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.
Magic Moment of the Week; Another brilliant day with the Commons
It truly is summer when the commons come into the bay on a regular basis. This group was around for most of the day and we had great sightings of them!
Animal Strandings
If you are on the beach and see an animal for instance a turtle, seal or penguin please leave them alone as these animals do come onto land. The only time people should get involved with these animals is when they are sick, injured or unable to fend for themselves. In this situation, you should […]
Magic Moment of the Week: Beached Whale
This week we had the opportunity to view a whale that had washed up on the beach. It unfortunately was long dead but we could still see the immensity of the animal. It was approx 15 meters long, the tail was 5 meters wide and the pectoral flipper was 4.2 meters long. The body was quite badly […]
Magic Moment of the Week: The commons are back
Our first sighting of common dolphins for the year. There approx 500 dolphins moving around the bay on Saturday and Monday. How amazing, they move so beautifully together and are so lively!
Magic Moment of the Week: School Outing
Last week we took the children from the Siyakhula pre-school to Monkey Land and Birds of Eden. How fun was it to watch them as they looked at all the beautiful birds and monkeys with such amazement.
‘Go Green’
There are many ways to protect and conserve the environment that we live in. South Africa is a beautiful country and it is everybody’s responsibility to keep it that way. Let’s use litter as an example. Did you know that a plastic drinks bottle takes about 450 years to decompose? And that rubber soles from […]
Magic Moment of the Week: The Perfect Shot!
This whale was very happy to show off in front of a boat full of guests! As we arrived, it was breaching and waving its huge flippers in the air. It then started slapping the water repeatedly making quite a racket! I then dived multiple times allowing us to capture some great tail shots. That […]