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• NO KIDS UNDER 12YRS * URGENT NOTICE ::: (( P.L.E.A.S.E POLITELY ALWAYS SEND US A FOLLOW UP EMAIL – info@whalesafaris.co.za – AND GIVE US YOUR PLACE OF ACCOMMODATION / name of lodge.guesthouse AND YOUR MOBILE NR – and it is VERY IMPORTANT that YOU make contact with US 2 (TWO) FULL days before your cruise – as IF the weather changes , we DO need to discuss this with you – ALSO PLEASE be at the departure point for your cruise a full 30 minutes PRIOR to the time on your ticket – this is also very important -

St Lucia is a high energy surf launch into the INDIAN OCEAN – we do have oncoming waves rolling at us – and our boat has to ’’jump’’ through these waves – so for this reason we DO NOT take kids UNDER 12years – it is not about ‘’can you swim or can’t you swim’’ , in St Lucia the kids have to be a bit older so that they can hold on for themselves, so that their parents don’t need to hold onto the kids – as each person much hold on for themselves.
This service is available beginning of June to beginning of December. In the safe hands of experienced and renowned skipper and specialized Marine Mammal Guide Danie, you will be taken through the waves doing a direct beach surf launch to see the gigantic HUMPBACK WHALE.

THE WHALES migrate past this stretch of coastline between the months of mid May to mid December annually , to calf and breed in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean , moving as far as Mozambique and Madagascar before making the journey back to the Antarctic .
You may be fortunate to witness a 40 ton acrobatic HUMPBACK WHALE breaching a mere 50 meters away from the boat !!!!

You may also see a variety of pelagic bird life, dolphin frolicking alongside the bow of the boat, sea turtles in season, shark, marlin,whale shark and other interesting marine mammals and cetacean – these sighting are a bonus – we will not necessarily see this on each tour – but we GUARANTEE between the 1st of JUNE and END of NOV you WILL see a HUMPBACK whale, if you do NOT the 40% refund will count

We need about 3 hours of your time, of which the actual tour duration is approximately 2 hours ON the ocean, and then 30 minutes on either side to get you to-and- from the launch site on-board the Whale Train transport vehicle to the beach -
This in itself is an adventure, as you meet at a central booking office, from where you will be taken to the launch site with a 4 × 4 truck or the Whale Train transport vehicle to the beach -
From experience over 18 years it is GENERALLY better to launch EARLY in the morning, as later in the day the winds starts picking up and then we have to cancel tours on the ocean and we sit with unhappy clientele – so please DO understand that this activity is weather dependent – we do sometimes have a WHOLE day of awesome weather where we CAN continue doing tours until 17h00 in the afternoon, but we generally like to launch around 07h00, 09h00 and 11h00 daily – as summer starts we launch at 06h00 or 06h30 -

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