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African Shark Eco-Charters

Wharf Road | Milkwood Park, Simon's Town 7995, South Africa
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Ranked #2 of 2 tours in Simon's Town
5.0 of 5 stars 22 Reviews
Type: Tours
Owner description: Certified "Fair Trade in Tourism", we offer eco-friendly shark cage diving and great white breaching trips in Simon's Town. Scuba Diving offered with...... more » Owner description: Certified "Fair Trade in Tourism", we offer eco-friendly shark cage diving and great white breaching trips in Simon's Town. Scuba Diving offered with no dive experience needed. Personalised small groups of 8-12 max.Join us to see these majestic super predators. « less
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1 review
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 2012 NEW

Being a South African that now lives abroad... a trip home would not be complete without joining the African Eco-Charters crew again! Every aspect of my experience far exceeded my expectations. Booking my date was a breeze and the customer service was fantastic. The crew were fun and had a wealth of knowledge about all marine and coastal wildlife. Their... More

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Mukwonago, Wisconsin
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 May 2012

Well this review is not about the shark dive because it never happened. I had reserved a date to go but the day before they called and had not been seeing great activity lately. They left it up to us if we wanted to cancel at no charge. That is just great customer service in my mind these days of... More

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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 May 2012

OK, this has been the greatest and coolest thing I have done in South Africa. And somewhere up there with the coolest things in my life. Capt Rob and the crew, Brandon, Ally, Willie, Gary (the guy in the afternoon, hope I got his name right) and you are second to none. I am experienced around boats, fishing, diving, and... More

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Karen Lawrence, Owner at African Shark Eco-Charters, responded to this review
17 May 2012

Thanks for your post. The crew are very grateful for your reply as they all try so hard to give their "all" on each trip and its very warming to hear good feedback. We hope you will join us again for another adventure at Seal Island. Regards Rob and Karen More

Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 May 2012

Honest and good trip management, I had wonderful time and I will recommend them to anyone who is going to false bay More

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Karen Lawrence, Owner at African Shark Eco-Charters, responded to this review
17 May 2012

Thank you very much for your warm recommendation and we are glad you had a great trip with us in False Bay. Regards Rob and Karen More

Atlanta
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 April 2012

My wife and I were in Cape Town for our 10th anniversary and decided to go shark cage diving. We researched several companies and settled on ASEC because of the small number of passengers on the boat and the fact that they use SCUBA. The experience was incredible, one that neither of us will ever forget. The seas were choppy... More

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Karen Lawrence, Owner at African Shark Eco-Charters, responded to this review
17 May 2012

We are glad you had a great trip with us in False Bay and we agree that scuba diving is the best way to experience the sharks in the shark cage Regards Rob and Karen More

UK
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 April 2012

Can't compliment the service and hospitality of these guys. My son (age 10) and myself went out with 4 other guests and had a fantastic morning of dolphin, seal spotting and of course, shark cage diving. The team really made us feel welcome and treated my so if he was their only client of the day! The whole team on... More

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Karen Lawrence, Owner at African Shark Eco-Charters, responded to this review
12 April 2012

Thank you for your compliment, and thanks for joining us. Your son was a pleasure to chat to-very enthusiastic about the sharks! The use of scuba ( airline) is important feature for us over snorkelling, as you correctly say, when the sea its choppy you sure dont want to be having water coming into your snorkel and spoiling your dive.... More

London, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 February 2012
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I must have fished through all the websites offering this experience from Cape Town, tried reading the small print as to whether it was breath hold or off a diving air and regulator...cross referred with this site for comments, and basically hit the motherload with Rob and his team. Awesome. They provide suits and regs for the cage...[the problem with... More

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Karen Lawrence, Owner at African Shark Eco-Charters, responded to this review
5 April 2012

Hi Jules It was an absolute pleasure having you join us on our trip, and that you showed so much interest and asked a lot of questions. Regards Rob More

toulouse
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 February 2012
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the best place in the world to see the great white behavior with the koolest crew ! for me the best,go with asec !!!!!!!!!!!!! you have time to learn about great white shark and see natural predation enjoy your trip at seal island with rob lawrence,you will not regret . i forgot, you will see, in same time, one of... More

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Karen Lawrence, Owner at African Shark Eco-Charters, responded to this review
5 April 2012

It was great to see you back again this year. Its so wonderful to see guests as enthusiastic as you, who love the sharks as much as we do. Regards Rob More

Chico, California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 February 2012
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Loved being in a cage - that close to sharks and to see the work volunteers were doing! More

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Southampton, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 October 2011
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This has got to be the most amazing experience of our lives. A pretty early start...getting on the boat whilst it's still dark...but well worth it. Arrive at Seal Island as the sun rises and you then get to see these amazing creatures in action. In total we saw 4 Great White Shark breaches. When it was time to go... More

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Karen Lawrence, Manager at African Shark Eco-Charters, responded to this review
5 October 2011

Thank you for your review. We are really pleased to hear that you enjoyed your experience with us! Regards Rob and Karen Lawrence. More

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