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18 December 2016 | Boat Based Tours
This morning we launched our boat Whale Whisperer for the first tour. We saw three African penguins close to Uilenkraalsmond in the water and some more later on during the trip on Dyer Island. On both...
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08 February 2017 | Wildlife Tours Gansbaai
Another beautiful day out at sea with a full boat and a couple of return guests, which is always awesome. Our first two sightings of the day featured sun fish. These Giant Bony fish where out and about...
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11 February 2017
On today’s trip, we saw many different bird species and a Sunfish. Whilst waiting to board the boat through the harbour and all the way to Franskraal beach, we were greeted with the sight of hundreds...
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25 February 2017 | Whale Tours Gansbaai
Due to a very low tide, we had to launch out of Gansbaai harbour today. This is always a welcome change of scenery as it allows for us to explore Walker bay a little more and today, the sea was...
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01 April 2017
After a gloomy no sea day yesterday, we were excited that the weather had cleared beautifully today, allowing us to get back out onto the deep blue. With stunning Cirrocumulus clouds above us, we set...
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04 April 2017
It was a busy day out at sea with two trips on Dream Catcher. It was absolutely amazing to witness just how much had changed in the sea in such a short space of time and it really reminded us of just...
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29 April 2017
Today, we launched out of Gansbaai Harbour for what turned out to be an absolutely magical trip. Sometimes, one gets the feeling that the sea might be a little “bluer” on the other side, as Walker Bay...
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Daily Trip 28 May 2017
We couldn’t go out to sea for a few days due to bad weather, but it was even more exciting today to be back on the boat and experience the beautiful nature. On our first trip, our first encounter was a...
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Daily Trip 28 July 2017
It’s really starting to feel like Whale Season here with our sightings picking up wonderfully. We had two lovely trips today with the first seeing all 3 species that the area has to offer. The swell...
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Daily Trip 29 July 2017
The ocean was quite like a box of treasure today, with a variety of stunning sightings on all 3 of our trips. It seemed as though every new are held for us some kind of gem, be it a whale or one of our...
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Daily Trip 08 August 2017
We had quite a few interesting and unusual sights on our trips today, ranging from awesome Southern Right Whale mating behaviour to the Predation of a Kelp Gull by two Sub Antarctic Skuas. On our first...
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Daily Trip 09 August 2017
Today was definitely the best day of our season so far with sightings that really took our breath away. We had some Humpback Whales make a really dramatic come back and the Southern Right mating groups...
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Daily trip 14 August 2017
For many, the idea of Monday brings with it a sense of doom and gloom, but not here, in our little corner of paradise. For us, today was a perfect day at the office, with the swell dropping a bit and...
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Daily Trip 18 August 2017
For the first time in over a month, we were able to spot the Marine Big 5 our waters, which was a really welcome surprise. This was due to the return of the elusive Indian Ocean Humpback Dolphin, who...
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Daily Trip 01 September 2017
We could not have asked for a better start to South Africa’s most stunning season with an action packed tour and the Marine Big 5! There were a variety of species out and about in the bay and the...
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Daily Trip 02 September 2017
One of the greatest things about working with nature is that one is never entirely sure of what one will see and today was certainly no exception. Although whales are our primary focus at this time of...
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Daily Trip 04 September 2017
On our first trip today, we launched out of Kleinbaai harbour and set out straight for the white, sandy dunes of Franskraal beach, eager to start our trip with a toothed whale or two in the shallows....
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Daily Trip 10 September 2017
The weather is warming up here on this side of paradise and we’re really relishing this welcome change of season. Although the morning’s trip started out with a little bit of wind, by the second it had...
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Daily Trip 15 September 2017
The weather is still a little moody here in Klienbaai but, luckily, with just one trip we managed to evade the rain out at sea. With a light easterly blowing, we made our way along the coastline,...
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Daily Trip 17 September 2017
Many of us associate the change of seasons with a change in lifestyle, with scarves being replaced with sundresses and ice cream becoming the treat of choice. These things are, however, not the only...
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Daily Trip 18 September 2017
We had absolutely breathe-taking experiences out at sea today with the best Southern Right Whale sighting of the season so far! All in all, we saw an impressive 8 different animal species as well as a...
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Daily Trip 19 September 2017
We enjoyed two trips out on Dream Catcher today with the first launching from Gansbaai harbour due to the new moon causing a spring tide. The first sighting of the day was none other than the...
