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Shark Lady Adventures

61 Marine Drive, Hermanus, South Africa
+27(0)28 313 2306
Ranked #8 of 8 tours in Hermanus
3.5 of 5 stars 17 Reviews
Type: Tours
Owner description: The Shark Lady, Kim Maclean, pioneered shark cage diving in South Africa. Since 1992 she has worked hard to establish herself as one of the leading...... more » Owner description: The Shark Lady, Kim Maclean, pioneered shark cage diving in South Africa. Since 1992 she has worked hard to establish herself as one of the leading shark cage diving operators. She has worked and studied Great White Sharks for over twenty five years, and has extensive experience in skippering boats and Cage Diving. We are official permit holder of permit number WSCD EH 0009.Shark Lady Adventures offers small exclusive shark diving trips and educational tours twice daily. This means that the trip is more informative AND you’ll have more time in the cage.We are committed to being a responsible and eco-friendly operation. We do not interfere with the sharks, we do not chum and we do not pollute the environment. Shark Lady Adventures complies with the strictest code of conduct and safety for our clients, our boat, and the great white sharks, as laid down by local Marine & Coastal Management.Shark Lady Adventures conserve and protect the sharks and all marine life on our coastline. We are dedicated to creating awareness of Great White Sharks through education, especially to the local children who are the future of our country. « less
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Montreal, Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 2012 NEW
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Booked the shark diving tour through Backpackers adventures. An experience of a lifetime. Saw lots of sharks in and out of the water. Spectacular animals ! Kim, the shark lady, and her crew took very good care of our group even offering us to send us amazing pictures of the sharks she took during the activity after our camera died... More

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New York City, New York
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 May 2012 NEW
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Diving with Great Whites has been on my bucket list since I was a child and this was the perfect company to fulfill that dream. They arranged for pick up and drop off for us with a nice, clean taxi service. They made sure to feed us and gave us a good but concise safety briefing before we departed. We... More

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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2012
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Friendly crew and lance the dive master was very informative. We had to wait for about half an hour before the first shark showed up but after that there were about 7 or 8 of them swimming around the boat. In the cage it was great to see sharks in their natural environment swimming right next to you. When we... More

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 April 2012
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Was so excited by the chance to dive with the sharks-turned out to be a horrible experience because of this company. We were picked up at 4.30am in the morning, and were booked on the half day tour and ended up back at our hotel at 4.30pm so make sure you don't have any arrangements after the tour as they... More

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perth australia
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18 reviews 18 reviews
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15 helpful votes 15 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 February 2012
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firstly book directly with the shark lady, and get them to pick you up if you are in capetown metro area...then you can relax and enjoy the great scenery to the base , which is a beautifull old dutch style house...you will be briefed by the skipper and served nice snacks and tea and coffee...the staff are very helpfull on... More

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dundee
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 January 2012
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From arriving at The Shark Lady's office until we left, the crew made us feel very welcome with friendly service (esp Mike, the video guy!) and plenty of food and drink. Lance, our 'Shark Wrangler', was very knowledgable and I felt you could ask him any question and he would answer you with plenty of info. I also felt very... More

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San Francisco, California
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18 helpful votes 18 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 January 2012

Overall, we had a great time and had fun. I think it was partly due to going with not much expectations besides being able to see sharks. We went for the morning tour and did a self-drive from Cape Town. On arrival, we got a decent breakfast before the adventure. Then we hopped onto a boat (which was average but... More

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Cambridge, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 December 2011

I booked through another company but since I was going Solo they overbooked and they placed me with Shark Lady. Definitely book through the actual company and not through the vendors in Cape Town. I called when I was already in town and just booked through them. Easier and more reliable. I had an amazing time! The briefing was short... More

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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1 review
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 December 2011

very rude and unprofessional management: i.e. the shark lady; the very first try they wanted us to be there at 12 and then - at 11.45 - they postponed the trip so that we only had to be there at 2. when we arrived they told us that the boat just left after 1 but was fully booked... even though... More

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London, United Kingdom
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 December 2011

First, careful do not deal with sellers in Capetown, deal directly with Lady Shark! We were given a flyer on which it was said that we would go see the penguins and the coast and then go to the sharks. It was absolutely not the case and Lance told us that actually they never do that. The Lady shark by... More

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