Istanbul Dolphinarium: Dolphin Show Tickets or Swimming Experience

Experience the Istanbul Dolphinarium with a live dolphin performance and optional dolphin swimming in regular, VIP, morning, or afternoon formats.

Getting started

Enter the Istanbul Dolphinarium and complete your check-in ahead of your scheduled time so you are ready for the program you selected. After your ticket is validated, head to your designated area, either the show arena for seating or the preparation area if you have a swimming session booked. Follow the venue staff instructions so you are in place before the live dolphin performance begins.

What to expect

Istanbul Dolphinarium

You spend your time inside the Istanbul Dolphinarium, where the focus is on watching and, if you choose, interacting directly with dolphins. The visit offers a change of pace from Istanbul's traditional sightseeing attractions, centering your experience on these intelligent marine mammals.

Features

• A live dolphin performance is included with every option, so you watch dolphins demonstrate impressive jumps, playful tricks, and other behaviors in a choreographed show. While you observe from your seat, you also learn about the abilities and behavior of these intelligent marine mammals.
• Entrance to the dolphin show is part of your booking, and you proceed directly to the show arena once inside the Istanbul Dolphinarium. Your ticket gives you access to the full live dolphin performance during the scheduled session.
• Seating for the dolphin show depends on the option you book: you either have regular seating for the dolphin show or VIP seating for the dolphin show, allowing you to choose how close and central you want your view of the action to be.
• If you book a dolphin swimming experience, you select either a morning dolphin swimming experience or an afternoon dolphin swimming experience, giving you the choice of time of day for your in-water interaction alongside the show.
• During the dolphin swimming experience, supervision is provided, with venue staff and dolphin trainers guiding what you do in the pool and how you interact with the dolphin.
• Use of required swimming equipment, if provided by the venue, is included when you have a swimming session, so you rely on the Istanbul Dolphinarium for any necessary gear rather than bringing specialized equipment yourself.