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Southern Africa offers endless diving and safari options.
With South Africa’s 3 000 kilometres coastline extending from Cape Town in the south to Kosi Bay in the north the diving opportunities are endless. From the wrecks, Southern Right Whales and Great White Sharks in the chilly waters off the Cape, to the Sardine Run off the Transkei Wild coast, to the Tiger, Sand Tiger, Bull and Hammerheads off Protea Banks, to the reefs, wrecks, Tigers and Sand Tigers off Aliwal Shoal, to the pristine tropical coral reefs off Sodwana, South African diving offers something for every diver.
Add the above to the 3 000 kilometres of Mozambique coastline from Ponta Mamoli’s warm un-touched and largely undiscovered reefs in the south, to the Manta’s, Whale Sharks and “virgin” reefs off Guinjata, to the magic of “island style” living and diving in the tropical Bazaruto Archipelago, to the magical Bassas da India, St. Lazarus Banks, Quirimbas and the Comores in the north, there is nothing on earth, and below it, to compare as a dive destination.
Unlike all other dive destination like the Maldives, The Great Barrier Reef, Indonesia, the Red Sea etc, Southern Africa requires time and travel to savour her delights. You can’t see the whole country is just one week such as you can on a diving holiday to the Red Sea, Maldives, Cayman, Bonaire etc. So, be prepared to spend time and to explore South Africa. To give you an idea: from Cape Town to Durban is the same distance as from London to Istanbul – 2 hours by Boeing. Distances between places are vast, be prepared to travel and spend time getting from dive site to dive site and from dive site to safari destination.
Add all this to the wildlife safari options and the mind really boggles. Safari’s in KwaZulu/Natal’s Hluhluwe Game Reserve. The world famous Kruger National Park. Well known lodges such as Mala Mala and Sabi Sabi in the Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia.
For this very reason it’s not possible to give examples of a five, seven, ten, fourteen or twenty one days itineraries as the possibilities and permutations are endless. Catering for all tastes, we offer Standard Tours and Tailormade Tours
Standard Tours:
We have not one but 13 Standard Tours for you to choose from!
Each of our Standard tours has been designed to offer the sport diver the best diving South Africa and Mozambique have to offer.
Our tour dates, general information and links to itineraries are provided in this section. All tours are accompanied and prices are per person.
Read the highlights and detailed Itineraries of each of these tours by clicking on the Itinerary next to each tour.
Tailormade Tours:
Picking up on Southern Africa’s diversity, we know too its impossible to standardise in an itinerary.
Listed in this section of the website are example itineraries that we have recently worked out for specific clients, based on the number in the group, the time they have available to spend in the country, staying at accommodation establishments as required by the client, with either self drive, accompanied or transfer options, with diving, a safari or a combination of a diving and safari option.
We provide you with examples of Diving Only itineraries, Land-based itineraries or Combination itineraries.
What ever you are looking for, no matter how short or how long, and no matter your budget (however, we do not cater to the hammock and camping / back-packing type client) we will be able to offer you a diving / wildlife safari of a lifetime. Access our referrals page for details of those who have gone before you on a Dive The Big 5 diving and or wildlife safari.
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