I saw Fungi the Dingle Dolphin in Ireland - Irish Bucket List (Ep #17)
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Get Up Close to Fungi the Dingle Dolphin in County Kerry, Ireland
Fungi the Dingle Dolphin has lived in Dingle Harbour for over 32 years. A wild Bottlenose dolphin, Fungi is the most famous resident of this small town on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland.
You can visit Fungi on one of the daily tours that leaves Dingle Pier hourly, or pre-book and Up Close RIB Tour for a longer tour with fewer people- and even the chance to hop in the water with Fungi, if you can handle the cold Atlantic chill.
Learn more about visiting Fungi, and the Dingle Peninsula, at Ireland Family Vacations:
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Wild Dolphin FUNGIE in Dingle IRELAND
Things to do in Ireland. You can take a boat trip in Dingle to swim with Fungie. Unforgettable experience!!
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Dingle Dolphin Boat Tours
An early morning excursion to see the dolphin in Dingle Harbour. Beautiful!
Fungie the Dingle Dolphin showing off
Amazing Fungi Dolphin Tour (HD Video) Dingle, Ireland
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Boat Tour in Atlantic Ocean.
Location: Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland
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Fungi The Dolphin. #Fungie is a mature wild Bottlenose #Dolphin, no one is quite sure of his age but he has been in #Dingle for nearly 32 years and the experts say he has a lifespan of between 40 and 50 years
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Fungie Dolphin Boat Tours - DingleDolphin.com
Fungie Boat Tours - 1 Hour Trip!
Join us for a memorable trip to see Fungie the legendary Dingle Dolphin, wild and free, in the beautiful surroundings of the harbour and cliffs of Dingle Bay.
Our boats depart from Dingle Pier at regular intervals during the day, every day, all year round (weather permitting) on a 1 hour trip to see Fungie wild and free in his natural habitat.
Group Tours available.
No charge if dolphin is not seen!
For booking call to our office or telephone on +353 (0)66 9152626
Fungie The Dingle Dolphin
Fungi Boats Tour, Dingle Co. Kerry
Over the Summer we visited Dingle in Co. Kerry. One of the highlights for the kids was the boats tour. They loved spotting Fungi the Dolphin who has been sticking around the port town for over 34 years.
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An early morning excursion to see the dolphin in Dingle Harbour. Beautiful!
Fungie the Dingle Dolphin
Met Fingie The Dolphin of Dingle, Ireland
Fungie, the Dingle Dolphin
Fungie - the Dingle Dolphin! Fungi has stayed in the Bay of Dingle since 1984. Located in County Kerry, Ireland, the beautiful An Daingean / Daingean Uí Chúis (Dingle) offers wonderful sight seeing, gorgeous country and Fungi, the local Bottle-nose Dolphin. Boat tours are offered daily, weather permitting. Aslo Spelled Funghi.
A Trip With Dingle Sea Safari
Fungie / Fungi the Dingle Dolphin - County Kerry, Ireland, July 2009
This is old footage I found from 2009. I was presenting a film at the Kerry Film Festival and stayed in the area for a few days. I was fortunate to take a boat trip and saw not just Fungie, but 2 other dolphins who were visiting that day.
Apologies for the poor quality but there are some good shots in there.
Fungie the Dingle Dolphin
An Irish Attraction that Came About by Accident
Fungie (sometimes also spelled Fungi) is an Irish institution, a national treasure, and a big pull for the tourism industry. If you are visiting Ireland and want to have a good chance to see a dolphin in the wild, most people will guide you towards Dingle in County Kerry. As Dingle Bay is home to Fungie, a solitary dolphin known for interacting with humans. And for single-flippered-ly kick-starting a whole industry. Unfortunately, the dolphin's behavior is not natural and a large amount of activities centering on the one animal seems to be too much at times.
True, here is a chance to interact with a wild dolphin - beats all the interaction experiences provided by theme parks and zoos (which are becoming rarer anyway). But is it real? Actually, Fungie can by no stretch of the imagination be considered wild these days. He is used to human company and actively seems to seek it out, and the theme park atmosphere when tour boats crowd the animal (though everyone swears they do it with utmost respect and consideration) does not make for easy viewing at times.
A solitary bottlenose dolphin decided to settle in Dingle Bay for unknown reasons around 1984, he was soon dubbed Fungie. Soon numerous dolphin-related activities were (and still are) on offer, and kids can now even sit on a dolphin-statue before buying dolphin dolls - in short, Dingle's tourism industry has become very, some say almost totally, Fungie-dependent.
