Expert Tours

06/06/2026

Sardine Run 2026

06/06/2026

03/06/2026

LAST MINUTE OPPORTUNITY!

Due to a client cancellation caused by illness, we have 2 spots available on our immersive Sardine Run Expedition in South Africa.

📅 12–22 June 2026

Join us for one of the world's greatest marine wildlife spectacles: massive dolphin superpods, baitballs, sharks, whales, seabirds, and unforgettable ocean encounters.

A true immersive adventure in the wild Indian Ocean.

Only 2 spaces available.

Contact Silke & Rainer Schimpf for details and last-minute rates.

The ocean is calling!

+27721420420
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02/06/2026

Sardine Run live today
East London!

One of the best experiences in South Africa.

A massive superpod of Common Dolphins surges below the surface in every direction — thousands of dolphins moving as one through wild open water. The ocean erupts with energy as they race, leap, and charge through dense baitfish beneath the surface. White spray flies through the air, seabirds gather overhead, and the entire sea seems alive. Pure movement. Pure wilderness. Pure ocean chaos.

This is the playground of Expert-Tours.com and the legendary immersive Sardine Run experience in South Africa.

The season has officially begun.

Every year these unforgettable predator interactions create one of the greatest marine wildlife spectacles on Earth. Raw. Powerful. Unpredictable. Emotional. The sound of thousands of dolphins breaking the surface together, baitfish scattering beneath the boat, birds diving from above, and endless movement in every direction — an ocean spectacle impossible to describe until you witness it yourself.

This is not a documentary. This is real life.

Join exclusive expeditions 2027 with Silke Schimpf & Rainer Schimpf — pioneers of ethical Ocean Safaris and immersive marine encounters along South Africa’s wild coastline. Since 25 years they coinduct the run!

2027 bookings are now OPEN.

Limited spaces available for wildlife lovers, photographers, filmmakers, freedivers, and ocean adventurers ready to experience one of the most extraordinary marine events on the planet.

Register today and become part of the adventure.

www.expert-tours.com
+27 721 420420
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22/05/2026

One of our expedition images from the West Coast has been selected from thousands of entries into the final circle of 108 images in the 2026 Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year competition—a breaching humpback whale captured in a powerful moment at sea. We are proud to showcase the West Coast in this way and to contribute to how this remarkable region is represented on a global stage, and we look forward to seeing the final results.

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19/05/2026

The Sardine Run 2026

with expert-tours.de is about to begin this June — and we simply can’t wait for another season of breathtaking action, superpods, dolphins, sharks, whales and unforgettable underwater encounters along South Africa’s wild coastline.

Our June 2026 expeditions are now fully booked! To avoid disappointment, we highly recommend reserving your preferred slots for June 2027 already today.

Join the world’s most immersive Sardine Run expeditions with the pioneers of ethical ocean adventures.

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‘langebaan

18/05/2026

Orca VS Humpback Whale (2023)

What started as a regular ocean safari off South Africa’s West Coast became one of the most remarkable wildlife encounters ever witnessed in the region.
While operating near Santa Helena Bay, we encountered a large pod of orcas attacking a fully grown humpback whale that had become separated from a superpod.
Recognizing immediately how rare this moment was, Rainer launched the drone and filmed the entire encounter from start to finish — something never documented before in our whale watching area. For nearly an hour, guests and crew witnessed the coordinated hunt unfold in real time.
This event became the first ever documented orca pod attack on a fully grown humpback whale in South African waters, as well as the first complete drone documentation of such an interaction in the region.
Since then, every season from January to April, we specifically search for orcas along South Africa’s wild West Coast — successfully locating them over the past two seasons. Join us and experience firsthand our expertise in finding and observing the ocean’s absolute apex predator:
Orcas.
Join us in 2027 for the World’s Most Exclusive Orca & Humpback Whale Expedition.

