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Why Rodney Fox?

Rodney Fox Great White Shark Expeditions in South Australia is the very best operation in the world in which to experience great white sharks, with all the advantages of working from a liveaboard boat. This is by far the most satisfying and rewarding way to do this special adventure!

Live aboard boats allow you to maximise your productivity and contact time with sharks, as we are permanently on location with no further daily transfer hassles, often subject to changing weather conditions and frustrating cancellations. On liveaboard boat we are also restricted to a small number of guests, so every expedition member can be treated specially in the uncrowded and unrushed conditions.

With liveaboards, the sharks, other wildlife, sunrises and sunsets, are all right there to enjoy all around you, and then you have all the time you need to relax and fully absorb and enjoy the experience. This is also in the company of other people, the likes who also want to share such a special experience this very way. A favourite part of the trip is that everyone onboard can really get to know each other and share the experience!.

Even though a majority of our initial inquiries request shorter length tours, we feel that it is unrealistic to expect success with only a day spent on location. Despite the huge number of people willing to part with good money and gamble on doing a shorter trip, we strongly recommend a minimum of 2 days on location to maximise the potential success of each expedition date.

Our various 3-5 day length tour agendas are designed to firstly allow us time to get out to our viewing locations and back, while also allowing for finding productive spells of weather and reliable shark action. This agenda gives passengers a more realistic chance of enjoying at least one extraordinary magical day when all the conditions favourably come together.

More time spent onboard allows expedition members to spend more quality time with this most spectacular animal. These precious moments always seem to go way too fast, and many photographers or passengers, who are traveling from overseas to make this trip the focus of their entire travel to Australia, often do consecutive back-to-back tours to maximise their exposure.

Despite this reasoning we get ever more requests for shorter 1 or 2 day tours. We will not risk offering a day trip for mixed groups, but can arrange this schedule for entire social groups, or family group charters under certain conditions. This often works out well in these situations as the goal of the tour is more of a social adventure, and the possibility of seeing a minimal amount of shark activity is seen as a bonus to the rest of the adventure. 

During our days at sea, we also encourage tours of the island on our tender boat, and always look for an opportunity to stop off at a special place to snorkel with Australian sea lions on the way out. There are many options to fill our days with interesting activities.

Interestingly, after each expedition, most passengers comment that they would prefer to return with us for an even longer agenda next time. These comments are regardless of the amount of shark activity they experienced and many also end up changing their mind about this being "a once in a lifetime only experience".

So to see everything there is to see, and to have the most enjoyable time, we highly recommend that you spend as long as your time and budget will allow. You will not regret it and chances are you will want to come back with us again!