Shark Cage Diving In Cape Town

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Shark Cage Diving, Cape Town (South Africa)

One of the most adventurous activities in the world is shark cage diving in Cape Town. Shark cage diving in South Africa is one of the most celebrated adventures in the country, Cape Town being one of the most famous places to do it. If you are interested in doing something adventurous that helps you find something which will help you pump up your adrenaline, then shark cage diving is what you need. 

Furthermore, the fact that South Africa has abundant waters around the country, the activity of great white shark cage diving in Cape Town and other kinds of shark cage diving have become commercialized. There are many areas, where you can find this type of activity. If you want a close-up of the great white starks, False Bay is another amazing place to do so. The places around Seal Town is home to a large colony of Cape fur seals. One of the most thrilling things to do during shark cage diving is making a direct eye contact with the great white shark. Another place is Dyer Island in Gansbaai which holds the record for having the largest population of white sharks. Get your adrenaline pumping as you visit one of these places.

History of Shark Cage Diving

The concept of shark diving cage and shark cage diving was invented by a shark attack survivor, called Rodney Winston Fox. He had been attacked by a shark while he was participating in a spearfishing contest in Australia. He survived and had 450 stitches! To understand sharks and to know more about these majestic beasts termed as monsters, he built a cage in order to observe them closely. Following this, many commercial enterprises followed Rodney’s idea of cages and to view sharks, and thus shark cage diving was born.

Attractions

One of the most known places on the planet for shark cage diving is the shark cage diving in Gansbaai. This cage diving is popular for its great white shark cage diving and offers the best look of great white sharks. The people here know the difference between the bull sharks and the great white sharks. Furthermore, the shark cage diving in Gansbaai happens about 8 km away from Cape Town and helps you find the Shark Alley, which is known for its population of great white sharks. This diving activity ends at shark cage diving in Hermanus, from where you will be transported back to the starting point.

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Guru's 10 days trip to Cape Town

The trip was well organized and the local drivers and guide allocated for our trip were very professional. The coordination by Travel triangle was flawless and had a great user experience. I will recommend to all my friends to utilize the services

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S's 5 days trip to Cape Town

The team at TravelLykke have been very professional in their approach right through. They have been very patient and understanding of the requirements and accommodative to all kinds of doubts and queries and options too. Fairly transparent in the dealings and have a good set of on-ground contacts in S Africa who too have been professional and on time without delays and exceptions. A suggestion: there were some legs where we were informed we need to take Uber (to & fro Robben Island & Table Top Mountain). For the kind of spends done by us (Rs 3 Lakhs +) overall, it would have been helpful if these too could have been accommodated in the package. It is the nuisance value of having to book, wait etc. Also more minute detailing of the Full day Cape Peninsula tour could have been share earlier - we got it on landing from the local guide and it was very educative. Why not share this ahead of time? Some travel agencies give a backpack or travel kit (the amount of Rs 3 Lakhs is HUGE) with your branding. In this case it is singularly absent. Wonder why? We stayed in 3 hotels - Emerald Guest house in Johannesburg (Rating Poor to Good only); Kruger Park Adventure Lodge ( Excellent); Holiday Inn Express at Cape Town (Excellent).

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Mayankmaki's 9 days trip to Cape Town

The trip was very well organised and all our requirements were met. We had issues due to flight delays and we were late for one tour, our travel planner Mrs Prerna was very helpful and proactive to adjust the tours to accommodate everything. From last minute hotel booking to providing rental car , she was quick to respond and also regular reminders before trips to ensure smooth communication between us and South African operators. Would surely recommend their services The views with clouds sliding in all around the mountains and ocean at the cape point during the cape peninsula tour.

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Chinthabinoy's 4 days trip to Cape Town

We had an amazing time at SA. Prerna ( Offbeat trippers) arranged everything as per our request.

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Rajani's 7 days trip to Cape Town

We had an amazing trip to South Africa. We would like to thank Mr. Inderjit from Flyocity for planning our itinerary and being available for resolving all queries. We had no problems in a foreign country.

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Jennifer's 11 days trip to Cape Town

Plan your destinations efficiently arranged a wonderful trip to South Africa and Seychelles.We had in total 12 days travel itinerary. Accommodation, food, intercity transfers,sight seeing were well arranged. No blunders at all. Highly recommend their services for these destinations. Well planned by Sandeep.

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Aniruddha's 9 days trip to Cape Town

We had an amazing trip to South Africa. It is a beautiful country to visit with very hospitable people around. Everything went well without any hiccups. The hotels, cab drivers and other details were well planned by Nikhil from Besten/MK Holidays, special thanks to him. Some elements which can be improved were the visits planned during our stay at Knysna as they were quite some distance away from our hotel. Will definitely recommend Travel Triangle to others for planning their trips.

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Sonaleeka's 6 days trip to Cape Town

Its good ..but i did not had same experience as travel factory they used to provide us our day activity one day ahead.but hear besten tour everything is clumsy and messy every time we have to call our agent to get the details through out the tour.and some othe place we have to pay from our pocket even after paying for the pacakge. We had a very bad experience with besten tour.Half of things which promised not taked care by the vendor.We paid extra from our pocket for some of the tickets (activity) even after paying the complete amont..vendor promised he will pay us back..but we are still chasing behind him.This is the worst experience I ever had...I will never reccomend any one neither nor besten tour..learn something from travel factory

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Rajesh's 11 days trip to Cape Town

Was a unique experience in the game safari and capetown. Sandeep was extremely help and was always reachable. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.

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Yanshuk's 8 days trip to Cape Town

everything went very well as planned. hotels were awesome their locations, clean, services & all (except soho hotel in sun city. service was not goodas well as room was not as per expectation). overall trip was awesome. A big thanks to our travel agent Mr. Inderjit (flyocity trip planners pvt. ltd.) & travel triangle....

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You have to be at least 12 years old to opt for shark cage diving.

Yes, it is safe. However, in South Africa, shark cage diving is only done with them by holding your breath underwater because the bubbles from snorkelling scare the sharks.c

The best time to opt for shark cage diving is between September and March when the waters are the clearest.

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