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Daily Trip 09 October 2017
We have quite a few Southern Rights around at the moment, particularly in our bay, which has made for some great whale watching! October is very often the busiest month of the year for us here at Dyer...
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Daily Trip 11 October 2017
Whale watching is pretty much like going on a turquoise oceanic safari, only we don’t have any fences! Sometimes this works in our favour, other days? Not so much. Today however, we could not be more...
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Daily Trip 01 November 2017
It feels as though summer is finally upon us here, with temperatures slowly reaching for the 30 degree mark. We had an awesome time on our first trip, spotting the Marine Big 5 in just under two hours...
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Daily Trip 18 December 2017
What a stunning trip! We had around 30 people join us out on our tour today, and it was lovely to be able to share the trips awesome sights with such a lovely group of people. Today is the last new...
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Daily Trip 16 March 2018
Our trip started off a little different today, instead of heading towards the shallows the crew spotted thousands of Cape Cormorants and other sea birds fishing near Danger Point. As we watched the...
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Daily Trip 08 June 2018
A beautiful, calm day on the ocean with three of the big 5 sighted on both trips. On the first trip, we had an awesome surprise at the shark cage diving boat. Amongst all the Kelp Gulls scavenging on...
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Daily Trip 13 June 2018
We had another fantastic day out on the ocean, spotting 4 of the Marine Big 5 as well as some other cool creatures. Today was the last sea day for a while, with a large frontal system hitting the...
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Daily Trip 29 June 2018
Another amazing day out on sea! Encountering the Marine Big 5 on our trip filled with waves and emotions. Within moments we encountered two Humpback Whales that kept sticking around the boat,...
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Daily Trip 30 June 2018
We began our trip in shallow water where we cruised along the white beaches of Die Grys before taking a stop by our sister company, Marine Dynamics. Here we hung around a little, with a free swimming...
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Daily Trip 04 July 2018
We headed off towards Danger Point in the search of whales and had a quick stop to see a couple of African Penguins and an unusual sighting of a Mola Mola. Next thing we knew, a spout was spotted! Off...
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Daily Trip 05 July 2018
We launched out of Kleinbaai harbour this morning eager to find some whales. As we were searching for spouts, we spotted one Albatross, then two, then three and suddenly we were surrounded! They were...
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Daily Trip 06 July 2018
As we made our way down to the harbor this morning, we were greeted by sunny skies and a nice breeze. The lovely weather was a foreshadowing of the great trip that we were about to embark upon. First,...
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Daily Trip 18 July 2018
Today was certainly an extraordinary one, with us spotting The Marine Big 5 on the first tour and 4 out of the 5 on the second, which included a breaching Humpback Whale and an Ocean Sunfish. The...
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Daily Trip 21 July 2018
We have just entered a really exciting part of our whale season, where our eligible male and female Right Whales are getting together to form mating groups! Yesterday, we got to see our first real...
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Daily Trip 22 July 2018
We had some unusual conditions out in the bay today, with a Berg wind blowing and bringing hot dry air to our town, which saw our day time temperature rise well above 25 degrees Celsius, something that...
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Daily Trip 23 July 2018
Today, we were treated to yet another marvelous tour with a very active pod of Humpback Whales. The weather is still holding up beautifully, so we launched with perfect conditions and decided to make...
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Daily Trip 24 July 2018
We got to spend time with both Humpback and Southern Right Whales on our trips today, with some active Humpback Whales on our first tour and a close up encounter with a Southern Right Whale on the...
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Daily Trip 25 July 2018
We had an eventful day out on Whale Whisperer today, with us finding some strange things whilst cruising about our bay. We’re heading into our busy season, so we’re running 3 trips a day at the moment....
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Daily Trip 26 July 2018
With an easterly wind blowing, we set out on 4 eco safari’s today. Our first tour of the day was treated to a sunrise on the water, which happened to include a small pod of Bottlenose Dolphins. We...
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Daily Trip 27 July 2018
Today we set out on one trip in the afternoon to try to find a whale or two. We started this tour by cruising along the coast towards Danger Point, hugging the rocky shores. After passing the...
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Daily Trip 29 July 2018
We set out on two whale watching tours today, working with Humpback Whales as well as a couple of very active Southern Right Whales. With the full moon still fooling around with our tides, the first...
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