When you are an animal lover, the last thing you want to see is depressed animals behind bars at a zoo, it is much better to rather support the organizations that work to help conserve our wildlife and stop animal cruelty.

Here are some kid-friendly places to visit in Cape Town that have the animal’s best interests at heart:

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1. Giraffe House

websitewww.giraffehouse.co.za | t: 021 884 4506 | e: giraffehouse@gmail.com

Opening hours:

Daily from 9 am to 5 pm

Price:

Adults: R50 / Seniors: R35 / Children 2-15yrs R30

Find them: 

C/o R304 & R101, Stellenbosch, Western Cape

2. Farm Sanctuary

 

website: www.farmsanctuarysa.org | t: 082 557 7550 | e: info@farmsanctuarysa.org

Opening hours: 

 Saturday & Sunday, 11am – 2pm.

Price:

Free

Find them:

DIRKIE UYS STR FRANSCHHOEK 7690

 

3. World Of Birds

website: www.worldofbirds.org.za | t: 021 790 2730 | e: info@worldofbirds.org.za

Opening hours:

Daily from 9 am to 5 pm

Price:

Adults R120

Children R45

Pensioners and Students (with card) R75

Find them:

Wildlife Sanctuary
Valley Road
Houtbay
7806

 

4. Greyton Farm Animal Sanctuary

website: www.greyton-farm-animal-sanctuary.co.za | t: 082 558 7752 | e: nicolavernon@kingsley.co.za

Opening hours:

Daily from 8:30 am to 6 pm

Price:

“We ask for a donation to the sanctuary of cash or food for the animals.   Our pigs need fresh vegetables, acorns (in season), rabbit pellets, parrot food, sunflower seeds, good quality vegetable oil, sunblock and tummy tickles!”

Find them:

Tabularasa Farm, Krige Road,
Greyton
Western Cape, South Africa
7233

5. Two Oceans Aquarium

website: www.aquarium.co.za | t: +27 (0)21 418 3823 /+27 (0)21 418 3952 | e: aquarium@aquarium.co.za

Opening hours:

20 Dec until 7 Jan: open 09:00 – 19:00

8 Jan until 16 Jan open 09:00 – 18:00

Price: (Ticket office/Online)

Adults R165 R149
Children 14 to 17 R120 R108
Children 4 to 13 R80 R72
Children under 4 Free Free
South African pensioners* R120 R108
South African students* R120 R108

Find them:

 Dock Road at the V&A Waterfront

6. Cheetah Outreach

website: www.cheetah.co.za | t: 021 851 6850 /  082 768 8967 | e: cheetah@intekom.co.za

Opening hours:

Daily from 9:30 am to 5 pm

Cheetah encounters take place every day of the year from 10h00 to 13h00 and from 14h00 to 17h00

Price:

 entry fee: R10 – weekdays and R5 – weekends/public/school holidays

Meet a Cheetah adult: R150 – adults/R90- children

Meet a cheetah cub for R250

Find them:

“Cheetah Outreach is situated on Heartland’s Paardevlei property.  We are just a few minutes off of the N2 near the Somerset Mall, 25 minutes drive from Cape Town CBD.”

 

7. Eagle Encounters

website: www.eagle-encounters.co.za | t: +27 (0) 84 037 5523 | e: info@eagle-encounters.co.za

Opening hours:

Daily from 9:30 am to 5 pm

Price:

Entry Fee: Adults R80 / Students & pensioners R65 /Children (ages 3 – 12) R65

One-on-one time with Wally, our friendly Wahlberg’s Eagle:  R30 pp
Meet Leo personally, a majestic Verreaux’s Eagle:  R50 pp

Find them:

Spier Wine Farm, Baden Powell Drive (R310), Lynedoch, Stellenbosch

 

8. Seal Island

website: www.drumbeatcharters.co.za | t: 082 658 7055 / +27 21  791 4441 | e:  hello@drumbeatcharters.co.za

Opening hours:

40 Minute SEAL Island Cruise daily: *07h50 | 08h30 | 09h15 | 10h00 | *10h45 | 15h30

Price:

R90-adults | R50 children under 14yrs

Find them:

Houtbay Harbor

9. Boulders Beach

website: www.sanparks.org | t: 021 786 2329 

Opening hours:

Daily

Dec – Jan: 07h00 – 19h30

Feb – April: 08h00 -18h30

May – Sept: 08h00 – 17h00

Oct – Nov:  08h00 – 18h30

Price:

R75 for adults

R40 for children (2 – 11 Years)

Find them:

Kleintuin Rd, Simon’s Town, Cape Town, 7995

 

10. Butterfly World

website: www.butterflyworld.co.za | t: 021 875 5628 | e: education.bfw@gmail.com

Opening hours:

Daily from 9 am to 5 pm

Price:

Adult: R 88
Child: R 49
Student: R 79
Pensioner: R 79
Family (2 adults & 2 children): R225

Find them:

Route 44, Stellenbosch, Western Cape

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