Small-group boat trip · Piran
Piran Bay Dolphin Watching with Researchers
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Schedule
- 09:00–13:00
- Departs from
- Piran
- Languages
- EN
- Payment
- On the day, no prepayment
Overview
Run in summer from Piran, this educational boat trip goes out with Slovenian researchers who study the resident bottlenose dolphin population of the Gulf of Trieste. The boat ranges across Piran Bay and further out, explaining photo-identification, acoustic monitoring and habitat observation. The trip lasts about four hours with no swim stop. Dolphin sightings are not guaranteed.
Boats running this tour
1 boatPick a boat to see its times, photos and booking form. You pay on board on the day.
Route
Piran harbour, Piran Bay, Gulf of Trieste off Piran, Piran harbour
- 09:00
- 09:40
- 11:20
- 13:00
Times and stop order are a sample itinerary; each boat sets its own schedule and the skipper may adjust the route for weather and sea conditions.
What's included
Included
- Boat trip with researchers
- Talks on dolphin research methods
Not included
- Food and drinks
Who it's for
Suitable
- Families with children — no age limit
- Solo travellers and small groups — per-person seats
Not suitable / ask first
- Pets — no boat lists them as allowed
- Wheelchairs — access not listed, ask in advance
- Alcohol — no boat lists it as sold or allowed, ask first
Compiled from the details each boat gives on its own profile.
Good to know
- Meeting point
- Piran
- Hotel pick-up
- No hotel pick-up listed; you make your own way to the meeting point.
- Season
- July–August
- Prices
- Adult €31 · Child €15Prices are each boat's current rates.
- Cancellation
- More than 24 h before: free cancellation
- 12 h–24 h before: late cancellation
- Less than 12 h before: counts as a no-show
- Weather
- If wind or waves make the trip unsafe, the operator postpones or cancels; you are never charged for an operator cancellation. You pay on board, so there is no prepayment at risk.
- Local notes
- Sightings are not guaranteed.
- The boat keeps its distance and does not chase or feed dolphins.
- Runs on set summer dates only; cancelled in bad weather.
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