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+27 721 420420

16/05/2026

Across oceans, coasts, and remote marine frontiers, the focus remains the same:
delivering highly exclusive, deeply immersive ocean encounters designed for small, carefully managed groups on privately operated vessels.
Every expedition is built around proximity, authenticity, and real-time marine life interactions — not staged moments, but genuine wildlife encounters in dynamic ocean systems.
From the Azores to the Mexican Pacific, from the Eastern Cape Sardine Run to the West Coast of South Africa, each destination offers its own rhythm and intensity. Whether it is marlin hunting offshore, whales moving through feeding corridors, dolphins driving bait balls, or whale sharks gliding through blue water, every trip is shaped by conditions, timing, and expertise on the water.
What defines the experience is not only the destinations, but the approach: small group sizes, exclusive charter setups, and a guiding philosophy built on respect for the ocean and its wildlife. Guests are not observers from a distance — they become part of a structured, safe, and highly informed exploration team at sea.
Silke and Rainer personally oversee and guide operations, ensuring each journey reaches its highest possible standard. Their combined field experience, marine knowledge, and instinct for animal behaviour allow guests to access rare and often unpredictable moments across the marine world — the true “cream of the ocean.”
Whether it is whale encounters in the Azores, the explosive feeding events of the Sardine Run, marlin and pelagic action in Mexico, or the diverse and raw marine ecosystems of South Africa’s West Coast, each expedition is designed to be unique, unrepeatable, and deeply memorable.
With Expert-Tours, guests are not joining a standard tour — they are stepping into a shared ocean journey that feels personal, almost like joining an extended family at sea.
If the ocean is calling, this is where it becomes real.

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15/05/2026

SARDINE RUN 2027 — EARLY BIRD BOOKINGS NOW OPEN
01.06. – 11.06.2027
12.06. – 22.06.2027

Step into one of the planet’s last truly wild ocean spectacles.
With Expert-Tours.com

The scenes shown here capture the opening phase of the Sardine Run along South Africa’s West Coast. Every year from January onwards, immense schools of sardines begin gathering in the south, shadowed by thousands of common dolphins moving with them. From there, the migration rounds Cape Agulhas before pushing north along the East Coast.

By late May and early June, the ocean off East London transforms into a living frenzy.

Billions of sardines.
Huge baitballs.
Whales, dolphins, sharks, seals, penguins and Cape Gannets hunting together in one breathtaking natural event.

This is not something you simply observe.

You become part of it.

Cold spray on your face.
The swell beneath the boat.
Dolphins exploding through the baitball while gannets dive from above like arrows.

Untamed. Intense. Unforgettable.

One of the greatest marine wildlife encounters remaining anywhere on Earth.

For more than 25 years, we have pioneered and guided Sardine Run expeditions in South Africa. We understand the coastline, the currents, the wildlife movements — and the precise moments when the ocean suddenly erupts into life.

Mostly freediving and in direct contact with the action.
Scuba diving only during selected dedicated photo and film expeditions.

This is far beyond an ordinary tour.

It is a rare experience that only very few people worldwide will ever witness from inside the water.

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WhatsApp: +27 721 420 420

15/05/2026

SARDINE RUN 2027 — NOW OPEN FOR EARLY BIRD BOOKINGS

01.06. – 11.06.2027
12.06. – 22.06.2027

Escape to where the ocean truly comes alive.
With Expert-Tours.de

The footage you see captures the very beginning of the Sardine Run on South Africa’s West Coast — where, from January each year, the first massive sardine shoals start moving south, followed by thousands of dolphins. From there, the migration turns around Cape Agulhas and continues northward along the East Coast.

By the end of May and beginning of June, the real explosion of life happens off East London.

This is where billions of sardines gather.
Where whales, dolphins, sharks, seals, penguins and Cape Gannets hunt together in the legendary baitballs.

You are not watching nature.
You are inside it.

Salt on your skin.
The ocean moving beneath you.
Dolphins slicing through the baitball while gannets rain from the sky.

Raw. Chaotic. Alive.

One of the most intense wildlife encounters left on Earth.

For more than 25 years, we have explored and guided the Sardine Run as pioneers in South Africa. We know the coastline, the currents, and most importantly — the exact moment when the ocean erupts into life.

Mostly freediving, face-to-face with the action.
Scuba only for special photo & film expeditions.

This is not a normal tour.
It is something very few people on Earth will ever truly experience.

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📱 WhatsApp: +27 721 420 420