ADVENTUROUS VOLUNTEER SPECIAL OFFER!!
WINTER SPECIAL- MAY , JUNE AND JULY Have you ever wanted to spend a holiday making a change in the world? Would you like to spend four weeks in sunny South Africa volunteering on a marine conservation and education project? Do you love the outdoors? Do you want a life-changing experience? How about visiting one […]
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 […]
Bait fish in the bay
For the last week and a bit the Bay has been a hive of marine activity. There has been a relatively high influx of bait fish that have arrived with the slightly warmer than normal water temperatures and as a result a flurry of animals who prey on these fish have joined the rush. Terns, […]
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 […]
Oldest known bird in the world has hatched a chick
The oldest known wild bird in the United States has hatched a chick — for the sixth year in a row. The Laysan albatross named Wisdom, thought to be at least 62 years old, hatched a healthy-looking chick on Sunday (Feb. 3), according to a statement from the U.S. Department of the Interior. Wisdom and […]
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 […]