{"id":33786,"date":"2013-04-03T08:23:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T12:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=33786"},"modified":"2013-04-03T08:23:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T12:23:19","slug":"making-friends-with-dolphins-in-the-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/04\/making-friends-with-dolphins-in-the-bahamas","title":{"rendered":"Making Friends With Dolphins In The Bahamas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"We were lucky enough to visit the facilities at Dolphin Encounters on Blue Lagoon Island for a memorable day with some bottlenose dolphins.\u00a0 Transportation to the private island facility is provided by the company’s ferries, which make the 3 mile trip from Paradise Island Ferry Terminal quickly. The company, which is owned and operated by a local family, began in 1989 when two Atlantic bottle nose dolphins were rescued from a closing Nassau aquarium. Since then, the company has expanded their facilities and acquired many more dolphins, who are trained using positive reinforcement techniques.<\/p>\n

We participated in the Dolphin Encounter which allows you to personally meet a friendly bottlenose dolphin and learn a little more about him and his friends (who might also pop in from time to time to share the spotlight). After pulling on a wetsuit (the waters can be a bit icy), you walk out onto a waist-deep platform submerged in the ocean. With the guidance of a dolphin trainer, you are led through a educational routine, allowing you plenty of opportunities to touch and interact with your new slippery friend. The dolphin then swims up to allow you to experience a hug, a goofy dance, and a heart-warming kiss, all of which is caught on camera by the talented Photo staff. This experience starts at $98 per person, and souvenir photos are available for purchase (and turn out surprisingly well).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We were lucky enough to visit the facilities at Dolphin Encounters on Blue Lagoon Island for a memorable day with some bottlenose dolphins. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[63,79,73,157],"class_list":["post-33786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-animals","tag-marine","tag-travel-2","tag-vacation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}