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Gotta Do This…Dolphin Harbor at Miami Seaquarium

by Apryl on July 7th, 2008

I honestly believe everyone should have some sort of interaction with dolphins at least once during their lifetime. It’s one thing to see them on a dolphin-watching cruise, but it’s a whole other experience to actually see them up close.

At nearly a year old (the facility celebrates its birthday on July 19th), the Dolphin Harbor at Miami Seaquarium houses ten Atlantic bottlenose dolphins within its 700,000 gallon dolphin pool. The Dolphin Harbor offers guests two different interaction programs. The two-hour Dolphin Odyssey features feeding, touching and learning about the mammals. There’s also time for  deep water interaction with a dolphin. The Dolphin Encounter is also a two-hour program that includes learning about, touching and feeding a dolphin as well as learning more about the training techniques used in the facility. With the Encounter experience, you also have a shallow-water interaction with a dolphin.

There are certain limitations for both programs as well as additional fees. Be sure to visit the Seaquarium’s website for the latest information including how to register for either program.

For those who don’t know about Miami Seaquarium, it was home to Bebe, a dolphin not only in the park, but her television screen debut as the last “Flipper.” In fact, the park was the back drop, or should I say, back lot, for over 80 episodes (and two movies) of “Flipper.”

Photo credits: (top left) Dolphin Harbor at Miami Seaquarium, (bottom right) Interaction with a Dolphin and (bottom left) Dolphin at Dolphin Harbor. All photos are courtesy of Miami Seaquarium.

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