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Gansbaai (Dutch/Afrikaans for "bay of geese," sometimes referred to as Gans Bay or Gangs Bay) is a fishing town and popular tourist destination in the Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa. It is known for its dense population of great white sharks and as a whale-watching location.
The main tourist attraction in Gansbaai since approximately 1995 has been cage diving with great white sharks. It is said [who?] that after Kruger National Park, the great white sharks attract some of the highest numbers of tourists to South Africa for any single activity.
Gansbaai (Dutch/Afrikaans for "bay of geese," sometimes referred to as Gans Bay or Gangs Bay) is a fishing town and popular tourist destination in the...
District Municipality. The principal towns in the municipality are Hermanus, Gansbaai and Kleinmond. As of 2011[update], it had a population of 80,432. The municipality...
South Australia. In 2017, three great whites were found washed ashore near Gansbaai, South Africa, with their body cavities torn open and the livers removed...
residents. Baardskeerdersbos is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of Gansbaai on the Gansbaai–Elim–Bredasdorp road. It lies on the southern slopes of a mountain...
Erica irregularis, the Gansbaai heath, is a plant that belongs to the genus Erica and is part of the fynbos. This plant is native to the Western Cape and...
Kolver (2012), Success at Gansbaai leads to construction of another Nereda plant, engineeringnews Nadaba (2009), Gansbaai wastewater project incorporates...
Southern right whales visit the bay in the winter and spring months. Gansbaai on the shores of the bay has also become very famous for Great white shark...
Franskraalstrand, also known as Franskraal, is a coastal village near to Gansbaai in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2011[update] it had...
occur in various spots on the Western Cape coast of South Africa from Gansbaai to Mosselbaai. The existing fish traps that can still be seen have been...
Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the southern point of Walker Bay, near Gansbaai, in South Africa. It is a white octagonal masonry tower that has been in...
Conservation Trust opened the African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary (APSS) in Gansbaai, South Africa. The centre was opened by then-Department of Tourism minister...
Cape Agulhas, the most southerly point of Africa. Hermanus is 40 km from Gansbaai, a spot where people can dive amongst the great white sharks.[citation...
there was a fatal capsize of a shark cage diving boat off the coast near Gansbaai, South Africa, where three tourists died - two Americans and one Norwegian...
It is endemic to western South Africa, where it is only known from near Gansbaai in Western Cape Province. Klass, Klaus-Dieter; Picker, Mike; Damgaard,...
Convention 26 February – The British troopship, HMS Birkenhead is wrecked near Gansbaai, Western Cape 16 March – Voortrekker leaders, Andries Pretorius and Hendrik...
Town. The park stretches along the coastal plain between the towns of Gansbaai and Struisbaai, and includes the southern tip of Africa at Cape Agulhas...
Dyer Island Nature Reserve Complex is a protected area off the coast of Gansbaai in the Western Cape, South Africa. It consists of 3 islets, namely Dyer...
with a great white shark. Hartman also did a trip with Steve Irwin off Gansbaai, South Africa in 2004. In February 2004, while chumming the waters during...
Afrikaans: Vanrhynsdorp. CEA Moorreesburg CEG Heidelberg CEM Hermanus, Gansbaai, Onrus River & Stanford CEO Grabouw & Elgin CER Bonnievale CES Albertinia...
Africa. Kleinbaai is located on the Danger Point Peninsula, 6 km from Gansbaai. A gravel road connects Kleinbaai to the Danger Point Lighthouse. This...
Name Province Remarks/new name Ga-Motlagomo Limpopo Gansbaai Western Cape Ganyesa North West Ga-Rankuwa North West Gcuwa Eastern Cape previously Butterworth...
his survival skills. At the age of 20, he visited the fishing village of Gansbaai in the Western Cape where he became a commercial fisherman. In 1993, the...
occur in various spots on the Western Cape coast of South Africa from Gansbaai to Mosselbaai. Only a handful occur on the east coast. There are several...
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