RIB Boat Trip to Figarolo and Capo Figari with Dolphin Watching & Snorkeling"I will try to give the most objective review possible despite my disappointment with this experience entitled "Dolphin Watching with a Marine Biologist Guide."
I booked through this website because it offered an excursion with a French-speaking guide.
Upon arrival, it turned out that our skipper didn't speak any French at all. I disputed the trip because it didn't correspond to what I had booked.
We were promised that this wouldn't change anything about the excursion (my first surprise: weren't we supposed to be told about the dolphins during the trip? Of course we were...). Given my very limited English and the fact that I had children aged 8 and 12, it promised to be difficult.
They insisted that we take our places on board, offering us compensation of 30% of the excursion price. Okay, we made an effort and decided to make the best of a bad situation! Luckily, we spotted the dolphins quite early on during the boat trip. We were thrilled, we tracked them, tried to photograph them… for 10 minutes… and then we were off again!
With one or two anecdotes about the dolphins, our skipper, although very friendly, was certainly about as much of a marine biologist as I am the Queen of England! I now understand why having a French-speaking guide isn't so important!
And my second surprise: weren't we supposed to observe the dolphins for 30 to 50 minutes?
Afterwards, we went to two snorkeling spots, beautiful admittedly, but which could easily have been shortened to allow for more dolphin watching, the whole point of the excursion!
Once back on dry land, we were greeted by a highly unfriendly manager who was clearly still smarting from the 30% compensation and who accused us of speaking perfect English… well, obviously, since I'm the Queen of England!! In summary, a disappointing outing, clearly what I call a tourist trap, slightly compensated by a friendly skipper who did his best to make the trip enjoyable despite the language barrier, and a magnificent environment thanks to the turquoise waters."T · August 2026