From boat: Dolphins on Rhodes 02.08-2025

On an all inclusive Rhodes vacation in summer of 2025 with my girlfriend I just could not not do some wildlife – especially if Rhodes has one good dolphin watching opportunity!

We went with the company Blutopia. on a snorcheling boat trip to the island of Makru in the northeast of Rhodes Island. There is pretty much the only place, where you can see the dolphins, since there are some fish farms, that the dolphins try to feed on.

The boat trip departed from Kamiros skala, which you can best reach by rental car, if you are in the main all-inclusive hotel areas in the east/south.

Having missed the big white sided dolphins in Canada (which are not as common there though), i was looking very much forward. In fact I was the first one out of probably 40 people on the boat to see the dolphins, since i was constantly scanning the area.

I extracted the pictures again from video, which are better quality this time, because the dolphins came pretty close to the boat. My favourite is the last one, where you can see one eye 😀

Other than the dolphins we actually saw one big sea turtle very briefly but unfortunately i didnt catch it on camera. Some other people saw an octopus while snorcheling – so all in all the boat trip out of Kamiros skala is a big recommendation, if you go to Rhodes Island!

Note: Most fish farms are not very ethical, the ones on Rhodes Island seem to be just a few though, so there is no gigantic overcrowded fish farm area, like what you might know that term from bad press on social media.