Visitors flock to see Oribi’s vultures
It turned out to be a perfect morning in the gorge.
The event to see the Oribi Cape vulture colony attracted about 50 people, young and old recently.
The Mzimkhulu Ezemvelo Honorary Officers fundraising event turned out to be a wonderful, informative morning.
Photographers and visitors were able to experience this breeding colony of more than 300 Cape vultures in their natural habitat.
“We always love the fact that visitors actually want to come see vultures. After all, vultures are not exactly the cutest and cuddliest of animals. So, when a total of 50 attendees arrived, we were over the moon,” said tour guide Andy Ruffle.
Ruffle said it’s very satisfying to show visitors what Cape vultures do when they are not scrambling over a stinky and gory rotten carcass (the stereotypical image of vultures).
“It’s a very different story, when we hear the words ”Oh, they are so beautiful” from our visitors, we know our job is done. We are very confident that attendees left with a totally different perception of vultures,” he said.
The event hopefully also raised some much-deserved funds to assist the Honorary Officers in their commendable work.
It must be noted that the special vulture colony is located on a private farm. To book a vulture viewing experience, contact Andy on 072 893 3794
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