Shark Cage Diving Gansbaai
Cage diving with great whites (and bronze whalers) off Gansbaai — the Marine Big Five in one boat trip.
Trip Role
Ideal stay
Best for
Our take
The most adrenaline wildlife experience in the country.
The most adrenaline wildlife experience in the country.
- Trip Role
- Day Trip
- Ideal Stay
- Half day
- Best For
- Adrenaline and marine wildlife
- Go If
- You want the adrenaline version of South African wildlife.
Why it's worth your time
Gansbaai is the cage-diving capital of South Africa. Surface cage diving puts you in the water with great whites (and increasingly bronze whaler sharks), with seals, penguins and whales often seen en route.
What we love
The moment the cage drops and the water goes silent.
What to know
Gansbaai's Dyer Island is one of the world's great white hotspots; the same trip often covers the 'Marine Big Five' — great white, Cape fur seal, African penguin, dolphin, and whale.
More wildlife experience in Western Cape
Boulders Beach Penguin Colony
Boardwalk among an African penguin colony on granite boulders — Cape Town's most accessible marine wildlife.
Cape Vulture Colony at Potberg
The last Western Cape breeding colony of Cape vultures — best viewed from the De Hoop hiking trails.
Dyer Island Marine Big 5
Whales, great whites, Cape fur seals, African penguins and dolphins around Dyer Island — the original 'Marine Big Five'.
Dyer Island Marine Reserve
Boat-based marine wildlife off Gansbaai — seals, seabirds, sharks, and whales around Dyer and Geyser Rock.
Gansbaai Great White Shark Cage Diving
Marine predator capital — cage diving with great whites and bronze whalers off Dyer Island, plus whales in season.
Hermanus Cliff Path
A 12km cliff walk where southern right whales surface meters offshore in season.