Originally Posted by Damn Brit
The only place to go swimming with dolphins is on Moorea in French Polynesia. There's a biologist there who takes you out in a boat and finds a pod of wild dolphins and........ if conditions are ok, you get to swim with them. Unfortunately we were there on the wrong days. I personally wouldn't swim with captive dolphins. I had a chance to on Moorea, the hotel we stayed in had captive dolphins and in fact, they were right next to our bungalow. I had us moved because it broke my heart to walk past them all the time. Luckily they moved us next to the turtle sanctuary.
If you put a visit to New Zealand on your list you can do most of the other things when you get here. We have swimming with dolphins, whale watching, ww rafting, black water rafting (highly recommended), diving, skydiving, bungi jumping and whatever other action sports you want to do. Skiing in the morning and diving, flyfishing or big game fishing in the afternoon.