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Stony Point Nature Reserve is home to one of the largest successful breeding colonies of African Penguin in the world.

Located in the quaint coastal town of Betty’s Bay in the Overberg, the Stony Point Nature Reserve is home to a unique colony of African Penguins. Stony Point offers the public the chance to see these wonderful flightless birds up close, via the boardwalk through the colony, which allows the public to observe the penguins go about their daily activities in their natural habitat, without disturbing or disrupting them.

Also present in the colony are three species of cormorant; the Crowned cormorant, Cape cormorant and Bank cormorant, all of which breed on the outer rocks. There are also Hartlaub’s Gulls and Kelp Gulls which forage in the colony, while the Rock Hyrax, more commonly known as the Dassie, can be seen on the surrounding rocks.

The colony lies on the site of the old Waaygat Whaling Station, which was used to harvest and process whale me...

Welcome to my galleries! I'm a professional photographer from Germany.You will find in my portfolio mostly nature images taken throughout my travels(landscapes,birds,animals,wildlife),macro and fine art photography. FAA watermark doesn't get printed. I started photographing when I was 12 and since then it has always been my greatest love and passion.In the last 10 years my photographs and artworks were often published in local newspapers.My photo Gartenromantik was published in http://photographyinspired.com. I have won several national and international photo contests . I shoot only in RAW with Canon 5D Mark III,Canon 90D (since 07/15/2022 also with Canon EOS R5 , Canon EOS R6 and recently,since a month also with Canon R6 Mark II...