Magic Moment of the Week: Easter Egg Hunt
On Thursday we had an Easter egg hunt for the children at the school. They had so much fun searching for the eggs in the play ground, but I think we had more fun than they did!
Magic Moment of the Week: We celebrate Water Week
Last week was water week and we had a great time teaching the children about how important it is to save water. At the end of the lesson we coloured in images and sent them to our brother schools in Spain and Isle of Man to share […]
Magic Moment of the Week: Loggerhead Turtle Rescue
Today we had a small loggerhead turtle brought to the office. He was the unfortunate recipient of many nasty bites from some form of predator like a gull or fish, and lost half of his two back flippers and half of his left front […]
Magic Moment of the Week: ORCA to the rescue
Today was a busy day with regards to rescuing distressed animals. Both a seagull and a white breasted cormorant were found injured in Plettenberg Bay. Our team jumped into action and collected the birds for transport to Tenikwa Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. We hope that they have a […]
Magic Moment of the Week: Up with Downs!
On Friday we helped Ocean Blue Adventures with an outing for children from ‘Up with Downs’. They drove through from George early in the morning for their excursion. We started off the trip with a small group of humpback dolphins when the skipper got a call from […]
Magic Moment of the Week-Skype with Spain
On Thursday the children of the Siyakhula Preschool had a Skype phone call with their sister school in Spain. What an amazing experience, the children sang songs to each other and the teachers had time to talk and share experiences. This school has been kind enough […]
Magic Moment of the Week: Nature at Play
Going out to sea to find whales or dolphins is a part of being an ORCA volunteer! The last time we when to sea we found a group of bottle nose dolphins, the cameras clicked away. That night, when searching through the pictures, the smiling dolphin was […]
Magic Moment of the Week: Giving back to nature
What a wonderful experience putting back two birds back into nature after a short visit at Tenikwa. This Parasitic Jager was brought to ORCA in December by the local Jet Ski rental operator. It was very exhausted and after a short rehabilitation, Jared from Tenikwa set it […]
Magic Moment of the Week: Baby boomers
The seal pups have all been born for the season and looks like they are doing well. They have already started collecting in the creches while the females are away feeding.