[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Delani de Waal The West Coast is well known for a great many things: beautiful spring flowers, delicious seafood, spectacular long white beaches, quaint

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The role of snakes in our environment

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] There is no finer sheet of land locked water in the world than Saldanha Bay. Its anchorage is bold and clean, and spacious enough to

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Also called the dogs of the ocean, because Seals are playful and naturally inquisitive.  [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][edgtf_separator type="normal" position="center" color="rgba(255,255,255,0.01)" top_margin="20" bottom_margin="0"][edgtf_separator type="normal" position="center"

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] A place where orphaned and injured owls are looked after, until they are healthy and strong enough for release back into the wild.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] One of only six world-wide sites where Cape Gannets breed, Lambert’s Bay Bird Island has become an institution to not only the conservation of

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Compiled by Delani de Waal Information and photographs supplied by West Coast National Park Honorary Rangers Alec Celliers and Heidi Duncan   When the local gannet population