De Hoop Nature Reserve De Hoop, or “The Hope”, is a small and remote nature reserve on the coast of Western Cape. Aside from being stunningly beautiful, it is one of the last, and the largest, strongholds for the Bontebok antelope. With one thousand left and only in reserves and national parks it was a…
rak208 January 23rd, 2017 South Africa
Conditions were perfect. The turquoise ocean was glass flat with minimal wind. An excited quiet perpetuated by the babble of forty zoology students and the constant sloshing of chum into the water. And then we saw the dorsal fin of the most famous predator of our time. Nothing really prepares you for seeing a Great White…
rak208 January 14th, 2017 South Africa
Less Than Three Weeks To Go! As we arrive at the time of year where we are all stricken by end of term syndrome and the onslaught of Christmas, Field Course participants would do well to remember that within three week’s time we will be far away from all this! At the beginning of January…
rak208 December 17th, 2016 South Africa