Due to the seasonal occurrence of certain species, Africa's Ocean Safaris offers a choice of two different marine tours, each running for between one and a half and two hours.  Please see below for prices and launch times.

Please note that these times are subject to change without notice and trips may have to be cancelled at the very last moment if sea or weather conditions jeopardize safety.  Earlier or later trips can be arranged for groups of 6 or more passengers, depending on the season.

Throughout the year, we offer the Discovery Cruise.  On this cruise we typically look for dolphins and visit the seal colony on the Robberg Peninsula.  Should we encounter any whales on this trip, we will not be able to approach to a distance of less than 300 metres. 

The Premium Cruise is primarily conducted in Whale Season (July to November), although you can opt for this cruise at any time throughout the year. 

The main difference between this cruise and the Discovery Cruise is that we offer passengers the opportunity to get within a couple of feet of some of the largest (and thankfully most docile) creatures on the planet.  As such, the main focus will be finding whales, then dolphins, with a visit to the seal colony if time permits.

Plettenberg Bay is blessed to be one of the easiest places in the country to see whales and we are often with whales within minutes of getting onto the water.

The trip is preceded by a briefing by the guide/skipper at the shop after all passengers have checked in. Please note, that for reasons of safety and comfort, any passengers with neck, back or other injuries that may be exacerbated by bumpiness, or are in either the first or last trimester of pregnancy, will be asked to advise the guide accordingly.

Once all have been equipped with lifejackets and a last visit to the loo, we take a short walk to the boats.  There are no harbour facilities in the bay and as such, we have come up with a unique and exciting method of launching our boats… Dolly-Launching.  Essentially this entails a boat being loaded onto a trailer on the beach, facing the sea.  The trailer is attached to a powerful four-wheel drive launch vehicle.  At the Skippers signal, the launch vehicle pushes the boat rapidly down the beach and into the surf.  While there is sometime a bit of spray, this is without a doubt the most exciting way to get to sea.

Each and every trip is different, and as such there is no defined route that we follow in search of cetaceans.  This will be decided by the crew in consultation with other vessels in the area, recent sighting and prevailing weather conditions.  On one trip we may not venture more than a mile offshore, while the next may see us heading over the horizon in search of passing Humpback Whales.

The trip finale is the exciting beaching of the vessel.  This is done by racing in at top speed and sliding up onto the beach, often to the accompaniment of cries of, “More, more, more…”

PREMIUM cruises are our  ‘CLOSE ENCOUNTERS:                                                                    July to November

 Whales are approached to 50m and then whales can move closer to the boat.  Only permitted boats may approach whales to this distance, all other sea vessels must maintain a 300m distance from the whales

DISCOVERY cruises:                                                                                                                                           All year round

 Viewing of mammals during a discovery cruise is at a distance of 300m, should we spot whales between December and June (Brydes whales are in our bay all year round), we will conduct the close encounter at no additional charge.

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