World Ocean Day also looks at the lands abutting the waters that need protection too…
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One Ocean, One Climate, One Future.
The Global Ocean, also known as the World’s Ocean. It covers 71% of our planet’s surface, and a full 90% of the biosphere. If that difference confuses you, the biosphere can be described as the worldwide sum of all ecosystems…
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One Hundred Not Out…
This week we celebrate a small milestone in Waterfront Charters history – our 100th weekly blog post. A whole century of articles…
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Any Old Iron, Any Old iron, Any Any Any Old Iron?
Earth is a wonderful place: join us on a cruise and get a feel of Nature at its most unspoiled.
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A Waddle of Penguins
When watching an African penguin sporting gracefully in the Atlantic, or visiting one of the two land-based colonies that exist (at Boulders Beach in Simon’s Town and Stony Point in Betty’s Bay on the opposite side of False bay), it’s unlikely that your first thoughts will be of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
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Much More Than Just a Mountain
When we take guests out on our beautiful boats on coastline and sunset cruises, we always encourage those aboard to look both to sea and to our amazing mountains. Looking at the sunlit cliffs, we revel in the fact that those peaks and valleys are part of Table Mountain National Park – protected and preserved for future generations.
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