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More On Deterring Visiting Baboons

WHEN BABOONS ARE RAIDING YOUR HOME: The first question to ask yourself when you feel that your wild neighbors are crossing boundaries, entering your property or home and taking what you feel should belong to you, is “what is attracting these baboons here?” Once you have discovered whether it is an exotic fruit tree, your compost heap, black garbage bag or the fruit bowl left on your kitchen table, you then have the choice to remove the attraction. The answer to avoid having your prop...

Island Of Lemurs: Madagascar Official Trailer #1 (2014)

The island of lemurs - Madagascar

Birds Of Eden A Must See

When you are in South Africa, you should stop by The Garden Route and visit Birds of Eden.  This award-winning sanctuary is the World's largest single dome free-flight bird aviary.

Golden Hands Of Eden By Dylan Cherry

Dylan Cherry filmed this stunning video while he studied at the Beyound Borders Film School

Make It A Beautiful Day!

I Like To Move It Move It mahnisini oynayan meymun. Cox gulmelidir ; )

Make It A Beautiful Day!

Watch this to put a smile on your face....

Location Scout Garden Route

location scouting in The Garden Route.

South Africa From Above - 6 Unique Journeys From Cape Town To Drakensberg Inc.

Awesome video footage of South Africa

Wave Rock Lodge Close To A Living Forest Named Monkeyland

Wave Rock Lodge is situated in the most sought holiday vacation destinations named Plettenberg Bay. Plettenberg Bay is in the Garden Route (Western Cape). International tourists family holiday.

Met De Kinderen Van 10-14 Jaar Naar Monkeyland En Birds Of Eden

A Monkeyland and Birds of Eden video filmed by a Dutch visitor.

Cunning Capuchins

This fun film was made by a student from the Beyond Borders Film School

Tsotsis In The Treetops

This is a fun video filmed by a student who attended a Beyond Borders film school workshop.

Learn Some Bird Business

What is special about birds? Birds were able to become flying machines largely through the evolutionary gifts of feathers, powerful wings, hollow bones, warm blood, a remarkable respiratory system, and a large, strong heart. These adaptations all boil down to the two prime requirements for any flying machine: high power and low weight.

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil

Mizaru, Kikazaru, Iwazaru are three names not many people know. But add 3 monkeys and various hand signals concerning the face and everyone remembers with shame the holiday photos’ poses.   Mizaru covers his eyes, and sees no evil, Kikazaru covers his ears, and hears no evil while Iwazaru covers his mouths and utters not a word of evil.Together, these three monkeys embodies the proverbial principle of “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”   The sourc...

Skal Garden Route Member In Miami To Receive International Award

Skål Garden Route is delighted to announce that the South African Animal Sanctuary Alliance (SAASA), owners of Monkeyland in The Crags, 2 more sanctuaries in Plett (The Crags) & 1 in Ballito, KZN is the winner of the 2019 Sustainable Tourism Award in the category Major Tourist Attractions. Lara Mostert was in Miami to collect the award on behalf of SAASA.

News From Skal - Garden Route

Have a look at our video which has been submitted For Skal Club of the year – Internationally.   Look either at Skal.org – sign in and watch on you tube.  There is superb shot of bat eatings fruit when we filmed at Birds of Eden last year.   Cheers for now Regards’ Pam

Skal Garden Route Member In Miami To Receive International Award

Skål Garden Route is delighted to announce that the South African Animal Sanctuary Alliance (SAASA), owners of Monkeyland in The Crags, 2 more sanctuaries in Plet (The Crags) & 1 in Balito, KZN is the winner of the 2019 Sustainable Tourism Award in the category Major Tourist Attractions. Lara Mostert was in Miami to collect the award on behalf of SAASA.ational invited entries for the 2019 Sustainable Tourism Awards. A total of 56 entries from 25 countries from all over the world have t...

Plettenberg Bay Businesses Win Big For 2019

Plettenberg Bay Tourism is excited to announce that the tourism and wine industries have recognised several Plett products with awards and accolades.

Tiny 4.2 Million-year-old Monkey Discovery Casts New Light On Evolution

Nanopithecus browni weighed just one kilogram and was the size of a pineapple. The discovery of a tiny monkey which weighed no more than a pineapple may change scientists’ understanding of how primates evolved. Researchers working in Kenya have found a 4.2 million-year-old fossil of a miniature monkey which only weighed one kilogram. The newly discovered species, Nanopithecus browni, is the same size as the world’s smallest Old World monkey, the ...