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Great White Encounter South Africa

This is a six day package which involves four full days diving with the Great White Shark! This dive package is especially designed for those people who have dived the world and have done it all- except having dived with the Great White Shark! Dive The Big Five virtually guarantees encounters with these magnificent beasts; however, weather does play the final role.

Day 1:
Arrive Cape Town International Airport and transfer to the Groobas Nature Reserve where we will stay for the duration of our encounter.

Day 2:
A full day spent on the water in "Shark Alley", a narrow channel between Dyer Island and Geyser Rock, home to some 60,000 fur seals and which is 5km (3 miles) from the mainland. This is the natural hunting ground of the Great White Shark and the area in which they are most commonly encountered.

Day 3 to 5:
Three action-packed days in the company of the Great White Shark.

Day 6:
Depart Gansbaai for the scenic two-hour journey back to Cape Town, sightseeing in the Cape Peninsula including a spectacular cable car trip to the top of Table Mountain, a trip to Cape Point Nature Reserve, the meeting place of the Indian and Atlantic oceans, and , time-permitting, a visit to the world-famous Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Departing Cape Town in the early evening.

TRIP COSTS:
Great White Encounter: 5 nights USD $2670.00pp based on DBL. Single supplement available on request.

Great White Encounter Frequently Asked Questions

What dive qualifications must I have?
On this dive safari certain dives are restricted to advanced sport divers only.

The best time to dive " The Big Five Shark Dive"?
The raggies are only found on Aliwal Shoal in significant numbersfrom July to November so if you wish to be surrounded by these sharks those are the months to come. Otherwise the prime months to dive both Aliwal and Protea are April, May, June and July with the other months being very good but not the recognized shark months.

What to bring?
The water temperature varies from 8 degrees C to as high as 20 degrees C (46degrees F to 68degrees F) so a 7 mm semi-dry wet suit is ideal. No need to bring your regulator or your BCD as in the cage you breathe via a hooker(hookah) system and have no need for a BCD.

Dive versions:
If the weather should turn foul or if there is a non-diver in the group, there is so much to do!:

· whale watching from June through to October;
· a visit to the historical Moravian mission station in Elim which was established in 1824;
· a visit to Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of the African continent and the true meeting point of the Indian and Atlantic oceans;
· snorkeling for abalone and crayfish in season;
· a visit to Danger Point where HMS Birkenhead went down in 1852;
· explore the famous Cape wine-lands;
· explore Grootbos Nature Reserve on horseback.

Diving or not diving with the Great Whites there is just no time to get bored!

The Great White Encounter includes:
Accommodations; all meals; all dives; transfers in air-conditioned microbuses; tour accompanied by a full time staff member of "Dive The Big Five" who is registered tour guide or a qualified dive instructor; park entrance fees; tanks, air fills and weight belts; dive-evac emergency evacuation; gratuities; additional tours in the event of not diving as a result of weather conditions.
Not included:
International airfares; drinks and alcoholic beverages; hire of dive gear.

Departure dates:
Monthly except during July, August, September and December. Please contact Dive Discovery for exact departure dates.

Dive The Big Five reserves the right to change tour prices, hotels and game lodges without notice up to the dates of departure. Such changes might be required in the event of changes in prices imposed by airlines, hotels, lodges or car hire companies, as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of the rand against other currencies or in order to maintain the same high level of accommodation in hotels and game lodges should this be necessary.

Please email us or call us for price and details!

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