The most popular of our activities we offer are without a doubt the daily wild habituated meerkat tours. (No tours on rainy days & Christmas day).
Meerkats are part of the so-called Shy 5 which also includes the bat-eared fox, the aardvark, porcupine and aardwolf. The meerkat tours last between 2-3 hours and booking is essential. Upon arrival at the meerkat burrows, guests are treated to a hot cup of coffee, after which they are issued with a lightweight aluminum chair to sit in while observing the meerkats as they come out of the burrow into the sunshine and then go about their daily routine of foraging and frolicking. These habituated wild animals are never fed or handled by humans.
Tours are presented by experienced tour guides. It is a fantastic experience & unique privilege to get this close to these little creatures in the wild.
The day before the booked tour, the guides have to go out and search for the meerkats. Upon his return from the field he will then inform us of the meeting point and time…
No children under the age of 10 years allowed as you have to sit very quietly in order not to scare the little creatures. Pictures may be taken So please bring your Camera.
Coffee & Tea
Home Made African Rusks
Beautiful Sunrise
2-3 hour tour
Meerkats
Chair
All participants must be capable to walk at least 1km.
We have spent a lovely morning with the meerkats, appreciated the warm drinks and blankets waiting for us at the departure point. The wait on spot did not seem long at all with all the expert explanation about the meerkats, their habits and habitat and many jokes to forget the chill of the sunrise :) Highly recommended, the entire family will enjoy this unique experience, these meerkats will just melt every heart! Big thanks to the entire team for doing the great work - you guys matter! Thanks! - Mariana Stefankova
We arrived in Oudtshoorn in the afternoon of 8th January. The sun was shining and it was very hot as we were sitting out on the front deck of our accommodation. However, by the time we made it about a minute's walk away, to a restaurant for our evening meal, the rain had started. There was a great downpour. Coming from Northern Ireland, where rain is frequent and water plentiful, as a result of which our country is described in song as having "40 shades of green," we were somewhat taken aback at the joyful attitude of the locals to the rain! More rain was forecast for the morning so we went to bed, setting our alarm clock for 4.15 a.m., unsure if our Meerkat adventure was going to be rained off. However, we got a text message at 4.17 a.m. to let us know that the tour was still on. Good communication! So, we set off at about 4.45 and found the meeting place with no difficulty. The instructions given by email were excellent and the sign by the road would've been hard to miss. We were given a hot drink and offered the use of the "open air" toilet cubicle before picking up our chair and setting off over the scrubland in search of the meerkats. I'm sure the organisers, in such circumstances, must wonder if any meerkats are going to appear at all and if they're going to be left with a very disappointed group of travellers. The sky was grey and as we sat there for maybe half an hour, we began to feel cold. They handed out blankets, which we were glad of and we waited some more. Eventually, after about three quarters of an hour, one lone "sentry" meerkat poked his/her head out. Then he disappeared. And came back again. A couple of young ones appeared. The most we saw at any one time was 2. I think on a normal, sunny morning they come out in greater numbers but we were happy with what we saw. We appreciate that the organisers (and those of us they take on a tour) are simply observers of creatures behaving naturally. They don't feed them or entice them out in any way. Given that we really thought there was a strong chance of our tour not happening at all we were very happy with the outcome. Of course, we would have loved if it had been better weather and the whole family of meerkats had turned out for us - but we accept that it is not possible to order up the weather we want or make wild creatures behave as we want when we want! The people running the guest house we were staying in asked us if we thought the Meerkat tour was a good thing/worth it/worth getting up early for and we said absolutely, yes. We really enjoyed it. - Hazel Fillis
Amazing experience with a very knowledgeable and friendly guide. Could not recommend it more - Nicola Patterson
This is an excellent wildlife tour which, as a travel agent, I can't recommend highly enough and will encourage all my clients visiting Oudtshoorn to participate. We really couldn't believe how close we got and thought that Dolph was an excellent guide whose knowledge & passion really shone through. Keep up the goid work chaps! Matt & Debbie:) - MATTHEW THORINGTON-JONES
We had read about how hard this adventure was to find in the early morning lack of light, and how the rendezvous point was difficult to find with no one greeting them. Funnily enough we found it without any trouble at all and were greeted with several people, a hot cup of coffee and biscuits. Perhaps these other people that had written thse reviews had taken their adventures with another company? Absolutely fantastic morning and we were totally mesmerised. The information that the guides gave us all was very informative and it was clear to see that they love their jobs. An early morning in South Africa that will be a lasting memory. Marg and Colin St Marys SA Australia - Margaret Phelps
Please note: The premium includes all of our special animal encounters, except cheetah cubs.
Cango Wildlife Ranch has over 90 species of animals and is open 365 days of the year!
The well-being and welfare of all our animals is paramount in the promotion of our conservation ethic to you, our valued guest.
To achieve these aims we promote the concept of Natural Encounters between you and a number of select ambassador species.
We trust that any Natural Encounter, will offer you a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ sheer thrill, and will create everlasting memories. The contented purr and amber stare of our cheetah or a blood-pumping cage-dive with a mighty 4-meter Nile crocodile.
We hope that encounters with these magnificent creatures will encourage compassion and support in the plight that these species face on our fragile planet.
All contributions from Natural Encounters go towards the vital funding of our conservation and captive breeding programs. If you would like to become more involved in helping us to help them, we invite you to join our Cheetah Preservation Foundation (CPF) – which channels all contributions to the conservation and breeding programs both in the wild and here at the Cango Wildlife Ranch.
To ensure your special moment is never lost, our Experience Department will capture this moment on camera and present you with the option of purchasing a printed version of the photo in a photo-folder, or the collection of images on a USB drive.
To ensure you are able to participate in any one of the above-mentioned encounters, please contact us prior to your visit to enquire the availability of the encounters you may be interested in, and the dates of your visit.
One Animal Encounter.
Encounter options:
To ensure you are able to participate in any one of the encounters we offer, please contact us prior to your visit to enquire the availability of the encounters you may be interested in, and the dates of your visit.
A Full Day Pass with the option of a Guided Tour plus one Encounter
Tolle Einrichtung, mega schon angelegt, nettes Personal, informativ, interessant. Wir hatten eine Begegnung mit einem Geparden und Lemuren. Wundervoll. Wir waren einfach begeistert. Die Cango Wildlife Ranch muss man unbedingt gesehen haben. - Birgit Brenner
It was really a nice & wonder full experience. All staffs are very co operative & helpful. We did leopard interaction, Crocodile interaction. support from the whole team is really appreciable. - subrata sikdar
We had an amazing time at Cango! Loved all the animals. You can really see them. All four of us did the caged croc swim and it was so incredible! Something we will never forget! - Rachel Schetrom
A Uncredible day- always in my mind The drivers were very adept & told a lot Information about the animals Very good food in the restaurant ? - Daniela Seber
It was an experience of a life time. I will recommend it for everyone to buy the premium tickets so that you can encounter with this beautiful animals. - Danie olivier
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