Whales & Sharks Archives - Cliff Lodge https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/category/whales-sharks/ Ocean Front Retreat Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:35:53 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://clifflodge.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/cropped-Cliff_Lodge_site_icon-32x32.png Whales & Sharks Archives - Cliff Lodge https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/category/whales-sharks/ 32 32 The Marine Big 5 https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/the-marine-big-5/ Tue, 10 Dec 2013 14:16:31 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=121 From its teeming oceans to its spectacular vistas, the Overstrand (the stretch of coastline from Hermanus through to Gansbaai) has plenty of marvels to recommend it, but for marine wildlife enthusiasts, The Marine Big 5 is unsurpassed. The term was coined in Gansbaai, arguably the epicentre of marine tourism in this region, and refers to ... Read more

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]]> Whale Watching in De Kelders https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/whale-watching-de-kelders-gansbaai/ Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:53:34 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=165 De Kelders offers some of the best land-based whale watching in the world. The Southern Right Whales come very close inshore to the sheltered deep waters between June and December each year. The high cliffs of De Kelders give excellent land-based sightings of these magnificent mammals as they breach, lobtail, spy hop and sail. As ... Read more

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]]> Southern Right Whales https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/southern-right-whales/ Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:52:41 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=162 The once threatened right whale population on the South African coastline is now increasing by 7% a year, nearly doubling in 10 years. The whales come from the cold Antarctic into the shelter of Walker Bay to mate and breed. The females produce only one calf each, born after the mating ritual of the previous ... Read more

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]]> White Shark Viewing in Gansbaai https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/white-shark-viewing-in-gansbaai/ Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:51:35 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=159 In 1991 South Africa became the first country in the world to pass regulations protecting the rare Great White Shark. Gansbaai is now reputed world-wide to be the best place to see and dive with this impressive apex predator. Surface view or cage dive with the Great White in its natural feeding ground around Dyer ... Read more

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]]> Whale Nation – a Poetic ode to Whales https://clifflodge.co.za/blog/whale-nation/ Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:28:05 +0000 https://cliffdev.littlebizdesigns.com/?p=139 This poem – a beautiful tribute to whales by Heathcote Williams – is a wonderful celebration of one of the most mysterious, gentle and intelligent creatures of the marine world.  The Southern Right Whales visit Walker Bay each year between June & November, and De Kelders offers some of the best land based whale watching in the ... Read more

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