Henties Bay (2)

Over 200.000 Cape fur seals call Cape Cross home.

Each year, from April to November, the government sponsors an annual seal cull, which employs several hundreds less fortunate Namibians but unfortunately also kill hundreds of seals each season.



The annual culling sparks controversy and debate each year.
The seal's genitals are sold to the Asian market, the skins are flipped into high quality products for the European market and the meat goes to Taiwan, while the rest goes into cattle feed.

Cape Cross is also home to a very intriguing lichen reserve.
Explore this interesting organism on foot, and watch them come to life with a little sprinkle of water.