Offshore Africa is the only operator that is able to offer a “home base knowledge” package for the Sardine Run as we are based in Port St John’s all year round and are ideally located to offer you a superb, fun filled trip, coupled with highly experienced sardine run specialist teams of skippers and dive guides.

We offer a boat based adventure for everyone, whether a diver or non diver.  All nature lovers, bird watchers, photography enthusiasts, dolphin and whale enthusiasts, snorkellers and scuba divers will thoroughly enjoy this incredible event of nature, which has been likened to the land based “Wildebeest migration of the Serengeti” and the marine equivalent of this has since been called “The Greatest shoal on earth”.

Please take a look at our sardine run trip info and join us for an experience of a lifetime in the most beautiful and scenic place of Port St John’s, Wild Coast, Transkei, the gateway to the sardine run.

• We are the only locally based operator based in Port St John’s year round
• We are official permit holders of the Pondoland M.P.A. (marine protected area) dive operator permit, which allows our boats and divers access to scuba dive during the sardine run and on our reef systems
• We limit our boat numbers to 8 clients, for comfort on board each day
• We do a river launch and not a beach push-in launch each day, which allows our clients to get comfortable with safety & boat procedures prior to entering the surf zone
  

• 5 full days of boat based viewing / diving / snorkelling the sardine run
• 6 night’s accommodation on whichever meal package you choose.  The above package is for Port St John’s River Lodge (3 star establishment) www.portstjohnsriverlodge.co.za
• On board boat refreshments – our boat refreshments have been voted to be the best and most comprehensive by all crew and clients and our food is home-made
• Cylinder & air fills
• Weight belt & weights
• Diver permits
• Highly qualified team of skipper & in water guide / boat guide
  

• Transfers to and from Port St John’s.  (We can arrange this on your behalf if required.  Kindly contact us for details, costs and  a variety of pick-up destination options)
• Lunch (if required)
• Dinner (if you have chosen the Bed & breakfast option)
• Equipment rental of BCD, Regulator, wetsuit, fins, mask & snorkel.  We have a full range available should you require equipment.  Kindly note that equipment rental must be pre-booked during the sardine run period.  (See our rental equipment section for rates.)
• Additional chargeable land based activities
• Items of a personal nature
• Beverages
• Gratuities
• Taxes / flights
• Passport / visas
• Personal insurance

If you wish to choose your own accommodation, we make use of a variety of great accommodation establishments in town, which will cater to most needs. 

 Please feel free, however, to ask us for suggestions / recommendations and we will be more than happy to advise you.

Please note that accommodation fills up rapidly during the sardine run period and accommodation choice will be severely limited for late bookings.  Kindly check our list of options below.

• Claude’s Rest – (www.claudesrest.co.za) – self catering

• Bamba Lodge – (www.bambalodge.com) – self catering

• Ntaba River Lodge – (www.intabariverlodge.co.za) – our 4* choice

• Keysers Cottage – (www.agateterrace.co.za) – self catering

• King Fisher cottages – (www.kingfishercottages.co.za) – self catering

• Outspan Inn – (www.outspaninn.co.za)

• Port St John’s River lodge – (www.portstjohnsriverlodge.co.za)

• Sea Castle guest house – (www.scguesthouse.co.za) – self catering

• Sunlof – (www.sunlof.co.za)

• Spotted Grunter – (www.spottedgrunter.co.za)

• The Jetty River Lodge (www.thejetty.co.za) – self catering

• Umzimvubu Retreat – (www.umzimvuburetreat.co.za)

• Jungle Monkey Backpackers-( www.junglemonkey.co.za)

• Amapondo Backpackers-(www.amapondo.co.za)

If you are selecting your own accommodation and require a more budget orientated option, kindly contact us for further suggestions and recommendations as there are various back packer establishments in town.