle for commercial purposes. By raising the turtle in a farming operation, the investors could raise turtle-meat for consumption without depleting the wild population of the species. Still in operation as a farm that breeds and raises turtles in order to sell product, the Cayman Turtle Farm has also become a research center and tourist attraction. Currently, the farm is a conservation project as well as the largest land-based attraction in the Cayman Islands. The turtle farm welcomes more than 500,000 visitors annually. With the farm becoming successful in breeding and researching the Green Sea Turtle as well as the Kemp's ridley sea turtle, the farm became one of the most successful tourist attractions in the Caymans by the turn of the 21st century. The farm is 23 acres and featured predators, birds, caiman, and other creatures in addition to turtles. In 2001, however, a severe setback to the success of the farm as an attraction and breeding and research facility located next to the sea occurred on November 4, 2001, when large waves generated by Hurricane Michelle inundated the facility. The hurricane was located 90 miles southwest of Grand Cayman and produced little wind, but the waves washed turtles of all sizes from hatchlings to 600 pound adults out to sea. Cayman residents responded to help rescue the turtles and many were saved at the time. For months thereafter, the yellow-tagged turtles from the farm were spotted around the island for following Hurricane Michelle. 75% of the breeding turtles were lost. The farm's release and meat supply programs were reduced in an effort to build up the population following the event. As a result of the disaster, the Cayman Islands government conceived a new vision for the farm when the breeding pond was relocated across West Bay Road from the current facility. The new and more modern facility was far enough away from the sea that it would no longer be in danger of high seas such as had been experienced during the 2001 hurricane season. As well, the new park became an expanded facility to include a nature park. The new tourist facility was named Boatswain's Beach. Following the expansion, the entire park contained 23 acres that included a nature trail and aviary as well as a reef lagoon where visitors could snorkel with native fish and other local sea life, including the Green Sea Turtle. A fresh water lagoon and waterfall was also included in addition to a predator tank where reef sharks would habitate. Visitors were still allowed entry to the areas around the turtle breeding and feeding tanks. In 2010 the facility changed its name from Boatswain's Beach to Cayman Turtle Farm: Island Wildlife Encounter and in 2012 it added a water slide feature to its fresh water lagoon. The Cayman Turtle Farm is the only facility of its kind in the world. It is also the only facility to have achieved the 2nd generation of sea turtles bred in captivity. It was also the first facility to successfully breed the endangered Kemp's Ridley turtle in captivity. Approximately 100 scientific papers have been presented or published based on work in collaboration with researchers at Cayman Turtle Farm. The largest turtle at the facility is Sparky, a 70-year old female that weighs about 550 pounds. While on his maritime travels, Christopher Columbus, when coming across the Cayman Islands in 1503, called the islands Las Tortugas, because of the abundance of Green Sea Turtles found there. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Cayman Islands became a stopping point for sea vessels sailing the Caribbean Sea in need of food; the turtles caught in the Caymans were taken aboard ship and kept alive as a source of fresh meat. As settlements and towns on the islands were established over time, turtling became a way of survival and means of income in the Caymans. By the 19th century, however, the turtle population around the islands was near depleted and commerce centered around the Green Sea Turtle shifted to the Caribbean off the coast of Nicaragua in Central America.
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