Discover why guests love Animal Ocean’s Cape Town Ocean Safari. Based on verified TripAdvisor, GetYourGuide, and Google reviews, this top-rated wildlife tour reveals dolphins, whales, and seals safely from the boat.

Each winter, South Africa’s Wild Coast becomes the stage for one of the ocean’s great spectacles — the Sardine Run. It’s chaos at sea:...

Every year, the Sardine Run teaches me something new. This morning, while sipping coffee and thinking back on the season, one thought...

It’s 1 a.m., pitch dark on the side of the road near Cradock in the Eastern Cape. The clutch our our tow vehicle is broken, the boat’s on...

The Sardine Run is more than just a wildlife spectacle — it’s a vital source of income and opportunity for the people of Tshani and...

Today we travelled out into a rough, bumpy ocean under a strong north-easterly — a howling onshore wind that churned up a short-period...

Right now, I’m sitting on a sand dune, the last embers of our end-of-trip bonfire glowing behind me. We built it together — all of us out...

We’ve now spent over 30 days on the Wild Coast for the 2025 Sardine Run — on the water daily from 7am to 3pm, scanning the ocean...

We headed up the coast on the long journey north—the never-ending pursuit to be in the right place at the right time. When we finally...

Right now, I’m rolling back up the hill, boat in tow, after a long day at sea — and honestly, I feel high from the sheer excitement of...

You never really know what you're going to find on the open ocean — especially during the Sardine Run. The water is wild and full of...

The Sardine Run is incredible for many reasons—but for me, it’s the people and the constant stream of communication that make it so...

18 June 2025 Right now, I’m walking down the hill at Mdumbi. Cape Longclaws are calling from the grass, spectacled weavers flit between...

Major flooding has hit the Wild Coast. Johann—the owner of Mdumbi Backpackers—has been sending us photos of submerged bridges along the...

I’m standing at the top of Wapadsberg Pass near Cradock, completely surrounded by whiteout. Snow blankets everything—thick, wet, and...

Today was a full-on packing day, before the rain hits—one of those seemingly endless missions of sorting, cleaning, boxing, and prepping....

Yesterday was a slow percolation of energy with sparks of magic at a dark-watered Dungeons. A long-anticipated swell finally aligned with...

We’ve had an incredible run of Ocean Safaris over the past two weeks. Conditions have been unusually calm—flat seas, light winds, and...

It’s hard to believe, but Animal Ocean Safari has just completed its first full season. A year ago, in May, we were faced with one of the...

Yesterday May 8th, 2025—his 99th birthday— Oceans with Sir David Attenborough was released, a landmark film that turns our attention away...