Today my dream and (last) birthday present become real when we finally went on board to head out to the Ningaloo Reef to swim with friendly whale sharks!
There can`t be more excitment before such a trip when you know that in minutes you will swim with the biggest fish on earth!
If you want to know more about those lovely fellows - check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_shark
We booked the trip again with Ningaloo Reef Dreaming (NRD) who took perfectly care about us. The big advantage with them - beside their beautiful paintings on cars, trailers, t-shirts & boats - is that they have their own spotter plane, so you don`t need to share your shark with other boats!
The rules are strict:
- Only 10 people with one whale shark
- No diving, no one below, above or infront
- Side distance 3m & tail 4m
- not more than 1 hour
At most boats you can be lucky if you make 10min with a whale shark x-)
BUT we where really lucky - we had 4 different whale sharks today - for us alone!!!
All between 3 - 7 meters. Big enough when you are close to them!
YES - I was there - I swim the whale shark \(*v*)/
What a graceful creature - stunning!
And more close ups
THAT WAS REALY COOL!!!
At the end of the day we had full 60 min out with the whale sharks which passed away like seconds! It is realy hard to describe - just do it!
Thanks to NRD who made this a real enjoyable trip!
WHALE SHARKS ROCK
