Tenikwa Wildlife Awareness Centre, Western Cape, South Africa

4.5 (2.008 reviews) Sunday: 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #3 in Western Cape Nature & Wildlife Areas

Get close to incredible animals

Tenikwa grew from humble beginnings in 2002 when the owners started rehabilitating injured birds in a wooded shed behind their house. Today Tenikwa has grown to be one of the largest active Wildlife Rehabilitation Centres in the Western Cape, attending to a diverse variety of animals accepting both terrestrial and marine mammals and birds. Rehabilitating injured and abandoned Wildlife with the goal to release them back to the wild. Our centre rescue, rehabilitate and release between 250 - 450 wild animals annually. We work closely with nature/conservation authorities in our area, CapeNature, SANParks, BirdLife, and SANCCOB. Our Awareness Centre ensures that our Rehabilitation facilities are sustainable, funding the rehabilitation work and to raise awareness of the conservation issues in South Africa, Tenikwa offers various, programs throughout the day, catering for all ages and fitness levels with a focus on providing a conservation-based, informative tour. Guests learn about the indigenous wild cats of South Africa and why they are disappearing from our landscape.Species include African Wild Cats, Serval, Caracal, Cheetah, Leopard and Lions. The Tenikwa encounter is a great follow-on to a game reserve / safari experience; from viewing the cats at a distance to the opportunity to study these beautiful animals at close quarters. Tenikwa also has a Meerkat Meander where visitors can see Meerkats and Tortoises and there is also a variety of indigenous waterfowl, Blue Cranes and Marabou Storks to delight bird watchers. Tenikwa supports the upliftment of local communities through Eco tourism and is environmentally responsible. Entrance fees fund Tenikwa's NPO Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release Programme. Open 365 days a year. Amenities include a Tea Garden for light meals, Parking, Wheel-chair Friendly, Mothers Corner
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Address

Forest Hall Road, The Crags, Plettenberg Bay 6602 South Africa

Mobile

+27 44 534 8170

Website

http://www.tenikwa.com

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

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Sunday, May 05, 2024, 22:10

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5Amelie 5:00 PM Mar 7, 2020
Great wildcat experience
We really enjoyed our visit in Tenikwa. Originally we wanted to book the private tour, but as we were the first guests of the day, at 09:30 we took the group tour, which was similar to a private tour in our case and absolutely lovely. We got lots of information about all the wild cats from Ash our guide, who was very friendly and answered every question we had. We also got the chance to come really close to the animals and take nice pictures of them. For us it didn’t feel like a zoo, because the cages were huge and gave a good feeling of their natural living space. The main focus and goal of the facility is to rehabilitate injured animals and bring them back to wild, but those animals can’t be seen. The wild cats we saw were all for some reason not able to go back to wild and therefore get the best possible surrounding and living space. We also saw a couple of other animals besides the wild cats and are happy to have made this tour and have gotten Ash as a wonderful guide.
5Jenny C 5:00 PM Sep 6, 2022
Fun, friendly, informative tour
We opted for a one hour big cat experience tour. Ended up being a private tour as we were the only family there. Metobyci (pronounced Muh Toby C) was so knowledgable and friendly. We learnt a lot about the animals, and Metobyci was happy to share about his family life etc. He was patient and was determined that we would see everything. Absolutely fascinating. My son treated himself to one of their ornaments as a memory of the lovely morning we spent there. Had a toastie snack and used the very clean bathroom facilities to get changed into, ready for a kayak trip we were doing in the afternoon. The staff were fine about this.