Birds of Eden Plettenberg Bay

Plettenberg Bay is another beach town. A very hilly one at that! Where we stayed was right at the top of a huge hill down to the beach. The place we stayed was..... Questionable....! But it's location was amazing right on the high street and the view from the balcony was great! The first few days we didn't do much as the weather turned and it was …

Een verslagje van onze zeg maar beestige dag.
In de voormiddag naar Knysna Elephant Park gereden om olifanten van heel dichtbij te zien. Het park biedt de mogelijkheid om olifanten aan te raken, eten te geven en om erop te zitten. Buiten het rijden op een olifant was het voederen en het strelen fantastisch om te doen.

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The honey badger - one of the the more recent celebrities of the animal world, after a video showcasing its bad-ass aggressiveness went viral, attaining over 54 million hits on Youtube, and also today's star at the Tenikwa Wildlife Awareness and Rehabilitation Centre. The primary focus of Tenikwa is actually the rehabilitation of African Wildcats, …

Vanuit Knysna zijn we een dagje naar twee dierenparken geweest: Monkeyland en Birds of Eden. …

Prior to this visit to South Africa I was not much of a bird photographer. But, I started practicing before I left so I would be ready for the many varieties of birds I would encounter here in South Africa. And, as you have seen already there are some beautiful birds here.

Today I drive about 45 minutes outside of Knysna and past …

Today we're going to Monkeyland and Birds of Eden. I talk with the reception and they give me a 10% rebate voucher. On the way we stop to buy a learner's sticker and then Taby drives the rest of the way. She's taken about ten lessons now with a real instructor and thinks I'm a bad instructor because I shout when I get nervous. It's 10km or so to …

... canopy. It was well worth the money especially as we got a meal thrown in. On the second day we went to 'Birds of Eden' and 'Monkeyland'. The birds are enclosed in a huge lifted net that contains different re-created eco-systems such as rainforest ...

... of the Garden Routes' biggest tourist attractions (or traps)... "Monkeyland".  I'm really not kidding... it was located next to "Birds of Eden".  We actually paid $14 each to walk through a monkey sanctuary...it was kind of a let down after all ...

We headed off to Monkeyland and nearby Birds of Eden today, both similar kinds of places - they rehabilitate monkeys/birds that were previously captive and endeavour to restore the animals natural behaviour. We took an hour guided tour around ...

... en nu start dus het praktische gedeelte. Ik zal vijf maanden stage lopen bij Born in Africa. Deze organisatie is actief in de townships rond Plettenberg Bay en zet zich in op educatief vlak. Voor verdere toelichting verwijs ik jullie graag verder naar ...

... were told not to have anything loose in case they ran off with it! Naughty monkeys! Included with monkey land was birds of Eden, where we walked around a HUGE netted area that housed hundreds of birds, from sick flightless birds to disowned and rehomed. ...

The busiest day of the trip so far by a long way! We started by packing up our things in Plettenburg Bay and driving the short distance to Birds of Eden- the biggest aviary you can imagine full of all kinds of exotic and interesting bird (native to South ...

... was so shocked. We walked on and there were some really ugly geese and some mini monkeys and some blue and gold macaws. After birds of Eden dad claimed he had a connection with the birds but me and mum knew he was just making it up. One day we went out ...

... the ISO to 1600 and used the flash a lot, and enjoyed reviewing the photos at the hotel later.    We went to Birds of Eden next door as the sky got darker, and took the self-guided walk on the 1200-meter long wooden walkway.   When ...

Vanuit Knysna zijn we een dagje naar twee dierenparken geweest: Monkeyland en Birds of Eden. ...

... Plettenberg. No one can explain why this area is called The Crags, but we went there to visit Monkeyland and Birds of Eden. Monkeyland is a large natural sanctuary for orphaned monkeys of many different kinds. During our guided tour through the ...