A sighting worth dreaming about.
It happened last week at Thonga Beach Lodge, on South Africa’s Indian Ocean coast.
This impressive creature is the largest fish in the world, reaching 8 to 10 metres in length (sometimes more), with a mouth that opens over 1.5m wide — large enough to swallow a diver…
But the whale shark is entirely harmless, feeding only on plankton, and it is far more threatened by humans than the other way around.
A well-regarded lodge known for its character, Thonga Beach also runs a dive centre offering boat excursions. September is a particularly good season to spot whale sharks passing off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal.
An essential stop on a journey through South Africa that includes KwaZulu-Natal.
