The Marine Hermanus
Marine Drive Hermanus, Western Cape, 7200, South Africa
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Hermanus, South Africa
Hermanus, Cape Town, South Africa
Hermanus is a delightfully pretty seaside town, only an hour and half from Cape Town, which is sandwiched between the coastline of Walker Bay and a high mountain range afew kms inland.
Regarded by WWF as being one of the world's best locations to watch Whales it holds the annual Whale Festival …
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Mossel Bay - Cap Agulhas - Hermanus
... mit einer Inschrifttafel markiert diesen Punkt.
Weiter ging es nach Struis Bay wo wir am Strand etwas gegessen haben (Minipicknick). In der Ferne sahen wir unseren ersten Wal und ganz nahe am Strand Delfine. Über eine lange Strecke fuhren wir dann über unbefestigte Straßen, immer wieder kurz unterbrochen durch Asphaltstraßen. Diese Sand/Lehm-Schotterstraßen sind eigentlich ganz gut gebaut, wenige pot holes ...
Encounter with the Sharks!
... part of the world has such a high concentration of sharks.
Drove off for a bit and then anchored our boat. They release some product in the water which attracts the smell of the shark. They don't feed them as they don't want the sharks to be dependent on the boats and not learn to fend for themselves. However, I have heard there are some tours that use boats that do bait the sharks. The first sighting of a shark is ...
Jaws for real!!
... age at a time and they give you a couple of times in if you want depending on the sharks at the time. The first group draw the short straw as they had to stay freezing their butts off for about 2 sightings. All you hear is the roar of "down down down" when one is approaching then it’s a massive gulp of air before you submerge yourself into icy water and suffer a mixture of severe brain freeze and adrenaline with this massive flesh eating monster heading past you. The tuna ...
Great Whitesin Gant's Bay
... out to the cage and see some dolphins on the way out what is affectionately known as "Shark Alley". The cage is attached to the side of the boat and we get 10 minutes. They have burley and chum as well as 2 tuna heads as bait.
We get in the cage first and the sharks start coming. They attack the bait, some come up to the cage ...



