Carino Wildlife Cruises

06/04/2025

🐬🌊 Explore the Wild, Sustainably! 🌿🌅
Our wildlife cruises offer you the chance to experience our stunning marine environment, while supporting our conservation efforts. With friendly and passionate guides and a commitment to responsible tourism, Learn about the delicate ecosystems we share and how you can help protect them.

04/04/2025

🌍 Sail with us and make memories that last! Autum🍁 is a perfect time to explore the Bay of Islands.

01/03/2025

Can you believe it is this is the perfect time to visit the Bay of Islands.

13/02/2025

Next generation of carino crew sailed passed us today!
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23/12/2024

dolphins🐬 leap out of the water for several purposes, including to breathe, communicate, travel, hunting and feeding, to avoid predators, and engage in playful behavior.
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Dolphins jump out of the water using their powerful tail muscles to propel themselves upwards, and then use their flippers to control their direction and landing. They also use their streamlined bodies and the momentum of their jump to launch themselves high into the air.

22/12/2024

Merry Christmas from our crew to yours.
We wish everyone a happy and wonderful holiday season 💙 🐧🐬🌲

19/12/2024

Misty Mornings - Some days start with mist and cruising through the islands is like stepping back in time, as though you are only people in the world and as the islands loom out of the mist, each island is to new to explore.

16/12/2024

Island Discovery - Moturua
One of our favorite islands to stop on and explore!
It is the most forested of the islands, providing habitat for native and rare bird species such as North Island brown kiwi, Toutouwai (North Island Robins), Tieke (North Island Saddleback), Pōpokotea (Whitehead) and Miromiro (Tomtit).
If you pause a moment, look and listen. You may be lucky to catch a glimpse of these endemic birds.
The traceable history of Moturua Island dates back to the very earliest Polynesian settlement through to the early European explorers such as Cook and du Fresne.
It is a wonderful island to explore and one we stop at often, on our island and wildlife day cruise.

08/12/2024

The team at Carino Wildlife Cruises with young sailor violinists spreading the Christmas cheer in the paihia Christmas parade.

06/12/2024

Yesterday joined the Paihia . The theme was movies and we went as Popeye along with 10 sailor violinist we had a blast! 😀

We won best business float! 👍🎄😃

Thank you to my amazing crew for being such good sports, thanks the sailor violinist and Sophie and thank for the support ❤️

21/11/2024

Carino crew modeling new crew shirts with our carino marine explorer. Cruise with us and help protect our ocean and wildlife.

21/11/2024

Carino crew are loving our new uniform

07/11/2024

Our bbq lunch is just what you need, after cruising through the Bay of Islands and exploring an island.

15/10/2024

- Australasian Gannet - Takapu
Did you know - fledglings, without any previous flight practice, without having had to seek out their own food, and without any accompanying adults, the fat young birds fly 2,740 km across the Tasman Sea to the east coast of Australia in late summer and early autumn, where they stay for three to seven years.

14/10/2024

Be the change and grab a friend to take action with you!

Jane Goodall's message for is hope through action. Her Roots & Shoots programme inspires youth to heal our planet amid crises.

09/10/2024

What,s your AWE!
Ours is watching the sun on the ocean, seeing the smiles on our guests faces and the awe of seeing a wild pegunin at sea.
Find some daily AWE with us!

What gives you a sense of awe? That word, awe—the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your ...

01/10/2024

Orca -maki
A crew favorite! we have small population of less than 200 orca that call New Zealand home, we see them on our cruises when orca visit the Bay of Islands in pods of 2 – 15 animals on average. Orca visit the bay around every 6-8 weeks.
In New Zealand orca are classified as Nationally Critical, which is why we always go slow and stay at least 50m away.

30/09/2024

Which one calls to you?
For me its the dumbo octopus or the shoebill!

There are lots of weird and unique animals in the world. Take a look at our list of the top 10 strangest animals.