Knysna Elephant Park
Elephant Sanctuary Plettenberg Bay
Vergenoegd Low Duck Parade
Twice a day about a thousand Indian Runner ducks come out of their house and march across the lawns to the vineyards, where they spend the day eating snails. Children watch from the grass, close enough to be in the middle of it. It costs nothing, needs no booking and takes twenty minutes, which makes […]
Vredenheim Animal Farm and Big Cats
Two quite different things share one estate ten minutes down the R44. The Big Cats park runs guided feeding tours of lions, tigers and leopards twice a day, which is a genuine event rather than a walk past enclosures. The Animal Farm next door is the gentler half: friendly farm animals to feed, a bike […]
The Giraffe House Wildlife Awareness Centre
Giraffe House is deliberately small, and that is the appeal. Children walk between the enclosures at their own pace to see giraffe, zebra, reptiles and birds, then hand-feed the goats, llamas and ostriches, which is usually the part they talk about afterwards. Scheduled encounters run three times a day and bring out the snakes, spiders […]