Tourist enjoying a Dingle Dolphin sightseeing trip, Dingle Bay, Dingle, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland.
Is Fungie Worth Your While?
Fungie is a Dingle attraction in his own right, so you'll be hard-pressed to avoid him - ever since the dolphin appeared in Dingle Bay more and more dolphin-related activities, shops, and souvenirs have surfaced. Cynics already say that the death of Fungie would kill off a large part of Dingle's income from tourism as well. This might be the reason why criticism of the Fungie-Industry is not very welcome in the small Kerry town. Also not very welcome is mentioning the fact that Fungie is still described as a young dolphin by many locals (young standing for playful), despite the fact that he first appeared in 1984 and that the average lifespan of a Bottlenose Dolphin seems to be around 25 years. Even with some making it over 50, Fungie by now is well into a middle or even old age.
The (to some ugly) truth is that the widely promoted encounters with a wild dolphin in Dingle are not very dissimilar to organized activities in Florida's theme parks. And Fungie's general behavior has led some marine biologists to conclude that he is not a wild but probably an escaped animal. Fungie-fans, on the other hand, declare with an almost religious fervour that he is the real thing, that he was never forced to perform, and that no-one means him harm. Observing several boats circling in the bay, each trying to to get as near to Fungie as possible, one gets the feeling that all this cannot be pure fun for him. Then again, what do we land mammals know ... though Fungie was injured during a close encounter with a boat's propeller in 2016.
Are the trips and activities worth it? It depends - there always is a chance of a close encounter, but never a guarantee. Another option would be to hike up Ballymacadoyle Hill to the curious marker and enjoy the view ... with the chance to spot Fungie for free. Or even really wild marine mammals passing by, whale watching takes patience, though.
Fungie-mania has led to many people seeing those marine mammals as man's best friend in an aquatic environment, always happy, always nice - Flipper in Irish, so to say. And this has led people, from the great public to self-appointed dolphin whisperers, to the conclusion that nothing can go wrong here. Unfortunately, this is a very wrong conclusion.
Dolphins are wild animals, not pets, and their friendly (or at least indifferent) social behavior often displayed during contact with humans may take a change for the worse in a second. If the dolphin does not initiate contact by itself, forcing yourself into its personal space could lead to a flight or fight reflex. And in the water, you are always at a disadvantage.
In recent years, dolphin attacks on over-enthusiastic swimmers have led to several hospitalizations of the two-legged species in the encounter. Dolphins are very adapt at ramming humans in the groin with the speed and devastating impact of a torpedo (at least it feels like that). So ... leave them alone!
dolphin watching boat in Dingle Ireland
dolphin watching tour in Dingle, Ireland. seems that when two boats created a corridor the dolphin appeared in the middle - perhaps that helps them to catch the fish.. was good. didn't even get charger the full price for the boat trip as, as-if didn't get to see dolphins much. perhaps some other tourists get more lucky. But we did see them! :) was fun and exiting. the scenery is beautiful anyways around. sure in other areas they just take you for a boat trip and there are no dolphins... will do it again!
Dingle Dolphin Boat Trip | Cinematic
Yesterday we have taken a boat tour to meet Fungie - the only dolphin living in the Dingle harbour. He was first seen in the harbour in 1983 and likes to interact with swimmers, surfers, kayakers and divers in the water. Fungie is the first recorded occurrence of a dolphin interacting positively with humans in the wild in Ireland.
Fungie the Dolphin - Dingle Dolphin Boat Tour, April 5th 2013
Scrogall TV needed a short clip of Fungie the Dingle Dolphin for a project we're doing. So, we took a Dingle Dolphin Boat Tour today and got the footage needed. Here are some clips we got of Fungi chasing alongside the boat for you to enjoy. Thanks to the Bridget Flannery for her help today.
Camera: Michael Dunlea.
Check out dingledolphin.com or ring their land line number to book your tour (+353) 66 9152626, or mobile number (+353) 86 1937304. Or email info@dingledolphin.com for more information.
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Rib tour of the Dingle Peninsula and the Blasket Islands.
A rib tour experience along the majestic cliffs and along the coast of Dingle Peninsula & the Blasket Islands. Interaction with Fungie the Dolphin then watch out for seals. See the puffins at Inis na Bró and other marine mammals that vacation in these rich waters. Bonus viewing of Luke Sky Walkers hideaway planet. Tours daily. Limited to just 12 persons. Duration 2 ½ hours.