Whale watching with Advantage Tours and Charters. ST LUCIA SOUTH AFRICA - the only legal Boat -Based -Whale -Watching Permit Holder - within this WORLD HERITAGE SITE ,THE GREATER ST LUCIA WETLAND PARK. THE WHALES migrate pass 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 Madagaskar before making the journey back to the Antarctic. Each Whale Tail is like a human’s fingerprint, you can easily identify the whale from the specific markings under the tail. Whale watching videos.
The Fishing
SHARING TIME WITH THESE PLAYFUL GENTLE GIANTS OF THE OCEAN IS A SOUL –STIRRING EXPERIENCE, AN INVESTMENT YOU MAKE IN YOUR OWN LIFE, AND SOMETHING NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN. 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 cetacea . We need about 3 hours of your time, of which the actual tour duration is approximately 2 hours on the ocean, and then 30 minute
From the time that you meet at the office till 3 hours later when you return from your trip , cameramen will be taking video footage of yourself and your sightings and a personalized DVD of yourself aboard the Advantage Charter can be bought at the WHALE SHOP about an hour after your return***** ADVANTAGE has a legal filming permit from Marine and Coastal Management allowing then to film and photograph whales . It’s worth investing in this personalized DVD , as we cannot always guarantee t
FACINATING FACTS ABOUT ST LUCIA’S HUMPBACK WHALES They are inquisitive and playful - their brain is 7 times heavier than a humans’ - calves are born after 11 months gestation and weigh about 1500kg *they drink up to 600litres of milk and put on 100kg of weight daily - the milk is extremely rich and has the consistancy of condense milk - Humpback whales have large nodules on their head which grow a single hair - the adult whale has lungs the size of 2 small cars - they grow up to 16m
They grow up to 16m long and weigh as much as 11 elephants. The male sing the most complicated and longest love songs of all the animals and they don’t even have vocal cords - the songs are the same in certain areas but change slightly each year -humpbacks don’t get involved in mass strandings, half their brain fall asleep while the other half stays awake - they rest in Harvey Bay Australia before travelling 10,000km back to the Antarctic.
Company Name: Advantage Tours and Charters
Contact: Riette Bennett
Email: advantage@zululink.co.za
Website: www.advantagetours.co.za
Phone: +27(0)35 590 1259
McKenzie Street
St Lucia 3936 SOUTH AFRICA
Advantage Charter - St Lucius - South Africa
Boat Based Whale Watching (from as close as 50m’s !) aboard the ADVANTAGE CHARTER - ST LUCIA SOUTH AFRICA - the ONLY LEGAL Boat -Based -Whale -Watching Permit Holder - within this WORLD HERITAGE SITE ,THE GREATER ST LUCIA WETLAND PARK ( renamed in Nov 2007 to the iSimangaliso Wetland Park )- on the southern most tip of THE ELEPHANT COAST - KWAZULU NATAL - SOUTH AFRICA ( est 1991 ) This is something exceptionally special, a lifetime memory
Our Boat
Our ocean going boat, the ADVANTAGE CHARTER, a 9m+ hard hulled vessel , is built eco-friendly with passenger safety and comfort in mind powered by 2 x 250HP Suzuki engines complying with EPA standards. In the safe hands of experienced and renowned skipper and specialized Marine Mammal Guide Danie Bennett, you will be taken through the waves to see the gigantic HUMPBACK WHALE. THE NEW LUXURIOUS passenger ferry ADVANTAGE CRUISER II is due soon
The Whales
THE WHALES migrate pass 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 Madagaskar before making the journey back to the Antarctic .You may be fortunate to witness a 40ton acrobatic HUMPBACK WHALE breaching a mere 50 meters away from the boat !!!! or maybe just swimming alongside the vessel.Each Whale Tail is a fingerprint
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