Irawaddy dolphins - Blogabond

We spent the morning walking around Krati to see if we could find anyone else to join us to see the Irrawaddy Dolphins in the afternoon, but without any luck, which would’ve helped drop the cost a little.

The mekong from the top

We went regardless though stopping off beforehand to climb 360 steps to the top of a Mountain to see some great views of the Mekong River.

Lovely view from the top

When we arrived at the dock to go the boat, we were lucky enough to find Andy, a solo Chinese traveller, so he joined us to save us a whopping $4.

Lots of steps

We were out in the boat for just over 2 hours and we were lucky enough to see many dolphins during this time and some pretty close.

Buddhist monk statues

Irrawaddy Dolphins are mainly freshwater dolphins and there are about 70 in this area, with a total of just 200 left in the world,

Little house on the water

meaning they are seriously endangered and are sadly expected to be extinct within the next 10-20 years. In the morning we put our camera battery on

Off to see the dolphins...

charge to ensure we could take loads of pictures and videos whilst we went out for the morning. Unfortunately we didn’t realise that as soon

Dolphins!!!

as the guests leave the guesthouse they switch all the power off in the rooms! So we were ½ way through our trip and the battery run out, just as the dolphins came closer! So upset!

Dolphins

Unfortunately the photos we took didn’t come out that great, one due to our limited battery life, and two because they move so fast! But still an amazing afternoon and a great chance to see them before they sadly disappear.

written by

chrischarly on August 23, 2011 from Kratie, Cambodia

from the travel blog: Chris and Charly's Passage through SE Asia

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