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Marine Mammals

Southern right whales and the marine life of the Cape coast.
Between winter and spring, southern right whales gather off the South African coast to calve, close enough to watch from the cliffs of the Whale Coast — a marine dimension to a Cape and safari journey.
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Marine Mammals

A southern right whale breaching
Mother and calf
From the cliffs of Hermanus
The Cape coast
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