An optional 3-Day land safari to do Big Five game walks and drives is available on request. Bookings must be made well in advance, as the shark trips are very popular.

» Requirements
Advanced or equivalent certificate or at least 20 dives in various conditions and enrolment on our Advanced Course.

» Duration (Sunday to Wednesday)
11 Days/10 Nights

» Safari Dates
31 August to 10 September 2008
21 September to 1 October 2008
30 August to 9 September 2009
20 September to 30 September 2009
Note: (This is a annual safari and bookings can be made for one year in advance)

» Price
The price for this 11-Day/10-Night safari is ZAR29,999.00 per person sharing

3-Day/2-Night optional land safari is ZAR7,299.00 per person sharing

Day two and three:
We typically do two half-day launches searching for the Great Whites. Depending on the time of year, one is also likely to see Cape Fur Seals, Cape Gannets, Cape Cormorants, Jackass penguins, whales and dolphins.

Day four:
After a good sleep-in and breakfast we return to Cape Town via the scenic Boland and board a flight to Durban Airport. Transfer to our lodge in Umkomaas.

Day five to ten:
Twelve adventure dives on Aliwal Shoal and Protea Banks! Exciting drift dives with (depending on the season) Ragged Tooth Sharks, three species of Hammerheads, Zambezi (Bull), Tiger, Thresher, Copper, Dusky, Mako, the occasional Great White and many other species of shark, plus one day off diving for a tour of the area as well as a visit to the Natal Sharks Board.

Day eleven:
A Lazy morning to recover and degas before flying from Durban to Johannesburg International Airport to be in time for your flight home.

Included: Experienced guide/divemaster, all transfers, entrance fees, community and conservation levies, reef taxes, accommodation and breakfast, dives (air, weights, cylinders) and excursions as mentioned in our FULL itinerary.

Day eleven:
Instead of flying back to Johannesburg we visit a Zulu cultural village for a display of traditional skills and dances before spending the afternoon on a game drive looking for rhino, elephant etc.

Day twelve:
An early morning game walk accompanied by an armed Game Ranger, followed by breakfast and another game drive. After dinner we do a night drive in open vehicle to find lion, leopard and other nocturnal animals.

Day thirteen:
A last game drive plus a two-hour cruise on the World Heritage Site of Lake St Lucia to find hippos and crocodiles before we transfer to Durban for a flight to Johannesburg International Airport and home!

Included: Experienced guide/divemaster, all transfers, entrance fees, community and conservation levies, reef taxes, accommodation and breakfast, dives (air, weights, cylinders) and excursions as mentioned in our FULL itinerary.