Alternative Tours Eco-Friendly Whale and Dolphin Watching Out of the Blue, a nonprofit arm of the Whale and Dolphin Conversation Society, offers trips for travelers who wish to visit whale and dolphin habitats, stay with researchers, and learn about projects.
All profits help fund specific conservation projects and the local economies.
Accommodations, food, travel, and other necessities are all from local sources. Whale Watch Kaikoura, a community trust owned by the Maori people of Kaikoura, New Zealand, offer eco-friendly excursions to view sperm whales, migratory humpbacks, orcas, New Zealand's tiny Hectors dolphin, Dusky dolphins, and Royal Albatross. Volunteers interested in dolphin research can assist marine biologists at the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Hawaii through an Earthwatch program. Participants study dolphins' sensory perception, cognition, and communication skills and help with daily routines such as data collection, husbandry, and monitoring respiration rates and water temperature.