swimming with the biggest fish in the world is no easy task you have to go
out of your way to the end of the world to do that and whale sharks are totally worth it
bonjour we are going to see some whale sharks today it's
my second attempt the first one was fairly wild and choppy so the weather is really
nice and calm today so really hope we can get to see some more and more peace
there is a lot of jellyfish in the sea so bring something to cover your legs if
you're planning on getting in the water which i don't think i will today this is a story from
a beautiful very cute little island that is part of tanzania and it is called mafia island
mafia island is quite small and while it has beautiful whale sharks a great chance to see
them up close it has a lot more so check out that video if you want to find out more information
we move on to real sharks our first attempt at trying to see a whale shark was actually
not that successful although we did see one it was a cloudy day with rough sea and a lot
of jellyfish so every time we jumped into the sea we actually got stung pretty bad
the second time was a completely different story the sea was absolutely calm and beautiful
there was no jellyfish at all and we saw four whale sharks in a single spot
the best time to see these whale sharks is somewhere between october and february each year
i was there in early january which is the best time so december and january
usually you have a really good chance of seeing some real sharks up close
i did this excursion with afro whale shark safari guys who are really nice friendly
and amazing and are really really experienced when it comes to whale sharks do check them out
if it is four or more of you i would definitely recommend hiring the boat privately
which costs only two hundred dollars otherwise it is sixty dollars per person
once we saw the whale sharks we were all super excited they took the boat
close to them and we instantly jumped in being surrounded by these beautiful creatures one of
them was absolutely humongous and other ones were cute little babies
and they were so unfazed by us around them they just didn't really care what we were doing there
they were busy feeding basking in the sun having a good time and so were we
it is forbidden to touch these beautiful creatures and i would
not recommend getting any closer than one meter
also i would definitely recommend going really early in the morning
it will be totally worth it because when you see more whale sharks a lot more boats come
and the whale sharks dive deep down and disappear
a little bit about these beautiful beautiful creatures whale sharks are the biggest fish in
the sea and they grow as much as 18 to 20 meters in length and despite their huge size and the
scary name of sharks they are very very docile and friendly they actually only eat plankton
and their filter feeders which means they open their mouths really wide take in as much water
as possible and then filter the water out and keep the plankton for themselves that's how they feed
so
it's like half nine and i feel like i've had an amazing day already saw four real sharks we
swam with them it was just incredible this one it just the biggest one it just came and i swam past
and just brushed past and oh it's just the most incredible feeling they're such magical creatures
i can't wait to see them again by the way be careful um we had a lot of jellyfish
the first time we did it the visibility was really poor and it was very choppy so
weather plays a huge huge part um in this today i got stung again by the jellyfish but i wasn't
so bad and it was only one thing so i'm gonna get some vinegar uh the guys here are really helpful
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