Route of Bays | Whale & Dolphin Watching

The Experience

This tour takes our guests on a scenic tour of False Bay by sea. Highlights include Seal Island, Kalk Bay, Cape Point and the Whales we may encounter along the way. The tour starts and an end in Gordon’s Bay and is done aboard a luxury deep sea fishing cruiser with bathroom facilities. We drag lures during the tour and if we are lucky we snare a fish or two. Lots of excitement!

Itinerary

We pick up guests from any hotel in Cape Town at 8am and proceed to Harbour Island Marina in Gordon's Bay. Guests are given a short safety briefing and are issued with life preservers. We depart Harbour Island at 10am. following the coast of False bay in a counter clockwise manner to Seal Island. We spend time watching the seals and maybe we see a Great White Shark. Along the way we could encounter several species of marine mammals including:

Right Whales (July to November)

Hump Back Whales (July to November)

Orcas ( July and August)

Cape Fur Seals

Haveside Dolphins

Bryde's Whales

Common Dolphins

any many more......

After Seal Island we go to Kalk Bay. We disembark for lunch and some sight seeing. Hereafter we follow the coast to Simons Town, Smitswinkel Bay and Cape Point. We will approach Cape Point from the sea side and our guests will have photo opportunities that land bound visitors not get.

After Cape Point we dash across False Bay toward Gordon's Bay. This is the stretch where we are most likely to encounter whales.

The tour end in Gordon's Bay and it includes transport back to Cape Town.

Months

January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December

Duration

Full day (6-9 hours)

Vessel types

Small boat (0-50 passengers)

Times and prices

Your net Rate: ZAR 16000 ex VAT (approx $1400) for group of max 8 persons.

We only do one trip per day, departing at 9am an arriving back at 5pm.

About our skippers and naturalist guides

Facilities

Access to wheelhouse • Deck with 360?vision • Naturalist guide(s) as well as skipper • On board video • Reading material available • Restrooms / toilets on board • Scenic backdrop to encounters • Snacks / drinks • Support conservation • Use a code of conduct

We frequently

See a whale's tail • See leaping dolphins • See leaping whales • Watch whales and dolphins • Watch whales only

Baleen Whales

Bryde's Whale • Humpback Whale • Southern Right Whale

Toothed Whales

Dwarf Sperm Whale • False Killer Whale • Killer Whale / Orca • Pygmy Sperm Whale • Short-finned Pilot Whale

Ocean Dolphins

Atlantic Humpback Dolphin • Atlantic Spotted Dolphin • Bottlenose Dolphin • Heaviside's Dolphin

Other wildlife and points of interest

Also see False Bay Seal Island, home to 70 000 Cape Fur Seals and the Great White Sharks that hunt them. Scheme of the first recorded jumping sharks. Also see the African penguin colony at Simon's Town. Only one of a few places on earth where penguins live on mainland.

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