🦈 South African Shark Week 2027: The Ultimate Pelagic Apex Adventure
Dates: October 23 – November 1, 2027
Location: Protea Banks & Aliwal Shoal, South Africa
Trip Type: Advanced Pelagic Shark Diving / Extreme Adventure
This Isn’t Tropical "Easy" Diving. This is Where Legends Are Made.
Forget the calm, shallow coral gardens. If your pulse races at the thought of deep blue water, pulsing currents and close encounters with the ocean’s ultimate apex predators, your 2027 bucket list trip has arrived.
Savage Travels is proud to team up with Scuba Travel for the South African Shark Week in October/November 2027.
Head straight to the wild, untamed coast of South Africa, one of the very few places on Earth where you can lock eyes with massive pelagic sharks in their natural habitat.
Designed strictly for experienced divers seeking high octane thrills, this expedition drops you right into the middle of the action across two legendary marine hotspots: Protea Banks and Aliwal Shoal.
What You’ll Dive With
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Protea Banks: Known for heart pounding drift dives and deep water action. This is heavy duty territory with prime opportunities to encounter Bull Sharks (Zambezi sharks), Tiger Sharks, Hammerheads and resident Ragged-Tooth Sharks.
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Aliwal Shoal: A world-renowned playground offering encounters with Dusky Sharks, Blacktips and staggering numbers of Ragged-Tooth Sharks.
Ethical, Unfiltered Encounters:
No cages, no feeding and zero touching. These expeditions utilize strictly controlled, ethical "scented dives" (using natural fish oil and sardine-filled drums to create a scent trail) allowing the sharks to approach naturally while you hover in the open blue water. You aren't just an observer here, you are part of the ecosystem.
Trip Itinerary at a Glance
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Day 1: Depart Scandinavia, flying overnight to Durban, South Africa.
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Day 2: Touch down in Durban, transfer to your resort, gear up and dive into the official briefing for the week ahead.
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Days 3–8: High-action diving! Experience two dives a day, alternating between the dramatic pelagic drop-offs of Protea Banks and the thriving biodiversity of Aliwal Shoal.
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Day 10: Return flight back to Scandinavia filled with stories few divers can tell.
Want to extend the adventure? Customize your trip by adding a world class Big Game Safari, a coastal road trip or an extension to Sodwana Bay.
Are You Ready to Answer the Call of the Deep?
This trip is strictly limited to experienced divers who want more out of the ocean than routine vacation diving. Spaces for the October 2027 departure are strictly controlled to maintain safety and maximum wildlife interaction.
​Booking Details
​Starting From Sek 39 995.00
Remove 300 plastic bottles from the sea in connection with your trip!
Scuba Travel partners with CleanSea to protect the future of the ocean. CleanSea cleans the sea and coastline from plastic and ghost fishing equipment in Sweden 5 days a week all year round. Through your donation to CleanSea, you help remove 3 kg of litter from the sea. This corresponds to about 300 plastic bottles.
Join us and contribute where you make a difference to the marine wildlife in connection with your trip and you will receive a bracelet from CleanSea as a symbol and thank you!
Gift cost: 300 SEK
Let us know when you book that you want to contribute and how many kilos of plastic you want them to pick up from the sea in connection with your trip. Do you want to know more about the work Clean Sea does for our oceans?, read more here; https://www.cleansea.co/
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