From 11 April 2016, for six days, 16 penguin lovers from all over South Africa (plus one from the UK) will be walking 125km from Gansbaai to Boulders Beach in Simonstown. The mission behind this meander: to raise awareness for the endangered African penguin, and to encourage everyone we meet to take action and make a “penguin promise”. What’s good for penguins is good for all animals, including ourselves. The Waddle for a Week campaign, now in its sixth year, is led by African penguin conservation initiative Penguin Promises and the Two Oceans Aquarium.
What a terrific turnout we had for the final day of the 2016 Penguin Promises Waddle for a Week: 161 honorary Waddlers joined us to complete the last 15km of what would, by the end of Saturday 14 April, have been a 125km journey for positive environmental change.
Our destination: the spectacular African penguin breeding colony at Boulders Beach in Simon's Town.
It was easy to feel positive in surroundings like these!
After the 110km that came before, the last 15km felt almost too short for some of the Waddlers.
And we couldn’t have asked for better weather.
The organisers of the Penguin Promises Waddle for a Week would like to extend a huge thanks to Old Mutual Finance for their continued support and sponsorship of this action campaign.
Penguin Promises asks you to make one small difference in your life, one commitment to a better environment, so that together we can sustain this planet, which is our life-support system.
Even if you didn’t join us on Saturday, and even if you didn’t waddle 125km, you can still make a promise and make a difference: Visit PenguinPromises.com and let us know how you will contribute to a better environmental future for all.
Some of the promises made by the Waddlers during the 2016 waddle:
- To eat less meat
- To inspire others to make penguin promises
- To promote promises in all conservation campaigns
- To drive less and walk more
- To save water
- To reduce the use of single-use items
- To stop using single-use plastic bags when shopping
- To stop buying bottled water
- To shop local
Waddle you do for the environment?
Watch the Day 6 highlights
See also:
- Penguin Promises Waddle for a Week 2016: Day 1 – Gansbaai to Stanford (20km)
- Penguin Promises Waddle for a Week 2016: Day 2 – Stanford to Hermanus (24km)
- Penguin Promises Waddle for a Week 2016: Day 3 – Hermanus to Arabella (Kleinmond) (24km)
- Penguin Promises Waddle for a Week 2016: Day 4 – Arabella (Kleinmond) to Betty’s Bay (30km)
- Penguin Promises Waddle for a Week 2016: Day 5 – Gordon’s Bay to Strand (10km)
Our sponsors
A big thank you to the sponsors who make the Waddle possible:
- Two Oceans Aquarium
- uShaka Sea World
- Old Mutual Finance
- De Kat Safaris
- First Ascent
- XXL Brands
- Badges Unlimited
- Better Earth
- SPAR Western Cape
Accommodation kindly sponsored by:
- Boulders Beach Lodge
- Grail Programmes
- Manor on the Bay
- The Muize
- Saxon Lodge
- Stanford Hills
- Surfer’s Corner
- Windsor Hotel
