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Predator and Prey Dive Safari South Africa

This is an eight day package with two and a half days spent diving with the Cape fur seals off the Cape Peninsula and three full days cage diving with the Great White Sharks. This dive package is designed for those adventure divers who have done it all or for those who plan to do it all. Diving with the Great White Shark is the ultimate experience. Diving with the seals and penguins can only bring this experience to a climax and must be unique in the world. Where else can you dive with both Predator and Prey in a 24-hour period?

Day 1:
Arrive Cape Town International Airport. Day spent sight seeing and exploring the beautiful Cape Peninsula including the majestic Table Mountain, Cape Point, Chapman's Peak Drive and Kirtenbosch Botanical Gardens. The next two nights are spent at the Avenue Protea Hotel in the quaint seaside village of Fish Hoek.

Day 2:
A full day diving in the Atlantic Ocean with the only 5 Star PADI dive charter in Cape Town. The actual sites that we will dive depend mainly on the weather and prevailing winds, either the western or eastern seaboards. The first dive will be on one of the many wrecks scattered around the Peninsula, and on the second dive we will meet the "the prey" eye to eye. A full tank dive with the playful and friendly Cape fur seal. This is a diving experience not to be missed.

Day 3:
Another day exploring the many wrecks and reefs around the Cape Peninsula. The second dive will be the highlight of the day, a penguin dive! In six meters of water, the best way to greet these friendly little creatures is to weigh yourself correctly, sit on the bottom of the ocean and wait for them to come and play nearby. They present plenty of photographic opportunities for the underwater photographer.

Day 4:
A final dive in the Cape Peninsula before heading off to spend time with the predator, the Great White Shark. After a three-hour drive along a spectacular coastal mountain passes, we arrive at Grootbos Nature Reserve where we will be staying for the duration of our stay in Gansbaai.

Day 5:
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.

Days 6-7:
Two action-packed days in the company of the Great White Shark.

Day 8:
Morning- a final farewell to the ultimate predator of the deep. After lunch we return to Cape Town in time to catch our return flight home.

TRIP COSTS:
Predator and Prey: 7 nights USD $3200.00pp based on DBL. Single supplement available on request.

Predator and Prey 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 Predator and Prey Dive Safari"?
The Great Whites, Cape fur seals and penguins are prolific throughout the year, therefore you can expect to encounter them January through December. The ideal months however are when the weather "top-side" is at its sunny best with minimal wind and this is usually from February through May.

What to bring?
The water temperature varies from 8 degrees C to as high as 20 degrees C (46 degree F to 68 degrees F) in the Cape so a 7 mm semi-dry suit or a dry suit is ideal for diving there. Also bring any of your equipment that you do not feel comfortable with in hiring, i.e. a regulator, BCD, mask or fins, etc. However, there is a full range of equipment available for hire at a nominal fee.

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;
· visiting museums, art galleries or antique shops;
· visiting theaters , coffee shops or just shopping;
· a visit to Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of the 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;

Predator and Prey Dive Safari 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.

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