Palau - A visit to Dolphins Pacific

Dolphins Pacific is a non-profit educational/research center in Palau, near the capital city of Koror, that keeps bottlenose dolphins (that came from Japan) in a natural bay formed by small islets of the famous “rock islands” of Palau. We visited the center and took part in 2 of their dolphin encounter programs for visitors, Close Encounter, and Dolphin Symphony. Visitors can interact with dolphins, touch them from the dockside, or in the water, learn to make them do tricks, and if conditions are right, even go on a ride holding the dorsal fin. The trainers and guides are very knowledgeable and guide the visitors to properly interact with the dolphins. The center has been successful breeding them and when we were there, there was a baby of three months old (see if you see her jump with her mother in the film), and one female was ready to give birth at any moment. This was a great experience, and so nice to see dolphins in captivity that still can play with reef fish, and giant clams, in an actual bay in the ocean. Thank you to the management of Dolphins Pacific for inviting us to experience the center, and film it. Filmed in January 2015.