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The main tourist attraction to Gansbaai since around the year 1995 has been to cage dive with the Great white Sharks. It is said that after Kruger National Park, the Great White Shark attract some of the highest number of tourist to South Africa for any singular activity. |
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Location |
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Gansbaai is situated in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It lies between the foot of the Duynefontein Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. |
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History |
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Gansbaai at De Kelders has one of the oldest associations with man in the world. At the time when Neanderthal-man was still the dominant species of "homo" in Europe, a group of modern people (Homo sapiens) had already made Klipgat Cave their home. Remains have been excavated showing modern man living here more than 70,000 years ago. Klipgat Cave is located in the Walker Bay Nature Reserve, next to De Kelders, the residential shore area of Gansbaai. As one of only three places in South Africa where such old remains have been excavated, Klipgat Cave is one of the most important historical sites in the Western Cape. The reserve and the cave are open to the public. |
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Climate |
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Gansbaai normally receives about 407mm of rain per year and because it receives most of its rainfall during winter it has a Mediterranean climate. The town receives the lowest rainfall (12mm) in January and the highest (59mm) in July. The average midday temperatures for Gansbaai range from 16.7°C in July to 25°C in January. The region is the coldest during July when the mercury drops to 7°C on average during the night. |
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