We had signed up for the Mantra Ray Evening Snorkel experience and let me tell you...It was amazing!! Emily and Justin were fabulous!! I felt at ease the entire time. The experience with the Manta Rays was amazing, seeing these massive angelic creatures gracefully collect their food. The crew provided wet suits and all snorkel gear. When you arrived to the location there were quite a few boats but its very peaceful and with clear instructions from the crew about respecting the mantras, we smoothly floated into the water and was brought over to the "buffet line" for the mantra rays. A beautiful experience all the while Emily is tell interesting fun facts. One guest from another crew kept trying to touch the Mantra Rays and it was satisfying to hear both instructors sternly inform the gentleman to not touch or he would be removed from the water. I appreciated hearing that, that its not catering to the public. Its about preservation and respect of these majestic beasts! When it was all said and done the boat ride back to the harbor was a wonderful time to star gaze. Plus was provided drinks and some home made brownies at the end of it. Yum! Five Star!
On our dolphin experience the next morning, having a familiar face (Captain Justin) from the night before made us feel comfortable. We had a fabulous time pretty much immediately coming across a group of Spinner dolphins cruising along just out side the harbor. From a respectful distance we climbed into the water and began swimming to meet up multiple times with this stunning and graceful animals.
When we took a little break, we ended up coming across some bottle nose dolphins and a two humpback whales. The last leg before losing the dolphins to their nap time we swam with the mantra rays and then headed back into town! Again enjoying tasty sandwich's and home made brownies.
We had an amazing time with this company and highly recommend using them to lead you on these out of this world experiences. You will feel extremely safe. The boat is small which is great!! because its more of an intimate experience. The max guest crew is 6. You would see some other companies that would have massive parties which I felt would take away from the full experience. You will have laughs, meet great people and walk away wanting more.
There were two regular visitors to this company joining us on the charter and to hear how when they are on the big island, come out pretty much every day with this charter. Speaks even more volumes about this company!
Thank you again for the amazing memories!!
Одговор домаћина
Jan 2017
Aloha and thank you for taking the time to write our company a review. All of the crew are so pleased to hear you had such a wonderful time on both the manta ray and the dolphin Excursion. Thank you for pointing out how respectful we try to act around all of the marine life that we encounter in the water. Please come back and see us again the next time you visit the Big Island.