Dolphin Watching Trips in Indonesia: 10 Options, Priced

1.Lovina Dolphin Watching, Swimming, and Snorkeling Experience

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 114 reviews · from $34Our pick

Set out from Lovina Beach at sunrise on a traditional jukung boat for dolphin watching, swimming, and snorkeling. The trip includes a captain, equipment, water, fruit, and tea or coffee. Pickup is available from Ubud and other south Bali areas, though the drive can take 2 to 2.5 hours.

“Amazing experience, we saw loads of dolphins very close up and the sunrise was spectacular. Snorkeling in the crystal clear waters was also a highlight.”

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2.Dolphin Tour and Sunrise Watching in Lovina Beach – All Inclusive

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 81 reviews · from $63

Leave your Bali accommodation before dawn for a glass-bottom boat ride near Lovina Beach, where spinner dolphins may appear in the open sea. After sunrise, have breakfast with coffee or tea, then visit Wanagiri Hidden Hills above Lake Buyan. Optional waterfall and temple stops are available.

“Visited amazing places with a great tour guide. Amazing, amazing day! We are looking to book another tour with the same guy. Thank you! Oh and by the way the dolphins are the cutest animals ever!”

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3.Dolphin Watching Tour, Swimming with Dolphins and Snorkeling

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 73 reviews · from $21Best value

Leave Ubud before dawn for Lovina Beach, where a captain takes you out at sunrise to find dolphins. You may swim beside the boat and see dolphins below, then snorkel over coral reefs with fish and underwater statues. Pickup, equipment, boat fees, taxes, and mineral water are included.

“I was able to spend plenty of time in the water. The dolphins were being a bit elusive, but I did manage to see some swimming below me.”

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4.Bali Dolphin Watching Sunrise Tour in Lovina Beach

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 27 reviews · from $80

Leave your Bali hotel around 3 a.m. in a private, air-conditioned vehicle with an English-speaking driver-guide. Watch wild dolphins from Lovina Beach at sunrise, then visit Gitgit Waterfall, Lake Tamblingan, Lake Buyan, Ulun Danu Beratan Temple, and Candikuning Market. Guides such as Putra, Dwi, and Ketut are praised for safe driving and helpful local insight.

“Very overrated didn’t see many dolphins got drenched on boat ride, not value for money at all”

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5.Amazing Bali Dolphin Watching Trip Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 19 reviews · from $80

Leave your Bali hotel around 3:00 am for a private drive to Lovina, where a traditional jukung boat heads out at sunrise to look for dolphins. Continue to Tamblingan Lake, Handara Gate, and Ulun Danu Bratan Temple, with an optional Indonesian buffet lunch. Pickup is available across southern Bali.

“It's a good trip, they covered all entrance and parking fees as mentioned. Dolphin safari is crowded, with other boats from other tour operators also chasing around the dolphins. But then, you'll get to see dolphins. So, choose accordingly. Read more”

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6.All inclusive Lovina Dolphins Sunrise tour, Waterfall & Temple

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12 reviews · from $89

Leave Kuta before dawn for Lovina’s sunrise boat trip, where you can watch dolphins and snorkel near the boat under your guide’s direction. Then visit Git Git Waterfall and Ulun Danu Beratan Temple. Private transport, boat, snorkeling gear, entrances, parking, and bottled water are included. Driver Gede is noted for punctual, patient service.

“Wir wurden pünktlich abgeholt, haben viele Delfine gehen! Unser Fahrer Gede war sehr nett und hat all unsere Fragen geduldig beantwortet! Sehr zu empfehlen!”

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7.Private Full-Day Lovina Dolphin Watching and Snorkeling Boat Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 11 reviews · from $152

Leave your Bali hotel or villa around 2:00 AM with a private English-speaking guide and drive to Lovina. Watch for dolphins from a private boat, snorkel, eat breakfast and lunch, then visit Ulun Danu Bratan Temple and Handara Gate. Guides may include Beni, Sugara, Bobby, Aprio, Wayan, Exbi, or Rhory.

“Loved the tour, if was very fun. Even saw the dolphins. The tour guide was so helpful he told us everything about the culture and religious belief of Bali while exploring through the city. I even enjoyed the temple visit. It was very beautiful and nice experience, thanks to tomato.”

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8.Bali Watching Dolphin at Lovina Beach & aling aling waterfall

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 7 reviews · from $80

Leave Seminyak at 3:30 a.m. with a private driver-guide for a sunrise boat trip off Lovina Beach, then visit Aling-Aling Waterfall near Sambangan. Breakfast, bottled water, hotel pickup, and a local guide are included. A private boat costs IDR 200,000 per person, and lunch is not included.

“At 5 a.m, we were picked up to go on a boat and see dolphins in the water. We were lucky to see a few dolphins, but not many. After that, we kept looking at and feeding the dory fish. Very nice experience.”

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9.Amazing Private Tours: Dolphins Lovina and Gitgit Waterfall include Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $78

Leave Nusa Dua at 2:30 am for Lovina’s calm black-sand coast and a sunrise boat ride in search of dolphins. With a private driver such as Gede or Gidi, you’ll continue to Gitgit Waterfall, Ulun Danu Beratan Temple, lunch, and Candikuning Market. The day lasts about 10 hours and includes pickup.

“The sights there were picturesque -- recommend for those who love nature. The driver, Gede, was also friendly and helpful”

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10.Bali Dolphin Lovina tour and Ulundanu Beratan

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $75

Leave your Kuta hotel at 3:30 am for Lovina Beach, where a traditional boat takes you out to watch dolphins at sunrise. Continue to Ulun Danu Beratan Temple for lake views and photos, then stop for lunch before returning around 2 pm. The private tour includes tickets, boat transport, driver, and hotel pickup, but not lunch.

“We decided to do this tour whilst we were in bali and see our first sunrise of the holiday. We had a fantastic guide who picked us up called De De. We were picked up at 3am and driven to lavinia to get in the boat so we could sail out to see Read more”

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