Animals

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Sunrise with kangaroos and wallabies at Cape Hillsborough

This blogpost is about a very special place to watch animals down under: Cape Hillsborough beach with its kangaroos and wallabies. MORE

Humpback Whales in Hervey Bay - What a season finale!

This blogpost features the playful humpback whales at Hervey Bay, Australia. Check for some breathtaking pictures of breaching whales and their calfs. MORE

Course Camarguaise - Where the bull is in focus

The Course Camarguaise is the unbloody version of "bull fighting" in the Camargue. MORE

Fort Governors Estate is an antelope heaven

This blogpost covers my four weeks on Fort Governors Estate at the South African Eastern Cape during my sabbatical. Expect lots of antelopes and vast landscapes. MORE

Rooi-Els is an underrated nature gem

This blogpost is about the coastal town of Rooi-El and its local wildlife. MORE

Animals gallery

A humpback whale breaching at Platypus Bay, Queensland, Australia

A koala bear on Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia

A rock dassie sitting on the Lion's Head in Capetown, South Africa

A dassie sitting on a rock in Rooi-Els, South Africa

A bontebok at Olifantsbeach in Cape of Good Hope National Park, South Africa

A domestic goose on Walker Bay beach, South Africa

A baboon sitting on a sign post to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

A baboon mother sheltering its infant at Kogelberg Nature Reserve, South Africa

Two brown fur seal at the Rooi-Els seal colony, South Africa

A brown fur seal at the Rooi-Els seal colony, South Africa

Sandpipers at Walker Bay beach, South Africa

A cormorant taking flight towards False Bay, South Africa

A cormorant drying its feathers in Rooi-Els, South Africa

A dragon-fly sitting on a plant near the water, South Africa

An African penguin at Stony Point Nature Reserve, South Africa

A blesbok calf at Fort Governors Estate, Eastern Cape, South Africa

A colourful grasshopper at Fort Governors Estate, Eastern Cape, South Africa

A warthog at Fort Governors Estate, Eastern Cape, South Africa

A male ostrich at Fort Governors Estate, Eastern Cape, South Africa

A bachelor herd of Impala at Fort Governors Estate, Eastern Cape, South Africa

A hare at Fort Governors Estate, Eastern Cape, South Africa

A manta-ray feeding at Rays on the Beach on Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i, USA

Yellow dress birds on Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i, USA

A kea sitting on top of a tree along Milford Road, South Island, New Zealand

A New Zealand fur seal at Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand

Oystercatchers at Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand

Oystercatchers at the beach in South Africa

A sea turtle at Platypus Bay, Queensland, Australia

A grey kangaroo at Cape Hillsborough, Queensland, Australia

Male wallabies show-fighting at Cape Hillsborough, Queensland, Australia

Male wallabies show-fighting at Cape Hillsborough during sunrise, Queensland, Australia

A flying fox hanging upside down in Townsville, Queensland, Australia

A rock wallaby on Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia

A loris parrot on Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia

A tree kangaroo in Queensland, Australia

A cat in Andalucia, Spain, during sunset

A dove opposite Lisbon at the Tejo river, Portugal

A flamingo in the water during sunset in Provence, France

Icelandic horses in Southern Iceland during sunset

Sea gulls at the shoreline in South Africa

Elephant bull passing more elephants at Addo Elephant park, South Africa

A lion at the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Spotted dear during sunrise in Ranthambore National Park, India

Meerkats near Oudtshoorn during sunrise, South Africa

Sunrise with kangaroos and wallabies at Cape Hillsborough

Mon 06 Apr 2020

Two wallabies fighting at Cape Hillsborough beach, Queensland, Australia — Two wallabies "fighting" at Cape Hillsborough

Rooi-Els is an underrated nature gem in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve

Mon 02 Mar 2020

Rooi-Els seascape looking at Pringle Bay, South Africa

Fort Governors Estate at the Eastern Cape is an antelope heaven

Wed 26 Feb 2020

Herd of Impala at Fort Governors Estate, Eastern Cape, South Africa — A herd of Impala at Fort Governors Estate

Humpback Whales in Hervey Bay - What a season finale!

Sun 23 Feb 2020

A humpback whale breaching in front of Fraser Island, Australia

Course Camarguaise - Where the bull is in focus

Fri 16 Jun 2017

The raseteurs and their artistic jumps to escape the bull

Meerkats in Oudtshoorn

Fri 21 Feb 2014

I found a leaflet of Meerkat Adventures during our stay in Oudtshoorn, South Africa. And off we were on the next and very early morning for a sunrise with the meerkat family. It was one of the best tours on animals I did in my whole life! You sit only 5 m away from their barrow and enjoy their morning routine (which is basically getting their belly warmed up by the sun before going off foraging for the rest of the day). After the morning routine you would not be able to find them during the day anymore due to the high bushes. There is no spot in the world to get a similar experience that close without disturbing them. Find out more about my South Africa trip via this link.