For those starting on their birding journey – buy a bird book, a pair of binoculars and a small pocket notebook to begin cataloguing all of the birds you see when you visit Velddrif and its surrounds along the Berg River.
Southern Right Whales travel between 2000 – 3000 kilometers from their sub-Antarctic feeding waters to South African breeding and mating waters each year. This migratory journey can take about six weeks.
The iconic Big 5 as you know it shares the African plains. But did you know that South Africa also has the Marine Big 5 who share our Southern Cape ocean? Enjoy this marine spectacular with whales, sharks, dolphins, seals and penguins in all their glory as they feed, frolic and play.
Every year the southern whale coast in South Africa welcomes the annual migration of Southern Right Whales who are attracted to the natural sanctuaries so that they may mate and calf with one another.
