A short boat ride into Algoa Bay will present the traveller with some of the most incredible marine life ever. Where else in South Africa can you dive with sharks, get up close with a bait ball at the start of the Sardine Run, share speed and adventure with dolphins, get up close and personal with curious Orcas and see whales feeding off of bait balls? … [Read more...] about Incredible Marine Life Right on our Doorstep
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The most definitive surface photo of a Bait Ball we have seen
On the same day that Expert Tours photographed a Brydes Whale with a rope around it's body they saw masses of fish on the surface in St Francis and Algoa Bays. Rainer estimates that around 800 Commons Dolphins herded a school of fish to the surface and feasted on them for four hours - sharing their bounty with whales, seabirds and sharks. … [Read more...] about The most definitive surface photo of a Bait Ball we have seen
Algoa Bay Sardine Run [video]
Watch as these divers get in close to the bait ball created by hungry dolphins. Footage includes around 800 Common Dolphins, 3 Brydeswhales and countless Seals and Sharks feeding on Maasbunker for more than 3 hours in 5 different Bait balls. Nelson Mandela Bay: The BAIT BALL Capital of the world. Algoa Bay: The Sardine Run Capital of the world! https://youtu.be/0j3kZpEFLkE … [Read more...] about Algoa Bay Sardine Run [video]
Looking for what to do in winter?
MyPE recently contributed a short piece to Webjet - an online flight booking portal. What the people at WebJet did was to curate an article of What to Do in Winter in some of the more favoured South African Destinations like; Hermanus, Port Elizabeth, Pilgrim's Rest and Johannesburg. CLICK HERE to see what other delights are offered around South Africa. MyPE's contribution is below: There is one rule about the wind in South Africa’s THIRD Windiest City – Port Elizabeth; “There will be … [Read more...] about Looking for what to do in winter?
Dolphins race duck to bait ball
On Sunday 12 April at around 06h30 we launched with Expert Tours from the Noordhoek Ski Boat Club in a heavy sea mist and motored slowly south-east for around 5 kilometres – just free of the Noordhoek headland and directly into the path of any Dolphins that may be making their way towards Bird Island or along the coast with the sardines to feast on their required 15 to 25 kilograms of nutrition a day. With the mist all around and no landmarks to be seen the sense of being alone is … [Read more...] about Dolphins race duck to bait ball
Killer Whale’s Silent Seal Death
Tourists always want to be at the scene of the kill - it adds to the authentic experience of an African Safari, and when the safari is one out on the ocean amongst Killer Whales then the primal killer instinct is observed at such close range that one can taste the blood and feel the fear as desperate prey seek to elude the hunters. On Sunday 7 April 2013 local tour boat owner, Rainer Schimpf of Expert Tours, accompanied by Silke Ptaszynski, doing a production for the SA foreign Tourism … [Read more...] about Killer Whale’s Silent Seal Death
Orca’s have been known to attack Yachts
A couple of days ago I picked up and am currently reading a book by Dougal Roberston entitled Survive the Savage Sea. Dougal and six of his family spent 37 days adrift in the Pacific after their 19-ton 43-foot schooner, Lucette, was stove in by a pod of killer whales. With no maps, compass, or navigational instruments, and rations for only three days, they used every survival technique they could as they battled 20-foot waves, marauding sharks, thirst, starvation, and exhaustion. Thus it was … [Read more...] about Orca’s have been known to attack Yachts
