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Dolphin watching at Kalpitiya

Dolphin watching at Kalpitiya: Majeste's price is $94 per person for two, activity only, prices checked 7 Nov 2026. It takes about 3 hours, with no pickup in the price. It runs from Sep to Apr.

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Spinner dolphins surfacing together in deep blue water off Kalpitiya — Spinner dolphins off the coast of KalpitiyaPhoto: Woshitha via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

What happens

Outboard dinghies launch from the beach at dawn to find spinner dolphin pods off the Kalpitiya peninsula, sometimes in the hundreds. The ride is wet and bouncy. Dolphins are seen on some mornings, not all, and whales occasionally; neither is guaranteed.

What is in the price

Included

Private boat with boatman
Entry tickets
Snack and water
Taxes

Not included

Hotel pickup beyond 4 km of the launch point (USD 60 within 40 km)
Transport: you make your own way to the meeting point

Season

Good month
Does not run
Blank: neither

Good months: Sep to Apr. Does not run: May to Aug.

The operator runs September to April; November to April is the calmest. Not offered during the south-west monsoon.

Limits

Small open boat; life jackets worn.

How we run it

No feeding and no swimming with dolphins. We ask boats to slow down near the pod and not to chase it.

Where it is offered

Kalpitiya

Tours with this activity

Slow travel with the north and east, 21 daysOptional extra · tour, $2,411 per person for two, 21 days, comfort hotels, shoulder season, tickets included, Udawattakele forest ticket and temple-run sites paid there

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Where the figures come from

CCT Sri Lanka, Kalpitiya dolphin watching, checked 7 Nov 2026
Sri Lanka's 2026 whale-watching criteria, checked 7 Nov 2026

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$94per person$188 total

for 2 adults, activity only

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Adults

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$94

per person for two, activity only

The price worked out

Two adults
$188 total, $94 per person
2 × $94
Two adults and two children, 8 and 10
$376 total, $94 per person
4 × $94

From USD 94 per person with tickets, snack and tax, per the operator we price with. Child fares exist but the ages were not published, so a child from 6 is priced at the adult rate and a child under 6 goes free.

Prices last checked 7 November 2026.

Nothing to pay now. You pay in cash when the trip starts, to the person we name with the meeting point. No deposit, no card details online.

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