Top rated Wildlife refuges in South Africa

Experience the best that South Africa has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 22 places from Wildlife refuge category.

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Panthera Africa Big Cat Sanctuary
Wildlife refuge
👍👍 A gentle, kind place with close-up encounters with these beautiful wild animals - always with the animals coming first. Heart-warming to discover Panthera's vision of protecting animals that have been abused by unkind or unthinking contact with humans. We spent a wonderful couple of hours on the tou...
4.80 (436 reviews)
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Vervet Monkey Foundation
Wildlife rescue service
👍👍 Its an amazing place, living surrounded by vervet monkeys, away from the city and town, beautiful surroundings and the opportunity to experience working with beautiful monkeys. The sanctuary rescues and rehabilitates monkeys that would otherwise not survive, to see an orphan baby adopted by a troop...
4.80 (48 reviews)
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Featherbed Nature Reserve
Wildlife refuge
👍👍 Beautiful walk towards the heads in Knysna love that u can do so many walks Safe but was not alone so not sure if I would do it by myself. Views out of this world. Not difficult if you are a walker make sure u have good shoes u should be able to easily take it on
4.80 (38 reviews)
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Eagle Encounters
Wildlife refuge
👍👍 After reading about the false article on the news I have been told and explained in depth from the owner of this establishment that when we had the terrible storms it wipe out many of their buildings and they did their best to protect all the animals. I left a bad review as I believed the animals we...
4.70 (1.3K reviews)
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Nambiti Big 5 Private Game Reserve
Wildlife and safari park
Sprawling game reserve with upscale lodges & safari tours for spotting elephants, rhinos & leopards.
4.70 (595 reviews)
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Raptor Rescue Plett
Wildlife rescue service
👍👍 I wasn't sure what to expect of this place, but I was pleasantly surprised. The guy that did the show was great. He taught us a lot about the amazing birds. I really liked that the birds fly between the viewers and you get to hold them and view them close up. This is well worth the visit.
4.70 (432 reviews)
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Nature's Pride
Wildlife park
👍👍 This place is something everyone must experience. Their animals are well taken care of and the people who own the farm is so friendly. It is very cheap and a lot is included with the price. Pack yourself a picnic basket, take your family out for the day and treat yourself to something different ♡
4.70 (146 reviews)
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Everton Conservancy
Wildlife refuge
👍 Beautiful place for hiking, I personally had an amazing experience. The views are aestatically pleasing. We took great pictures, and it's also a good place for social media content. It's a short distance hike/walk
4.70 (81 reviews)
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South African Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
Wildlife rescue service
😠 It's will sadness that we write this review today, as all NGO doesn't need bad publicity. We contacted the organization on the 17 November 2021, asking them to come and please assist taking away owls that are at the business premises. The response is that they will come when they are not busy as t...
4.70 (67 reviews)
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Love Lions Alive Sanctuary (Non-Profit Company)
Wildlife refuge
👍 Great initiative to assist Lions in need of rescue. We were welcomed by Andi and given a very informative talk & tour of her facility. Andi shared some interesting stories about her lions and the history of her initiative. Her lions look in amazing condition and are obviously very well looked after....
4.70 (32 reviews)
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Featherbed Private Nature Reserve
Wildlife refuge
This forested coastline with sandstone cliffs & sea caves offers hiking trails with scenic views.
4.60 (480 reviews)
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Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre
Wildlife refuge
Wildlife refuge offering bush safaris with the chance to see rare cheetahs, white rhinos & leopards.
4.60 (275 reviews)
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Alverstone Wildlife Park
Wildlife refuge
👍👍 Great site, well kept and safe. Great for people that enjoy doing hikes or just to relax. Just make sure you take your own water
4.60 (95 reviews)
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HuskyRomi Wolf Sanctuary
Animal shelter
👍👍 Ahhh HuskyRomi is such a special place. Every animal there has a story that Larry is so passionate about sharing. Enjoyed our stay very much.
4.60 (74 reviews)
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Monkey Sanctuary, Hartbeespoort in South Africa
Wildlife park
Private sanctuary offering elevated wooden walkway tours of rescued primates in a natural habitat.
4.50 (467 reviews)
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LIONSROCK Big Cat Sanctuary
Animal protection organization
Big cat sanctuary offering guided tours, overnight options & animal welfare programs.
4.50 (399 reviews)
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Cheetah Experience (ZA Cheetah Conservation)
Non-profit organization
👍👍 I volunteered at CE in 2017 for a month. I can tell you right now that everyone there, from Staff to volunteers, only has the animal's welfare at the forefront. It was one, if not, THE most incredible experiences of my life so far. And we did learn about each species of cat, wolf and even Meerkat....
4.50 (347 reviews)
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Daniell Cheetah Project
Wildlife refuge
👍👍 Me and my friend just finished volunteering here. It was one of our best choices we got so far. They have a lot of cats, each one better than the other. The staff are so friendly, and they love the animals so much. They let you feel that you are more than welcome there. The work there is not that ha...
4.50 (311 reviews)
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World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary & Monkey Park
Park
Tropical park showcasing 400 bird species in walk-through aviaries, plus small mammals & reptiles.
4.40 (4.5K reviews)
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Combretum Park
Wildlife refuge
👍👍 Fantastic. We onjoyed. Every moment
4.30 (161 reviews)
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