Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Places to Visit => Topic started by: penny on February 15, 2008, 20:21:52 PM
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i have heard that you can swim with dolphins somewhere near either cas or kalkan. has anyone been, was it worth going and how much does it cost? my kids are desperate to do it.
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It's at Kas. I've heard that it's expensive and that the environment that the dolphins are kept in is questionable.
Here's the link to their website.Make your own decision about it.
http://www.dolphinchildtherapy.com/index.asp?location=0&langid=10000
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thank you for the link, if the conditions the dolphins are kept in are poor i won't be going. we are going to america in may i understand the facilities there are good. i would rather pay more money for better conditions for the dolphins.
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Questionable? There's bigger swimming pools at Antalya hotels than what the dolphins have to live in. Scandalous is closer to the word :(
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my sister in law went last year. she loved it. said it was very good value in comparison to America, and remember, Turkey is not America. She did not have anything bad to say about the way in which the dolphins are kept, although I have not seen myself, so cannot confirm either way. However remember, Everything will always be bigger and better in America
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...but having now read Scunners post, maybe there are issues!
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:)There has been a thread on here before about the dolphins and having read different facts about the treatment of them It opened my eyes and I dont think I would be taking my grand children there.
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well i went with sue s sister in law to the dolphin s in kas, and i have to say that they are kept in an area which isnt big by any means, but it isnt small either..
it s a natural habitat,at one side of "a lake", so it isnt a TANK....
we had a long chat with the owner, and she explained to us that the dolphin s are very quite and do not do tricks (as they do in America),as they are trained for the disabled.. we watched them for an hour or so, and i could see that they were happy and content with there enviroment...
it costs about £45-50 (cant remember).. and you get about 10 min s in which to swim with the dolphin, i know this doesnt sound a lot of time, but belive you me it s enought!!!!
we DROVE to kas for a day out to see a different area, and came across the dolphin s by accident really, as we didnt even know they were there, but i would reccomend you go and have a look for yourselves, BUT you have to book if you want to swim with them....
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It is believed that dolphins can swim up to 100 miles in one day.
Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it isn't scandalous. Maybe I can buy a horse and keep it locked forever in my garden shed.
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I think, "go and make your own judgement" is the answer here.....we could start a whole topic on the rights of animals, but at least in this instance, the dophins are being used to help disabled children, which cant be a bad thing. I remember being in Turkey 17 years ago and being approached by the guy with the dancing bear...thank god that "entertainment" has been wiped out of the tourist areas!!
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:)Blody hell Sue, not many of us remember the dancing bear, now that was cruel, the poor thing looked spaced out on valium. ;)
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In my humble opinion the best place ever to swim with dolphins is in Western Australia. The place to go is Monkey Mia.
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Why are so many people obsessed with swimming with bloody dolphins?
I don't hear of many people wanting to scratch fence posts with cats or roll around in mud with hippo's
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"Everything will always be bigger and better in America"...,.including the Lunatic Asylums!
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Originally posted by Scunner
Why are so many people obsessed with swimming with bloody dolphins?
I don't hear of many people wanting to scratch fence posts with cats or roll around in mud with hippo's
I've been lucky enough to swim with wild Dolphins, and believe it or not, it was off the Turkish coast. We were sailing the 'Blue Cruise' and a pod were trailing us for a couple of days. When having an early evening dip we were joined unexpected by a couple of them, who were really playful and very very gentle. They were probably more curious than playful, but they swam around us, and really seemed to enjoy the interaction. This all happened very naturally and at their intervention. A totally amazing experience and one that I shall never forget.
I haven't seen the conditions in Kas, but I am told that the dolphins were rescued dolphins that could not return to the wild. If you search you will probably find an old and very 'emotive' thread on here previously.....
