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.
All guests need to be able to walk 1000m comfortably
Coffee & Tea
Home Made African Rusks
Beautiful Sunrise
2-3 hour tour
Meerkats
Chair
All participants must be capable to walk at least 1km.
Meerkat Adventures
What an awesome experience from start to finish. Very well organised. Kobus was an amazing tour guide. The team were extremely friendly and knowledgeable. Seeing the meerkats up close was so unique. I would definitely recommend this. Great value for money for a unique experience of a lifetime. - Sally
It was an incredible experience. Met all my expectations above and beyond. Jenovin who was our guide was very knowledgeable and kept sharing valuable insights about meerkats. Would definetly recommend five shy meerkats adventures. It was well organized as well. Kudos - Jalpesh
a great experience mostly because of the knowledge and personality of the guide. The animals themselves are so cute! - Peter
This is a truly amazing experience. We have done the tour twice and will do it again the next time we are in Oudtshoorn. The guides are very knowledgeable and have developed a relationship with the meerkats that allows you to see them up close without influencing their behaviour in any way. It's magical. - Dean
We had a wonderful experience on our Meerkat adventure tour. The staff were very helpful and pleasant to deal with. The tour and the experience was well organised and executed. Our expectations were low for actually seeing the Meerkats as we knew that they are timid animals and there was a chance we may not see them. However we were very fortunate to experience their morning rituals from a very short distance and felt very privileged to be viewing the Meerkats in their natural habitat and from such a close proximity . The guide on our tour was very informative and extremely interesting as we knew little about the Meerkat and their habits.We appreciated being part of the experience and hearing the details of the life of a Meerkat from the guide. Well done to all concerned, we would definitely recommend doing this tour and would be happy to do it again if the opportunity arose. Great value and a great experience. Thank you. - Terry
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