Gansbaai, South Africa Travel Blogs

Shark Diving: Chum = Chew + Yum
Oct 25, 2007 (26 photos)

... B Hollywood films, their behaviour and biology is much more complex than once thought. Most of the shark diving operators in South Africa are dedicated to the conservation of and education about these creatures. It is not without criticism. There is a ...

Shark on the menu.....
Jan 24, 2007 (11 photos)

... was on the menu for today as we were going cage diving with great whites!!!!!!  We were going on an excursion near Gansbaai, the Great White Shark capital of the world. The day started perfectly with a healthy fruit salad and muesli brekkie in the B ...

Shark-caging- a once in a life-time experience.
May 31, 2007

... life-time. I don't think anything will ever come close to matching it I really don't. I slept most of the way down to Gansbaai (pronounced Hans-buy) probably due to the sea-sickness pill I'd taken, or maybe the fact thatI'd gone to bed so late the night ...

Great Whites
Apr 11, 2008 (22 photos)

We arrived in Gansbaai and headed to the Shark Diving Centre where they gave us breakfast/lunch. The room was full of amazing photos of close up experiences with sharks. I was still unsure about doing it. We got on the boat and sat up the top. It was very ...

Shark Cage Diving
Sep 24, 2009 (8 photos)

... unforgettable day for me. So, I got picked up by Wiehann at around 8.30 and it took us around 2.30 – 3 to get to Gansbaai. At first I wanted to get there by my own means but if you are travelling on your own this is the cheapest and easiest way to ...

Land of the whales and the great white
Jul 22, 2006 (10 photos)

We spent close to a week here away from the city. It was a breath-taking coastal town with sights of occasional Souther Right Whales in the distance. There were many walking paths along the coast but sadly, the weather took a turn for the worse when ...

No Sharks please, we're British
Nov 25, 2007 (1 photos)

... Bryan Habana and Minki Van Der Vesthuizen would produce (google her)and decided that quite simply, the child would be Mr/Miss South Africa in the near future. As the day progressed and conversation slowed, we tried to think of the most South African place ...

See "Wine & Whales"
Sep 22, 2006

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Watching for Whales
Jun 19, 2009

The mission for the coastal route between the most southerly point in Africa and Cape Town was to try and spot a whale or two. Well that's exactly what we did - definitely one whale, possibly two,  though we were never to sure about the second one or ...

Shark Cage Diving
Jul 24, 2008 (5 photos)

... pulling up on the boat in 'Shark Alley', the open stretch of water between the mainland and Dyer Island off Gansbaai, South Africa referred to as the White Shark Diving capital of the world. The wonderful thing about shark diving in Gansbaai is that you ...

Jan 11, 2009
Jan 11, 2009 (2 photos)

On the road with Elvis, the antichrist
Aug 13, 1999

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The Great White
Apr 25, 2008

... that going for me.  We took a great drive through the misty mountains east of Cape Town in a region called the Stellenbosch, South Africa's wine country.  It took about two hours to get there, but by the time we did, the waves were crashing ...

Best Whale viewing Experience
Jan 10, 2009 (2 photos)

Loads of whales and best stay in SA.

Oct 04, 2009
Oct 4, 2009 (326 photos)

The Roundhouse
Jul 24, 2008 (1 photos)

... . The owners of The Roundhouse are heavily involved with the tourism industry owning the local tourist booking centre in Gansbaai itself called The Great White Adventure Centre. This means that we can professionally and easily assist you in booking ...

Gansbaai
Mar 10, 2007 (5 photos)

Home of Great white shark diving! We were able to arrange the great white dive trip through our hotel and it worked out pretty well for us as it was fairly last minute. The drive out there took about three hours which is a little longer than they ...