Western Australia's warm waters are teeming with friendly bottlenose dolphins, who love to swim by and say G'day to their two-legged mates.
These playful mammals will delight and amaze with their grace, serenity and mischievous shenanigans.
You can spot them leaping through the air all along the pristine coastline, but for one-on-one interaction your best bet is Monkey Mia, Rockingham, Mandurah or Bunbury.
At Monkey Mia, 850 kilometres north of Perth, a small pod of dolphins regularly swim into the calm shallows to snare a feed of fish from the hands of specially trained rangers or visitors lucky enough to be chosen.
In this picturesque and isolated corner of the globe, dolphins and humans have been mingling for more than 40 years.
Experience the thrill of taking a dip with the dolphins in Rockingham and Bunbury. These intelligent creatures seem to love the interaction as much as we do!
They frolic and cavort around swimmers, circling and diving among them as if to welcome them to their underwater playground.
Rockingham's crystal-clear waters have been home to the same group of dolphins for more than 50 years - all 150-plus of them.
Specialist tour charters leave Rockingham's yacht club jetty daily, transporting visitors to the heart of dolphin territory. The best time for dolphin spotting is between September and May.
Viewing platforms and microphones mean you can also enjoy the whole dolphin experience without getting your feet wet.
Further south in Bunbury, the Dolphin Discovery Centre is home to around 90 bottlenose dolphins and is one of the few places in the world where wild dolphins freely visit the beach to interact with humans.
Join the Dolpin Discovery Centre Dolphin Swim Tour for an intimate swim with wild dolphins in their natural environment and swim on the wild side.
Visitors can float and snorkel with dolphins, or cruise out to watch them swim in open waters.
In Mandurah, you can take a dolphin sightseeing cruise and watch pods dance and play around the boat.
This mutual curiosity has earned Western Australia a stellar reputation for providing some of the best wild dolphin experiences in the world.
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