The Monkey Mia dolphin experience is managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife, Western Australia. Each morning for more than 50 years wild Indo Pacific Bottlenose dolphins have visited the shallows of Monkey Mia, in the Shark Bay World Heritage Area. This rare and famous animal encounter is one of the world’s great wildlife experiences and attracts more than 100,000 visitors each year. Dolphins are fed under strict supervision of Department of Parks and Wildlife officers with feed amounts small so the dolphins continue to behave and hunt naturally and teach their young important survival skills.

Times for the dolphin experiences depend on, if, and when the dolphins visit the beach. Between 7:45am and 12 noon up to 4 mature female dolphins can be offered fish the first three times they visit. If the dolphins visit more than three times or after 12 noon they will not be fed. It is best to arrive early as dolphin experiences may finish well before noon. There are days when the dolphins choose not to visit the beach, however these days are rare -Monkey Mia has a 99% dolphin attendance rate!

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