Hi All
Every summer in SA, a British paraglider pilot arranges a group of brits and Europeans to escape the Euro-winter and head to South Africa for a few weeks of flying, which works out nicely for them due to the strength of the Euro. I have been doing some charters for locals in Capetown, but I am thinking of putting together an option for a holiday for European and US based spearo's to come out here on a buget holiday ( IE, no 5 star hotels) and where the emphasis is not nessesarily shooting the biggest or most fish, but rather experiencing the most beautiful and unique places and destinations for spearing in the Western Cape.
My plan is to arrange accomodation at classic little country-style houses enroute, with the trip planned to show you our 'must-see' places. Examples of the itinery would be a dive with Raggard-Tooth sharks in the 2 Oceans Aquarium, a spearing trip on a traditional fishing boat from the Harbour into False Bay ( with hand-line fishing an option), a day-out with Miles at Cape Point or Dassen Island
, a trip and cage-dive with Great Whites at 'Shark Alley', Gansbaai, and a Tuna-trip to the Blue water 30 miles off Cape Point. A sunset cruise and spearing session on a 54 ft Schooner will introduce you to the Atlantic shoreline off Cape Town.
From here, up the Garden Route to spear along the reefs off some of the most beautiful coastline anywhere,hunt Garrick, mussclecracker, Steenbras etc.
I am curious to gauge whether or not anyone would be interested in a holiday such as the above for a DB group?? (ie, where I can arrange deals with mates for free accomodation wherever possible etc etc.) Maybe a pipe-dream, but having a bunch of DB spearo's out for a week/2 week tour of the cape would be epic !!
Jeff

Every summer in SA, a British paraglider pilot arranges a group of brits and Europeans to escape the Euro-winter and head to South Africa for a few weeks of flying, which works out nicely for them due to the strength of the Euro. I have been doing some charters for locals in Capetown, but I am thinking of putting together an option for a holiday for European and US based spearo's to come out here on a buget holiday ( IE, no 5 star hotels) and where the emphasis is not nessesarily shooting the biggest or most fish, but rather experiencing the most beautiful and unique places and destinations for spearing in the Western Cape.
My plan is to arrange accomodation at classic little country-style houses enroute, with the trip planned to show you our 'must-see' places. Examples of the itinery would be a dive with Raggard-Tooth sharks in the 2 Oceans Aquarium, a spearing trip on a traditional fishing boat from the Harbour into False Bay ( with hand-line fishing an option), a day-out with Miles at Cape Point or Dassen Island
From here, up the Garden Route to spear along the reefs off some of the most beautiful coastline anywhere,hunt Garrick, mussclecracker, Steenbras etc.
I am curious to gauge whether or not anyone would be interested in a holiday such as the above for a DB group?? (ie, where I can arrange deals with mates for free accomodation wherever possible etc etc.) Maybe a pipe-dream, but having a bunch of DB spearo's out for a week/2 week tour of the cape would be epic !!
Jeff