50 Shades of Little Grey

Before a penguin gets all decked out in his black and white tuxedo he wears a greyish onesie. At SAMREC they currently have a number of little greys they are caring for. A week or so ago I was at SAMREC early one morning and they were busy feeding the penguins before they were taken … Continue reading 50 Shades of Little Grey →

Penguin release at Cape Recife

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/vjJtGua3GE8&source=udsI can't say enough how good a job the guys at SAMREC does when it comes to penguin conservation and caring for penguins found on our beaches. Once the birds have gone through the rehabilitation process at the centre in the Cape Recife Nature Reserve they get released back into Algoa Bay to make their way … Continue reading Penguin release at Cape Recife →

Penguin Island Cruise with Raggy Charters video

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/qXCbY-KcHyY&source=udsAt the recent 2nd annual South African Tourism Lilizela Awards Raggy Charters of Port Elizabeth won the Marine Experience category in the customer experience section. It is a huge accomplishment not just for Lloyd Edwards and his team but also a feather in the cap of Port Elizabeth and Algoa Bay. It proves that this area can … Continue reading Penguin Island Cruise with Raggy Charters video →

SAMREC tour

Visitors to SAMREC in the Cape Recife Nature Reserve get taken on a tour of the facility which includes the penguin hospital, the admission room and finally the penguin pool. Here you get to see the penguins that are busy recuperating before they get released back into Algoa Bay again.

Swimmer

One of the African Penguins at SAMREC swimming past a window in the centre's penguin pool

Happiness – Penguin video

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/FbSs1B58Mis&source=udsLibby Sharwood of SAMREC once asked me if I have ever seen anybody look sad while watching a penguin. One just can't help smiling around them and I though this video by Mauricio Oliveira that I discovered on YouTube is very appropriate to that and ideal for this week's Friday video.

Algoa Bay

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/oQP1UVxO2W4&source=udsThis is the one of the most amazing videos you will ever see about Algoa Bay and that is all I'm going to say... No its not. Here I would like to quote some info from Wikipedia. Algoa Bay is a wide inlet along the South African east coast, 683 kilometres east of the Cape of … Continue reading Algoa Bay →

Penguins on the diving board

I spent my 67 minutes of service in Nelson Mandela's name on Mandela Day at SAMREC in Cape Recife along with the team from Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism. In between helping out I got to pop around to the penguin pool and photograph these few guys contemplating hopping of the "diving board".

Penguins on a diving board

A couple of young penguins being ushered along the "diving board" by an adult at the South African Marine Rehabilitation and Education Centre (SAMREC) in Cape Recife in Port Elizabeth.

Smile, it’s a penguin

I wanted to make this Monday post a bit of a light hearted one to start the week off on a happy note. Looking at the pictures I haven't posted I decided on this one because, like Libby Sharwood of SAMREC says, "You can't help but to smile when you look at a penguin."