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South Africa 2018 - Day 5: Shark Cage Diving
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Today I had to wake up very early for a 04:45am pickup to go shark cage diving in Gansbaai. It was R2300/£132 which may seem expensive, but for a once in a lifetime experience i feel it would be worth it.
We arrived at Gansbaai, got checked in and received a life jacket to make our way out to sea. It took around 10-15 minutes to get out to a good location for shark sightings.
We were lucky and we only had to wait around 10 minutes to see a shark. Everybody rushed to the side of the boat and the first group made their way into the cage.
In the water for shark cage diving.
The sharks are attracted by using chum. The chumming process consists of mixing fish parts, bone and blood together and using this as bait. The cage held 10 people and there was 9 of us who chose to do it from my tour so we all went in together to make up the 3rd group in the water.
We were just meters from the sharks and we saw 4 total in the few hours we were out at sea for. I took photos/videos from the top deck of the boat and in the water using my Campark(GoPro style camera).
We then made our way back to land to get warmed up with some soup.
After joining the rest of the group who didn't join the diving we drove onto Swellendam for a lunch stop. Swellendam is the 4th oldest town in South Africa. After lunch we drove on to an Aloe Vera factory for a demonstration on the products made and sold here. In the evening we arrived at St Blaize Hiking Trail for a quick walk before the winter sunset. We were here for approximately 30 minutes before driving onto the hotel in Mossel Bay
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