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Great White Shark - Cage Diving

South Africa
+27 11 676 3200
Ranked #83 of 160 attractions in Cape Town
4.0 of 5 stars 10 Reviews
Type: Nature/ Wildlife Areas
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USA
2 reviews
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 May 2012 NEW

A must do if in South Africa. Great White Shark Tours in Gansbaai could not have been better. Brian McFarlane and his crew are so nice. Everything that you need in excess will be provided for you on the trip. Towels, sandwiches, beverages, scuba geat and oh yes even SHARKS! We were lucky and must have seen close to 15... More

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Gold Coast
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21 reviews 21 reviews
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10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 March 2012

Great White Shark Cage - What an experience! All planned by my daughter for 4 family adults and 2 friends. Pick up was late and finally arrived at 4am (was 3.30) having got up at 3am - 30 minutes extra is a long delay. Nearly a three hour drive in the dark to get there. Anyway, we were well briefed... More

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Houston, Texas
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9 reviews 9 reviews
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23 helpful votes 23 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 January 2012
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We booked with White Shark Diving Co. (www.sharkcagediving.co.za) and we were very disappointed. Only about half of what is advertised on the website is true. They do not provide towels (we never saw, let alone were we offered, any towels). They do not provide snacks during the trip (this is just plain not true). They do not limit it to... More

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Hoedspruit, South Africa
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 December 2011
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We went shark cage diving in GansBaai with Great White Shark Tours - an extremely professional outfit. Great venue, awesome boat & skilled & knowledgeable Skipper & crew. Our expectations were not too high as their website advised that summertime viewing is not nearly as good as winter trips as the visibility is not so good & the sharks have... More

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New York City, New York
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 November 2011

I went on this excursion expecting it to be like it is on the discovery channel and it had all of the elements except the poor visability in the water. We were lucky - we had 2 White Sharks arrive within an hour, despite the other boats that were in a close proximity to ours. They provided us with a... More

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Krakow, Poland
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9 reviews 9 reviews
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 October 2011
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We were going to Cape Town this August, mainly to do cage-diving. After looking through websites of tour operators and exchanging some e-mails we had chosen the firm Unreal Dive http://www.unrealdive.com/. We had fixed exact date (20.08) and paid money in advance. After arriving to Cape Town we contacted Mr Paul Hanekom to arrange details. The day before cage diving... More

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cape town
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 October 2011
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since we live in South Africa we always wanted to do a trip to watch "the great white shark" close, meaning, doing a cage dive. With our children now 9 and 11 years old we decided to do it! we booked trough one of the local tour operators Latitude Ventures. Jonas, one of the owners convinced my wive as well... More

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Sandton
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6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 August 2011
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Checking out the Great White has always been on my bucket list so did a trip in August with Shark Diving Unlimited who operate out of Gansbaai. Chose them because of the owner Mike Rutzen and the VIP's they have hosted so must be good. The experience was just fantastic. Rode their from Cape Town (about 2 hours - but... More

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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 June 2011
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we booked with www.sharkcagediving.co.za and they were amazing! from start to finish we were looked after and had such a great experience and would recommend this company to anyone wishing to do shark diving in South Africa. More

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wien
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 September 2011
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