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-- Bassas Da India
Dive Two Countries South Africa
The true meeting place of the Indian and Atlantic
Oceans is at Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of the African continent.
The first eight of the sixteen day Safari are spent exploring and
diving in the chilly yet rewarding waters to the west of Agulhas,
in the Atlantic Ocean. Divers will be able to be at one with Cape
Fur Seals and Jackass Penguins, explore the colorful and beautiful
reefs of the Cape Peninsula and penetrate deep into the many wrecks
that lie scattered along the coastline of the notorious Cape of
Storms. The highlight of your dives in the Atlantic will be your
encounter with Great Whites. We then move east to the warmer and
exciting waters of the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean sharks, dolphins,
whales, reefs and wrecks are unrivalled anywhere in the world and
are within easy reach of the average diver.
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 Cape fur seal on his home turf. 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! We can show you the best way to get up close to
greet these friendly aquatic animals in their native habitat. There
will be plently of photographic opportunities for the underwater
photographer.
Day 4:
Depart the Mother City for the four-hour spectacular drive the heart
of the winelands to the Grootbos Nature Reserve in the seaside
fishing village of Gansbaai where we will be spending the
next four nights.
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:
After a leisurely breakfast we depart Gansbaai for Cape Agulhas,
the southernmost tip of the continent and the true meeting place
of the mighty Indian and Atlantic Oceans. From here we head inland
and travel through the wheatlands to the Protea Santos Hotel
overlooking Mossel Bay.
Day 9:
The first of our Indian Ocean dives, two dives and, weather permitting,
a night dive. Whales calve in the bay between Spetember and November
and Great Whites abound due to the large colony of seals found on
Seal Island. Large schools of hammerheads are also
often encountered so this is not going to be an ordinary dive!
Day 10:
Depart Mossel Bay for the railway station in George, one of the
oldest towns in South Africa. At 09:30 we board the Outeniqua
Choo Tjoe, South Africa's last scheduled steam train service
for the two and a half hour journey to Knysna. This spectacular
and unique steam train ride winds rapidly down to the sea, past
fern-covered hills and gullies studded with wild flowers and is
the ideal way to view the Garden Route. Knysna is a quaint village
set on the banks of a natural lagoon which opens onto the Indian
Ocean via the famed and treacherous Knysna Heads. The rest
of the day is spent exploring the town or, for the dive junkies,
diving the wreck of the Paquita (1903) or looking for the
rare and endangered sea horse Hippocampus capensis that is
endemic to the Knysna Lagoon.
Day 11:
Two dives with the dive charter a stone's throw from Ai Due Camini.
Knysna boasts seven individual dive sites with Bruce's Bank
being rated as one of the most beautiful reefs along the entire
coastline.
Day 12:
An early start for the short drive to Plettenburg Bay and
two dives on one of six dive sites off Plettenburg Bay. Grootbank,
Virgin Reef and Playground are huge reefs with fantastic sealife
including nudibranchs, seaspiders, octopus, and numerous larger
fish.
Day 13:
A day at leasure with the following alternatives:
- Two dives at either Knysna or Plettenburg Bay
- Exploring the Featherbeds Nature Reserve
- A stroll through the Knysna Forest looking for the elusive Knysna
elephants
- A one and a half hour journey over the Outeniqua Mountains
to the town of Oudtshoorn and the well-known ostrich farms
and world-famous Cango Caves.
- Just lazing around the guest house!
Day
14:
After breakfast we continue up the Garden Route through the Tsitsikamma
National Park to arrive at Shamwari Game Reserve in time
for the night drive in open four wheel drive vehicles. Overnight
Shamari.
Day 15:
An early morning game drive and return to camp for brunch. The heat
of the day is spent sitting in a hide watching the animals come
down to drink, or relaxing around the pool. In the evening we venture
out into the African bush to hunt for the land-based Big 5 - lion,
elephant, leopard, rhino, and buffalo, all of which reside at
Shamwari. Overnight Shamwari.
Day 16:
After the early morning game-drive and brunch we take leave of the
bush and the Big 5 for the one and a half hour drive to Port Elizabeth
and our flight to Cape Town to connect with our international flight
home.
TRIP COSTS:
Dive Two Oceans: 15 nights USD $4500.00pp based on
DBL.
Please email
us or call us for price and details!
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