Palma Cruises: dolphin watch, prices and times reviewed

If you are reading Palma Cruises reviews before booking the dolphin watch, here is the short version: it is a real company with an office on the Paseo Marítimo, prices published in euros and a well-organised dolphin trip, but check the exact time on your ticket and read its cancellation terms carefully.

Who is behind Palma Cruises

The Palma Cruises website belongs to Tramontana SL, a company registered on Avenida de Paguera, in the municipality of Calvià, according to its legal notice. The sales office is at Avenida Gabriel Roca 16A, right on Palma's Paseo Marítimo (the seafront avenue); on Google Maps the spot shows another business's name, so don't be surprised. They answer on +34 971 68 68 49 and by email.

It claims more than 70 years of experience, but does not publish the names or capacity of its boats: if you care how many people will be on board, ask when you book.

What it offers: dolphins, bay, Day at Sea and sunset

All trips board at the Muelle de las Golondrinas, on Avenida Gabriel Roca, opposite the Auditòrium. Don't confuse this pier with the Escala Real, below the cathedral, which is 1.5 km away and used by other boat companies.

The dolphin trip in detail

The Dolphin Watch looks mainly for bottlenose and striped dolphins, and occasionally common dolphins. The route is decided each morning according to where they have been seen. It includes a stop for swimming or snorkelling if the sea allows, an underwater viewing area and a digital audio guide you listen to on your own phone and headphones. There is a bar selling food and drinks, with vegan options.

The company talks of a 90 % success rate and warns that sightings are not guaranteed. That is its own figure, with no independent audit. A legal trip does not chase or circle the dolphins: Spanish rules forbid getting closer than 60 metres or going faster than 4 knots near them. We explain this in the dolphin watching guide.

Hotel transfer

For €10 more per adult a coach picks you up. The Calvià route starts in Camp de Mar at 08:15 and passes through Paguera, Santa Ponsa, Magaluf, Palmanova, Portals Nous, Illetes and Cala Major to the Club de Mar. The El Arenal route leaves El Dorado at 09:00 and covers S'Arenal and Playa de Palma as far as Can Pastilla. For the afternoon trip, the Calvià coach sets off at 11:45. If you can get to the Paseo Marítimo on your own, save the €10.

Prices: direct versus GetYourGuide

On the Palma Cruises website the dolphin trip costs €55 for adults, €35 for children, €15 for infants and €45 for seniors, boarding at the pier. With transfer, €65, €45, €15 and €55. A 10 % online discount applies to everything, so an adult pays €49.50 or €58.50. Prices stay the same in high season.

On GetYourGuide the same morning trip is from €55, rated 4.4 out of 5 from 395 reviews. You pay a little more, but you can cancel free up to 24 hours before. If your dates are fixed, book direct; if you depend on the weather or a flight, the platform gives you more leeway.

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What travellers say

On GetYourGuide the dolphin trip scores 4.4 out of 5 from 395 reviews, a decent rating for something that depends on the animals turning up. On its own website there are just three five-star testimonials picked by the company.

What weighs most on the experience is the sea. Sa Calma Boats, another company in the bay, recommends morning trips to anyone prone to seasickness, when the water is flatter, and in Palma the embat (the south-westerly afternoon sea breeze) picks up from midday. If you get seasick, choose the morning trip and sit in the middle of the boat (when to go out on a boat).

How to book and cancel

Direct bookings are made on the website by card, and the person booking must be an adult. Palma Cruises' cancellation terms are:

• More than 3 days before: 100 % refund.
• Less than 3 days: the company keeps 20 %.
• With a medical certificate: 100 % refund.

They are in its booking conditions. On GetYourGuide cancellation is free up to 24 hours before and, if you choose to pay later, you are charged 72 hours before departure (GetYourGuide review).

Alternatives to Palma Cruises

• Life & Sea, from El Arenal or Can Pastilla: a 3-hour dolphin trip for €80 (children €70), including a sunrise departure at 06:00. See the Life & Sea review and trips from El Arenal.
• The "Dolphin" in Magaluf is a glass-bottom boat trip, not a dolphin watch: Cruceros Costa de Calvià review.
• If you just want to see Palma from the sea, the Mallorca City Boat lasts 55 minutes and costs €19.
• Every option from the port is in boat trips from Palma port, and the other companies in operators.