From June to December Walker Bay welcomes some very special visitors. The Southern Right whales migrate from the southern oceans where they feed, to the warmer waters around the southern Cape of South Africa to calve and mate.
Gansbaai offers some of the finest land and boat-based whale watching in the world.
Read more...Mark Tornquist wrote this article at the request of a magazine on game-viewing and 4x4 trails. Makes a super read!
Enjoy...The Southern Right Whale is a large stocky whale. It's skin is usually black to dark grey with white and/or brown patches.These whales reach a maximum length of about 17m and weight of approximately 40 tonnes.
Read more...Right whales were named by whalers who considered them the "right" whales to hunt, since they were rich in blubber, they were easy to catch and they floated after being killed.
Read more...In late April right whales stop feeding, and leave the southern oceans, travelling north to the warmer coastal waters around South Africa.
Read more...On whales, or the nature of whales page lists some classic notes, poetic thoughts and scientific facts on whales and their behaviour.
Read more...A selection of whale photos taken in the Gansbaai (South Africa) area.
See more...Whale songs or whale sounds for you to listen to. Please note that these audio files offer sounds from whales around the world.
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