by Dominic Chadbon | Nov 15, 2018 | Fynbos, Whale Coast |
Wind-torn, sun-scoured and torched by fire, the mountains at the Rooi Els Reserve may not sound the most appealing destination but what I saw there early one morning nearly made me choke on my bran muffin. An hour’s drive from Cape Town, Rooi Els (pronounced ‘Roy...
by Dominic Chadbon | Oct 14, 2016 | Whale Coast |
I’m afraid I have to start with some bad news: African penguins at Simons Town’s world-famous Boulders Beach colony are in disastrous decline. The population has fallen by nearly 90% since the mid-1990s and there’s little sign of recovery. Shoals of sardines and...
by Dominic Chadbon | Feb 12, 2015 | Whale Coast |
Lying in the arms of Walker Bay, the otherwise unremarkable town of Hermanus achieves something close to international fame in spring. From early August to the end of October, remarkable numbers of Southern Right Whales are in the Cape’s waters, having migrated here...