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than you for all your advice i think i will stick to horse riding with norma at kaya. it seems a safer bet :)
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My two daughters desperately wanted to swim with the dolphins in Kas when we saw a trip advertised from Calis last summer. I had some reservations, but we decided to go as the girls were so keen. The day before the coach trip, we were told that the time allotted to each child suddenly went down from "about 10 minutes each" to "about 2 minutes each" as it meant they could squash more people onto the trip! This is the point when we tried to drop out of the trip, as we felt we were being ripped off. (I think the dolphin part was about £50 each, on top of the price of the coach journey.) The bloke selling the trip was the only Turkish person we have come across with a real nasty attitude. He refused to give our deposit back (refusing to even speak to us face to face - in stead putting some poor lad in the office to deal with us). He eventually (by phone) dropped the price to try and keep us on the trip. My sister in law desperately wanted to treat the girls as they were bitterly disappointed at possibly not going.
The girls thoroughly enjoyed the swimming experience (they eventually had about 8 mins each, which was plenty of time) but both were very upset about the conditions the dolphins were kept in, especially when we were told that dolphins out in the sea swim for miles and can jump extremely high. We all left there feeling quite depressed.
Definitely would not go again and would not recommend it - it just seemed so cruel. The pool they were kept in was a tiny fenced-in area. The following day we went on a boat trip for the day from Calis, and saw dolphins out in the sea. They were jumping in and out of the water, and seemed so happy compared to the one at Kas, who looked very sad and had to be bribed with food to keep going.
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julesbob0303 - this must have been such an emotional experience, both joy and sadness for the kids. We are in Florida in a few weeks time and have already booked to swim with dolphins there.
One of the most amazing things that I ever saw was about 5 years ago when I was on a dinner cruise on the Thames near London Bridge , when two dolphins jumped out of the water next to us. I had only read the day before that there were such mammals being seen in the Thames again.
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thank you
you have made my mind up we have already booked to go to florida for 2 weeks in may i will book there, i just wont tell my husband how much it will cost him. i can always bribe him with a round of golf and the promise of 3 weeks in turkey in august.
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Just out of interest, is the environment for the dolphins REALLY that much better in Florida than it is in Turkey??? If they can swim as much as 100 miles per day in their natural habitat,surely they are just as restricted in Florida as in Kas.
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exactly!!!!!
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We swam with dolphins in Jamaica. This will give you some idea of the area they have to swim in.
We watched the dolphins before we went in and they seemed to play around together when no-one was in the water. The trainers gave us information about the dolphins and they claim that a wild dolphin will live for 25 years and a captive one around forty years.
There was four of us that went in together. After we had been in the next group went to a pool in another bay. The dolphins did their own thing in between.
They did not appear distressed. Having said that I would still have preferred to meet them on their terms in their own environment.
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Heather, hope you realise people can view your whole album when posted in this format, you may want to take out the rude ones ;)
Tinx:D
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what should I have done then?
Just checked they are all harmless:D
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Just post a single photo
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Heather,
I'm no astronomer but that isn't a solar eclipse. That is the sun behind a branch of a palm tree :D
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Originally posted by heather07
what should I have done then?
Just checked they are all harmless:D
:D I think we all checked them out Heather :D ;)
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It was a solar eclipse.
Look no palm tree:D
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Originally posted by cef
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Originally posted by heather07
what should I have done then?
Just checked they are all harmless:D
:D I think we all checked them out Heather :D ;)
Most of them are Calis from the Mutlu
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Penny, I would imagine that your husband would have a fit if he found out about the cost of Swimming with Dolphins in Florida I have heard it is very expensive. I can it see it taking a whole lot more than a round of Golf and 3 weeks in Turkey.
Maybe a new car or something similar. That would make influence me
Choccy
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Oh look, palm tree
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Good game but it was an eclipse. :P
I took the picture from my usual sun position hiding under a palm tree. Gus took the other from his usual position --Roasting in the sun.
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when i saw the heading swimming with dolphins i thought what a great idea, after reading your comments i don't think i will bother, i get upset over the street dogs, and end up taking a doggy bag home every night for them, never mind dolphins