BJ & Friends at Radical Raptors Plettenberg Bay
Dennis Robson and Janet Forest -- and their daughter, Julia -- rehabilitate birds of prey at their sanctuary, Radical Raptors, at The Heath, ten kilometres west of Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
BJ the Cape vulture was donated to Dennis by Brian Jones of the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre -- and here they are at work on a quiet Friday afternoon.
Radical Raptors aims to develop awareness for the need to conserve our birds of prey. During the sanctuary's regular displays, they show a variety of trained birds in free flight (these are all birds which can't be released into the wild). This provides guests with opportunities to see, experience, and photograph the birds in natural surroundings.
Show times: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. (closed Mondays except on public holidays and during school holidays)
Radical Raptors
Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
This is a re-edit of the longer 'Radical Raptors BJ the Vulture' at
Radical Raptors (South Africa)
A short documentary filmed in a bird sanctuary in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. A big thank you to Mark, a very dedicated falconer who looks after these beautiful creatures with great care and heals them before releasing them back into the wild.
Radical Raptors
Radical Raptors Plettenberg Bay
Radical Raptors BJ the Vulture
Dennis Robson and Janet Forest -- and their daughter, Julia -- rehabilitate birds of prey at their sanctuary, Radical Raptors, at The Heath, ten kilometres west of Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
BJ the Cape vulture was donated to Dennis by Brian Jones of the Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre -- and I was lucky enough to have a private audience with him.
Radical Raptors aims to develop awareness for the need to conserve our birds of prey. During the sanctuary's regular displays, they show a variety of trained birds in free flight (these are all birds which can't be released into the wild). This provides guests with opportunities to see, experience, and photograph the birds in natural surroundings.
Show times: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. (closed Mondays except on public holidays and during school holidays)
Radical Raptors
Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
Visiting Radical Raptors
Part of JDBA Creatives Conservation Media, made for the article
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Directed and Written by Jamie Dimitra Ashton
Filmed and Edited by Desmond Bowles
Hectic at the Radical Raptors (2 of 3)
Ever wanted to know more about South Africa's Birds of Prey?
Well, we find out from Radical Raptors, an UBBA Bird Sanctuary in the Garden Route!
Carpe Diem School visit to Radical Raptors
58 kids and their teachers joined us for an interactive display of Birds of Prey. Great excitement and lots of new information and understanding of these magnificent birds. We have a strict no touch policy, the birds do sit on all the children's gloves.
Radical Raptors - Owl
Radical Raptors - Owl
Zuid Afrika 4 - Plettenberg bay - Tenikwa Wild Cats - Monkeyland - Birds of Eden
Hectic at the Radical Raptors (Part 1 of 3)
Come fly with us at the Radical Raptors Bird Sanctuary as we learn about our feathered friends
Hectic at the Radical Raptors (Part 3 of 3)
Discover more about Mzansi's Birds of Prey at the Radical Raptors Bird Sanctuary on YouTube:
Birds of Prey Radical Raptors
A fun bird experience at the Greater Vancouver Zoo.
Plettenberg Bay - Lagoon Mouth and Whale Tale Bench
presents a very special place in Plettenberg Bay:
The lookout bench at the Keurbooms Lagoon Mouth. It is worth to come here in the morning to check the waves and to enjoy the oxygen filled air. After a heavy flood in 2007 the entire Lookout Beach was swept away into the ocean. Since then the landscape changed quite dramatically and a new unique surf spot has been created by the power of nature.
The Waves roll in picturesque and the current of the river mouth helps you to paddle out easily again. This is unique in the world.
The Scenery is breathtaking before the Surfers start to play! I shot that movie during a morning fun run on my cellphone while I was walking slowly towards the whale tale bench.
Grey Hawk
Grey hawk calling at Radical Raptors Plettenberg Bay South Africa
Chased by Elephants at Garden route
Garden Route Game Lodge, Albertinia. Beautiful place!
