Being an inquisitive person, when I heard from a couple of locals that there was an island dominated by SEALS, I decided to go see myself as islands to me are either dominated by people, land animal species or more often than not plant varieties. The SEAL ISLAND is what it is called and it is accessed via HOUT BAY; a harbor popular with restaurants offering a variety of fish meals, fresh fish outlets and craft stores.
The voyage to seal island was a bit rough as the ferry kept dwindling as a result of the sea current hence my camera was at risk and I had to keep it at some point and enjoy the view. Sometime soaking it all up can be more interesting than taking pictures.
On getting Seal Island, I saw a large colony of them, the seals seemed happy, bawling, squalling, squabbling, making silly hind-flipper noises and jumping in and out of the water. They overtly showed dominance of their habitat like there could never be any harm such that no one would have ever thought that these creatures were once at risk of extinction.
However, it has been said that the great white sharks are a threat to the seals at seal island but till a time when the predators appear, they joyfully loose themselves in the profound allure of nature. In fact, a few visitors have seen the famous ‘Air Jaws’ manoeuvre as a shark has launched a flying attack on a seal.
Would have been nice to see some amazing predator/prey interaction between white sharks and cape seals but seeing them peaceful and enjoying the profound beauty of nature was a way better experience.
I had a nice time watching the cape seals at the seal island and totally recommend it. The seal island is off hout bay which is located at False bay in Capetown. I went with Drumbeat Charters and the 45minutes boat ride costed me R80.
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Never being to SA before, will consider this year 🙂
Weld one.
Yay! U should Mili!
Anu .. Nature is so thrilling to see.. .. Wish am there to see them myself. Good work. Don’t go near shark plsss
lool…thanks …would try not to!
Nice one dear, keep it up, love all ur story and pictures, more blessing and bigger u I Pray…… more of it… mission to europe oo
loool…Amen dear…doing Africa travels, in the sense that I’m showing the beauty of Africa to Africa and the world but someday Europe too.
Your writing skill is awesome….ever though of converting those beautiful still images to film? Just a thought..
Capetown was also a cool experience..though short trip and now you make me wanna go back !!!
Thanks so much…I haven’t really thought of that! I will tho! Loool…Yeah!its was a cool experience
Another great one. Nice job, Anu
Thanks so much dearie! Thanks for keeping up!
seen on natgeo wild. lovely piece.
Really? Cool! Thanks!
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This is cool and wow…. May God Continue to empower you … Have fun my dear…
Thanks dear…Amen
I love you choice of words.. real catchy
Great article AE (y)
Thanks so much Tofunmi,i’m glad you like it
Chapmans Peak Drive, a popular day trip from Cape Town along the peninsula, offers lookout points, picnic spots and stunning views
Yeah! U know this!
of course like your website but you need to test the spelling on several of your posts. A number of them are rife with spelling problems and I in finding it very troublesome to tell the truth however I’ll certainly come again again.
Thanks so much, will look into that and make necessary adjustments.
I am friends with a Native American woman who is very bitter about the celebration of Thanksgiving also, BUT with that said, her whole family gets together on Thanksgiving day ! She told me they did ‘not’ celebrate Thanksgiving… but I came to realize, just as you are saying Mr. Nerburn, that they are just celebrating ‘family’…as I think that is also what Thanksgiving means to all of us out here.