Shark and Stingray Encounter at Ocean World

Beginning with a visit to a warm sandy pool, where a dozen or more gentle stingrays sweep the bottom with their velvety wings, you will glide across the surface of the pool with a mask and snorkel, and touch the backs of these friendly sea creatures. These gentle creatures no longer have their stingers, so you're perfectly safe to swim and enjoy the sensation of their graceful bodies moving around you. It's a good way to prepare you for the next, and most fearsome creature of the deep, the shark.

Of all marine creatures, none is more fascinating than the shark! Ocean World is the only marine park in the world to offer guests the chance to hold, to touch and to explore the deep sea secrets of the nurse shark. Under the close supervision of trained staff members, you will touch, hold, feed and ultimately swim with a small school of adult nurse sharks. These magnificent creatures, some as long as 7ft, will amaze you with their sandpapery skin, their fearsome teeth and their relaxed attitude towards humans, giving you an understanding and an appreciation of this beautiful and awe-inspiring creature that very few people will ever share! This is truly the adventure of a lifetime and a rare opportunity to meet nature on its own breathtaking terms.

Have your picture taken by the professional photographers - you'll want brag to your friends back home!
You also have the option of combining your Shark and Stingray Encounter with a Dolphin Swim Program

Dolphin Swim: The Dolphin Swim is the most popular program at Ocean World, it ultimately gives you the chance to experience a truly personal encounter with the dolphins. For 30 minutes you will spend some special moments in the water with the dolphins, sharing a kiss, hugging, dancing, feeding, petting and swimming. A 'human hurdle' and a spectacular dorsal fin tow will finish off the program!
Admission is included when you book this interaction program.

Schedule Details Departs: Daily Departure Point: Tour departs from most Puerto Plata, Playa Dorada, Cofresi and Maimon hotels. A surcharge is charged for passengers transferring from Sosua, Cabarette, Rio San Juan, Bahia Principe, Playa Grande and Luperon (payable direct and only available on certain days). Departure Time: Stingray Encounters operate at the following times:

• 9:30am
• 12:00pm
• 2:00pm
• 4:00pm

Shark Encounters operate at the following times:

• 10:00am
• 12:30pm
• 2:30pm
• 4:30pm

Hotel Pickup: Hotel pick-up is included from most major hotels in Puerto Plata, Playa Dorada, Cofresi and Maimon. A surcharge is charged for passengers transferring from Sosua, Cabarette, Rio San Juan, Bahia Principe, Playa Grande and Luperon (payable direct and only available on certain days). You MUST provide your hotel details in the 'Hotel Pick-Up Box' at time of booking. If you do not indicate this at the time of booking, you will be required to call and advise them of this information directly. Itinerary: Park Schedule

• 9:30am - 5:30pm: Caribbean Snorkel Reef, and the Love Bird Encounter Tropical Bird Sanctuary, all run continually throughout the day
• 9:30am: Stingray Encounter; Sea Lion Encounter
• 10:00am: Dolphin Swim and Encounter; Shark Feeding Show and Encounter
• 11:00am: Sea Lion Show; Dolphin Swim and Encounter
• 11:30am: Sea Lion Encounter
• 12:00pm: Dolphin Swim and Encounter; Stingray Encounter
• 12:30pm: Shark Feeding Show and Encounter
• 1:00pm: Dolphin Swim and Encounter
• 1:30pm: Sea Lion Encounter
• 2:00pm: Dolphin Swim and Encounter; Stingray Encounter
• 2:30pm: Shark Feeding Show and Encounter
• 3:00pm: Dolphin Swim and Encounter; Sea Lion Show
• 3:30pm: Sea Lion Encounter
• 4:00pm: Dolphin Swim and Encounter; Stingray Encounter
• 4:30pm: Shark Feeding Show and Encounter
• 5:00pm: Dolphin Swim and Encounter

Schedule is subject to change. Please ensure you call to reconfirm your Encounter times and check with Ocean World Staff upon arrival.

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