Unidentified Soaring Buzzard - Filmed by Greg Morgan
Unidentified Soaring Buzzard - Filmed by Greg Morgan - Swellendam Western Cape December 2014
Verreaux's eagle
Verreaux's eagle flying in to take a piece of meat at Radical Raptors Plettenberg Bay South Africa
Honey Badger release at Nature's Valley, South Africa by Tenikwa
Shot to create awareness and funding in Switzerland for Tenikwa Wildlife Awareness Centre, the Garden Route , South Africa
Family Food Adventure - The Garden Route
The garden route is a 300km stretch a long the South Eastern coast of South Africa. We hired a car from Cape Town and started our road trip which ends in Johannesburg. In this video we show some of the highlights of part of this journey along the garden route.
Places we enjoyed along the way, which will help you to plan your own trip.
Stellenbosch
Tokara delicatessen, Amazing farm produce, a creative and delicious menu. Great for kids as there is a play ground outside where peacocks Rome free and a nice kids menu. Local products/wines for sale, friendly staff, open fire and relaxed atmosphere.
Franschoek:
Accommodation: lovely family run house. Liz made us feel so at home.
We enjoyed a fabulous restaurant called Marigolds, an Indian restaurant and I can safely say the best Indian I’ve ever had.... I know in South Africa, who would have thought?
We enjoyed a hike to breakfast rock ( Uitkyk trail) and had a picnic. You have various hikes depending on how energetic your feeling but it’s not difficult with kids.
Simondium:
On the way to Hermanus we stopped at Babylonstoren, one of the oldest cape Dutch farms. Amazing garden of fruit and vegetables, there is also a hotel, great food, wine and incredible for the kids to run around safely in the enormous farm grounds, ideal when travelling a lot by car. We ate at the greenhouse, a casual cafe serving wonderful homemade dishes, served on wooden crates. Fresh bread cooked from wood-fired oven. A wonderful experience. I learnt that you can cook water Lilly slowly and ideal in stews.
Hermanus:
Accommodation: A very helpful manager, called Nato welcomed us and even managed to book us straight away on the whale spotting boat for the next morning. Thankfully, as the boats did not run afterwards because of weather. The company was whale cruiser and they were fabulous. We had not been in the boat for 10 minutes before we approached the whales. Overwhelming to watch these elegant, enormous, Southern Right whales, who gather to breed in Hermanus between June to December.
We had a lunch in a gorgeous cafe called Betty blue bistro. Best dish: crepes with babootie (South African speciality made of mince beef, egg, raisins, slow cooked sweet and savoury curry). Clever way to present a traditional dish in a modern way. Delicious.
We had a dinner at Chard, a steak restaurant. A wonderfully handsome man with outfit incredible showed us the cuts of meat. We chose the ribeye and we were not disappointed. In Africa they do have great steak.
Knysna:
Accommodation: well this was incredible and a big surprise for our kids. We slept inside a tent in a fabulous tree house, with a never ending view. Owners were so friendly. We recommend to bring food as their is a kitchen. If your not so organised like we were not, the owners organised a takeaway from nearby restaurant for us which was delivered to our door.
Buffels bay, a beach in which we had all to ourselves. Wonderful stretch of sand where the kids ran and played and again a good stop when your travelling a lot by car.
Plettenberg Bay:
Radical Raptors which is a rehabilitation centre, they rescue and rehabilitate birds of prey. We enjoyed the birds flying over our heads, on to our hands and learning about these magnificent birds that you never get close to normally. Also a simple and healthy cafe next door and a playground in front for the kids. I think by now you can see South Africa is a fabulous place for kids. Many restaurants have areas for kids to play and everyone is very friendly and welcoming.
Port Elizabeth:
Accommodation: Our chalet overlooked a river, where we sat outside on the deck and enjoyed the view. At the main house where we enjoyed breakfasts of full cooked English, homemade jams, freshly squeezed orange and lemon juice from their vineyards. Views incredible and again a playground for the kids, with a zip line to our kids massive enjoyment.
Addo Elephant Park:
We tried to drive the safari ourselves but without much success so the afternoon we hired a guide who joined us in our car. He had the knowledge of where the animals were and we saw so many this way. Even two lions but unfortunately they were quite far.
In the following video you will see much much more so please subscribe and enjoy. I hope this helps you to plan an exciting trip in South Africa.
Snake Sanctuary Western Cape
A short viewing of our Reptile Sanctuary volunteering project. This is to give you an idea of the surroundings of the project, as well as to see some of the reptiles on the sanctuary.