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Plettenberg Bay: Cats in Conservation Full Day Tour

By Tenikwa Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
10 out of 10
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Overview
  • Take a leisurely guided tour to see indigenous wild cats of South Africa
  • Assist the animal-keeping staff with animal husbandry tasks
  • Observe how wild animals are admitted and cared for in the wildlife hospital
  • Partake in an life-enrichment exercise with the non-releasable animals
  • Have amazing opportunities to take photographs of the wild cats of South Africa

Activity location

    • Plettenberg Bay
    • Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • The Crags, Plettenberg Bay, 6602, South Africa | Look for "Tenikwa" signposted from the N2 At Animal Alley, keep left (signposted) At the fork in the road, keep right (signposted) Check in at reception
    • Kurland, Western Cape, South Africa

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedGuide
  • What's includedWhat's included Breakfast with coffee or tea
  • What's includedWhat's included A lunch with 1 drink (coffee, tea, beer, wine, or non-alcoholic drink)
  • What's includedWhat's included Observation in the rehabilitation facilities (which is not open to the general public)
  • What's includedWhat's included Guided private wildlife tour
  • What's includedWhat's included Behind the scene activities with animal keepers
  • What's includedWhat's included Rain gear in the case of bad weather
  • What's includedWhat's included Bottled water
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pick-up and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Service charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Snacks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Additional drinks

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Selfie sticks, Touching animals
  • Not suitable for: Children under 9 years
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

Start your day at the Tenikwa Conservation Centre helping the animal keepers with their early morning tasks as they do animal and enclosure checks around the centre. Enjoy breakfast on the deck overlooking the cheetahs.

Get to know the facility and the conservation work being undertaken there and get a tour of the place. Visit the different wild cats of South Africa accompanied by a guide and learn about the conservation issues facing the different species.

Have some lunch, and then help out the guides in an enrichment exercise for the non-releasable animals, designed to keep up their quality of life in captivity.

Enjoy a guided walk through the indigenous Tsitsikamma forest if time and weather permit. Spend the afternoon helping the animal-keeping staff prepare food for the animals and accompanying them to watch the feedings.

Accompany the staff as they secure the animals for the night at the end of the day. Have plenty of time to interact with the staff and find out all about their conservation efforts.

Location

Activity location

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    • Plettenberg Bay
    • Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • The Crags, Plettenberg Bay, 6602, South Africa | Look for "Tenikwa" signposted from the N2 At Animal Alley, keep left (signposted) At the fork in the road, keep right (signposted) Check in at reception
    • Kurland, Western Cape, South Africa