Shark cage diving & viewing tours in Gansbaai
Description
While there are wealth of shark viewing and diving opportunities in South Africa, Gansbaai and Shark Alley in particular, is one of the best areas to experience sharks in their natural habitat. Shark Alley is a channel of water between two islands: Dyer Island and Geyser Rock. As Dyer Island is home to 50 000 Cape Fur seals, it provides ample hunting opportunities for the apex predator. This is a bucket list experience for you to go eye to eye with the worlds greatest predator. With the Dyer Island Group nearby, and home to 50 000 cape fur seals, it is the world’s capital for Great White sharks. Boasting the largest population of these majestic creatures year-round, shark cage diving and shark viewing trips are a must!
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PLEASE URGENTLY TAKE NOTE THAT THE TOUR TIMES ARE A MERE GUIDE. THE STARTING TIME OF THE TOUR IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON THE WEATHER AND TIDES YOU WILL ONLY BE ADVISED YOUR MEETING TIME OR COLLECTION TIME AT 17H00 THE DAY BEFORE THE TRIP. PLEASE MAKE CONTACT WITH US IF THE TRIP IS BOOKED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF TRIP DATE. DO NOT GO TO MEETING POINT WITHOUT CONFIRMATION OF THE TOUR GOING AHEAD. We collect from all accommodation in central Cape Town and from Cape Town International Airport. The cost of the transfers are an extra R950 per person.
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(65)
Was fun. Disappointed the great whites are gone but still a cool experience to see other sharks up close in the wild.
The guides were very knowledgeable and helpful during our tour - telling us about the different sharks we saw, helping us with our wetsuits, and providing water and snacks after our turn in the cage. They made sure everyone got a chance to be face to face with a shark, and Edgar did a great job taking videos of our experience, including some action shots!
This was a fun experience! We were able to see 4 bronze whale sharks extremely close up! I would keep in mind that great white sharks are not in the area often due to orcas so if you’re set on those this may not be for you. I would also add that it gets extremely rocky on the boat! I did end up vomiting. However, it was still a good experience and I would do it again!
Everything from the arrival to the explanation of the day to the actual sharks and manta ray was amazing. The guides are incredibly helpful and the simple lunch was fantastic. I highly recommend this excursion!!
Lovely trip lovely people would highly recommend for a great experience getting close and personal to the sharks
Great experience, just be prepared for cold water and blurry viewing under water due to the chum being thrown in to draw the sharks near you.
Thank you so much for the positive feedback It is sincerely appreciated. I am so pleased that you had a great experience All the best Stephen
Firstly, our driver Ronnie was great! Provided stops along the long journey and was really kind and answered lots of questions. The trip itself was an experience. There was plenty of shark activity for our group of 20. There were 4 groups of 4/5 that went for 20 minutes at a time. First and last group got the best viewing but think that's down to luck. I didn't see anything in the cage, but I had fantastic views from the boat and saw lots of sharks. It was a bit chaotic handing out wetsuits but other than that it was well organised. Bottled water was provided and lollipops if you felt a little queasy. You can choose to pay 300ZAR extra for oxygen so you don't have to hold your breath under the water when sharks appear. In our experience, if we could do it again we would do it without - once your under the water you can't hear the lookout guide telling you which way to look as the sharks approach so it's easier to miss them. All in all a good tour, and we were provided with a light breakfast and then some soup and bread on return. Would recommend, but keep your expectations real that they are wild and not predictable so you may not get the experience you hope for.
Thank you so much for your positive feedback. It is sincerely appreciated. I am so pleased that you had a fantastic time. All the very best Stephen
They never picked me up. After endless messages, they eventually replied to me and said sorry and that they’re sold out. They never refunded me after multiple requests.
TOTALLY UNTRUE! The client concerned did NOT reply to several messages regarding the pick up time. This is a scandalous and found less accusation to which we take great offence to the these unfounded accusations. The REFUND has been done, EVEN THOUGH, we were totally entitled to claim 100% cancellation fee for NOT RESPONDING to our messages 24 hours before the tour. These accusations are very damaging to the good reputation of a business and is extremely concerning the untruths regarding clients accusations!
Shark cage experience 10/10. Transfers sketchy- 130km/hr in an windy 80km/hr zone while the driver was texting or dialling and had the phone to their ear. The transfers seem to be a different company to the shark company and I felt like they hired getaway drivers- really good drivers but speed was extreme.
Thank you so much for your positive feedback. It is sincerely appreciated. I am so pleased that you had a fantastic time. All the very best Stephen
My activity was cancelled and I was not informed util 9:30am. The activity was supposed to start at 10am. I already did 2 hours of drive to the location at that point!!!! Worst part is that I saw a review with the same experience but did not pay attention as it was only one review. Do not book this experience and specially not last minute!!!! Their website is not up to date and by the time they inform you, you have already wasted a day of your precious holidays
UNTRUE Once again we informed the client without ANY response regarding the cancellation. Very often clients do NOT have data or airtime and DO NOT respond to our messages. TOTALLY UNFOUNDED ACCUSATIONS.
