Lovina Dolphin Lovina, Bali 's Northern low key beach town, has several attractions especially for nature lovers. Snorkeling and diving are great and allow for a colorful introduction to underwater life. For those who want to keep their ears dry, there's also a popular attraction that can be witnessed from the safe and relatively dry environment of a boat: Dolphins.
Dolphins are early birds s
o prepare to wake up before the roosters because the captain of the boat will wake you up at 5 AM . Once you get to the beach in a sleepy drunken state, the boats will be rolled into the sea and prepped for departure. The boats are beautifully crafted colourful wooden vehicles with riggers that sit up to 5 people. They are made out of a single tree that's been hollowed out. Because of the riggers, these little boats are remarkably stable and seaworthy.
Clusters of boats will head to the ocean and they will each start the search for the wild dolphins by systematically covering a certain area, with the captains and passengers
eagerly looking for a sign of a tail or fin in the water. It is said that dolphins used to be abundant in this area but over the years their numbers have decreased and the boats have to go further and further to find them.
This is one of the unfortunate consequences of both tourism and natural causes. It has never been proven that dolphins are harmed by the attention of the tourists observing them. However, the sheer absence of the intelligent and social mammal might imply a direct correlation between the organised dolphin tours and the decrease in dolphins in the Lovina bay. Other factors that might also be of concern include weather conditions, increased sea traffic and pollution.
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