While on our recent cruise on the Carnival Dream, my son and I went to swim with the Dolphins at the Chankanaab Park. This park is 450,000 square feet of pristine space that all nature lovers will enjoy. The park has botanical gardens, a lagoon, a beach and a replica of a Mayan Village.
The lagoon is home to colorful coral, fish, turtules, as well as Dolphin Discovery facilities. Snorkelying and scuba diving are available from the beach. You can walk the pathways that wind through the gardens whre you will see hundreds of species of tropical plants. The park also contains reproductions of stone carvings from ruins around Mexico.
My son and I went to the park to swim with the dolphins. I picked the 1 hour swim. It was an incredible experience. When we got there we were given a “class” on the dophins, what to expect and what to do with them. Our group consisted of 6 people. We were actually in the water with them for 30 minutes. We interacted with them as they pulled us through the water on their belly, pushed us on the boogie board and “kissed” us. Have you ever held one? Well the mother swan into my arms and she weighed about 800lbs then her baby swim into my arms and he weighed about 300lbs.
It was an experience that I will not forgot.
