Sounds pretty simple right – but it is so much more than that.
It is a ways out of town, R400 Uber, so go as a group if you can. It is out towards Stellenbosch, about 30 mins in time.
R30 to get in, and you get a bucket of feed for every two people. This feeds the giraffes, farm animals and ostriches. You can take any route around the farm.. There are birds, llamas, goats, monkeys, Giraffes, crocodiles, meerkats, tortoises, snakes, and plenty of others.
We went to the giraffes first, and at the end we managed to get the female to come over and say hi, she ended up eating 2 of the buckets all to herself – I was worried about over feeding her but clearly that is not too much of a problem.
I always have a conflict about these places – seeing animals in cages or enclosures is never great, but when the focus is education and understanding better I can get behind it a little more. I am always worried about their welfare, but some of them are animals you could never see in the wild, and some even you can’t see in their cage.
Moving on! We wandered about the dusty space, there is plenty of land put it that way. There were picnic spots and a small kiosk – I was surprised it as so quiet to be honest. Such a lovely space to be in, and see such amazing animals, getting to interact with them was even better!
If you can get a group together – or you are group of people then stop by this place. We spent an hour and a bit here, and it was a lovely afternoon out of the city.
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