Unfortunately, our Cape Town Centre will not be able to accommodate visits/tours during the rebuilding of our seabird hospital, expected to be completed by the end of 2017.
Please contact us with any queries you may have. Thank you for your understanding.
VISIT OUR SEABIRD REHABILITATION CENTRES
uided ‘behind the scenes’ tour through the Tableview Centre are currently unavailable owing to building operations.
Our Port Elizabeth Centre offers self-guided tours at a cost of R30 per adult and R20 per child/pensioner. There is also a coffee shop where you can grab a quick cuppa and a bite to eat. Please call 041 583 1830 for more details.
The Cape St Francis Centre offers half hour tours twice a day at 10h00 and 15h00, which coincides with Home Pen feeding times. Be sure to visit the souvenir shop for unique penguin themed products and you’ll find the perfect keepsake of your SANCCOB experience and ideal gifts for all ages. Please call 042 298 0160 for more details.
SCHOOLS
Unfortunately not available during rebuilding operations.
Environmental education experiences are designed to highlight our conservation message. Our educators work with you to develop the best learning experience for your class, either at SANCCOB, a local beach or your school. We offer many interesting and engaging lessons, including tours of the facility, encounters with our ambassador birds, bird watching and beach clean-ups. A full break down of currently available SANCCOB lessons is available on request.
Call our Education team on 021 557 6155 or email education@sanccob.co.za.
EDUCATIONAL TALKS AND LECTURES
Unfortunately not available during rebuilding operations.
We’ll bring our Informative and entertaining presentations to your church, library, retirement village, business premises, etc. When booking, be sure to let us know which aspects of our work are of particular interest to you so that we can include these in the presentation.
Book with our Education Team on 021 557 6155 or email education@sanccob.co.za.
SKYPE IN THE CLASSROOM
SANCCOB Education Skypes with on average 2000 learners per month from across the globe. South Africans and Internationals can meet an African penguin and participate in an interactive, educational lesson through Skype. A full break down of currently available SANCCOB Skype lessons is available on request.
Call our Education team on 021 557 6155 or email education@sanccob.co.za.
BIRTHDAY PARTIES
Unfortunately not available during rebuilding operations.
Experience a penguin party with a difference. Host your birthday party at SANCCOB in Cape Town, Table View or have us come out to you.
Call our Education team on 021 557 6155 or email education@sanccob.co.za.
- Seabird disease surveillance guidelines (Nola Parsons)
- Southern African Seabird Colony Disease Risk Assessment (Nola Parsons)
- Occurrence of blood parasites in seabirds admitted for rehabilitation in the Western Cape, South Africa, 2001–2013 (Parsons, NJ, Voogt, NM, Schaefer, AM, Peirce, MA & Vanstreels, RET. 2017)
- Health evaluation of African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) in southern Africa (Parsons, NJ, Gous, TA, Schaefer, AM & Vanstreels, RET. 2016)
- Sex determination of African penguins Spheniscus demersus using bill measurements: method comparisons and implications for use (Robinson, KJ, Farah, D, Collins, S & Parsons, NJ. 2016)
- Herpesvirus-like respiratory infection in African penguins Spheniscus demersus admitted to a rehabilitation centre (Parsons, NJ, Gous, TA, van Wilpe, E, Strauss, V & Vanstreels, RET. 2015)
- Establishment of baseline haematology and biochemistry parameters in wild adult African penguins (Parsons, NJ, Schaefer, AM, van der Spuy, SD & Gous, TA. 2015)
- Hand-rearing, release and survival of African penguin chicks abandoned before independence by moulting parents (Sherley, RB, Waller, LJ, Strauss, V, Geldenhuys, D, Underhill, LG & Parsons, NJ. 2014)
- Lead and Cadmium in the Blood of Nine Species of Seabirds, Marion Island, South Africa (Summers, CF, Bowerman, WW, Parsons, NJ, Chao, WY & Bridges, WC Jr. 2014)
- Female-biased mortality of African penguins admitted to a rehabilitation facility (Pichegru, L & Parsons, NJ. 2014)
- Babesia ugwidiensis, a new species of avian piroplasm from Phalacrocoracidae in South Africa. Parasite 19, 375–379 (Peirce, MA & Parsons, NJ. 2012)
- Novel relapsing fever Borrelia detected in African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) admitted to two rehabilitation centers in South Africa (Yabsley, MJ, Parsons, NJ, Horne, EC, Shock, BC & Purdee, M. 2012)
- Feather-loss Disorder in African and Magellanic Penguins (Kane, OJ, Smith, JR, Boersma, PD, Parsons, NJ, Strauss, V, Garcia-Borboroglu, P & Villanueva, C. 2010)
- New species of haematozoa in Phalacrocoracidae and Stercorariidae in South Africa (Parsons, NJ, Peirce, MA & Strauss, V. 2010)
- The rehabilitation of Swift Terns Sterna bergii incapacitated by marine foam on Robben Island, South Africa (Parsons, NJ, Tjørve, KMC, Underhill, LG & Strauss, V. 2006)
- Oiled and injured African penguins Spheniscus demersus and other seabirds admitted for rehabilitation in the Western Cape, South Africa, 2001 and 2002 (Parsons, NJ & Underhill, LG. 2005)
- Plasmodium juxtanucleare causing mortality in black-footed penguins (Spheniscus demersus) at a rehabilitation center (Grim, KC, Van der Merwe, E, Sullivan, M, Parsons, NJ, McCutchan, TF & Cranfield, MR. 2003)
- The conservation status and impact of oiling on the African Penguin In: Nel, DC & Whittington, PA (eds). Rehabilitation of oiled African Penguins: a conservation success story. BirdLife South Africa and the Avian demography Unit, Cape Town, South Africa. pp. 1–7 (Nel, DC, Crawford, RJM & Parsons, NJ. 2003)