Itinerary:
Day 1:
Once
arriving at
the Durban
International
Airport we
will make
our way to
the Natal
Sharks Board. Here
you will
view
the audiovisual
show and
further a
display of
the
Sharks, Rays and marine
life endemic
to the area.
There after
we will be transferred
to the small
village of Umkomaas
where you
will be
welcomed in
typical
South Africa
style and
hospitality.
After
dinner
we will have
a dive
briefing and
prepare
physiologically
for the
following
days
wonderful
diving.
Day 2
The fist two dives today will be spent at Aliwal shoal, this is where we
have the
best chance to encounter
hammerhead
sharks. The
area we are
diving
varies
between 14
and 20
meters, the
water
temperature
in the
region of
25+ and viz
between 8
and 20
meters.
The purpose of this dive
is for you
to get
accustomed to
the diving
conditions,
and launch
from a semi-rigid
dive boat. This The afternoon and evenings will be spend relaxing at your
own leisure
(Breakfast).
Day
3
Today we will start the fist of two dives for the day. We will be diving at
Protea
banks, this dive site is
rated
as one of
the best shark dive sites and most
certainly the most
adventurous spot to dive. This
will be an
exiting
launch form
the surf
to our dive site
Southern
pinnacles.
This is
where the adventure
begins i in
search for
the
Hammerhead
Shark which
migrates to the reef in
there
hundreds during
October and
November.
You
will further
have a great
chance to be
accompanied
by
Copper
sharks, black
fin
sharks,
bull, Reggie
tooth sharks
and many
other
species that
frequent the
reef. Visability
can vary
from 8
to
20 meters
and the
temperature
24
degrees+.
The rest of
your day
will be
spent at
your
leisure
(Breakfast).
Day
4-6
The next three days will be spend enjoying another 6 dives at Aliwal shoal
and Protea
bank in
search for the sharks
that
are endemic to the area. The afternoons and be spent at your own
leisure, we may even have a trip
to,
Oribi gorge, croc farm, local game reserves or just relaxing in the small village of Umkomaas
(Own expense)
(Breakfast).
Day
7:
Today
we will have
a lazy
breakfast
and bid our
farewells
after a trip
to
Ushaka see
world in
Durban
(Breakfast).
