Meerkat Adventures

5 Coralie Pattenden - 4 weeks ago

This was a truly amazing experience and a must do if you are visiting this area in South Africa. The guide was very knowledgeable and gave us all tea/coffee/hot chocolate to start our day. It was great to have blankets and chairs to keep us warm and comfortable. The walk was not difficult as it was flat and reasonably even. However, it is not suitable for wheelchairs.
We were lucky, in that we didn't have to wait very long to see the meerkats waking up, only 30 minutes or so. When they woke up they were really close to us and were so impressive and adorable to watch.
One of my favourite animal experiences in South Africa.

5 Lauren Chisholm - a month ago

The experience was great! We were provided detailed instructions on when to arrive and where the meeting location was. The meeting location happened to be exactly where Google pinned it which was useful. The coffee and tea was nice on arrival and they gave us chairs and blankets. A short walk led to the den the family of meerkats were sleeping and it only took about 10 minutes before the first one popped out. The guide said one meerkat fact after the other and very knowledgeable. His delivery of the facts were also funny and engaging which was welcomed for an early morning activity. We were there from coffee to the last meerkat running off for 1 hour. Apparently the meerkats could be near the den for 5 minutes or a couple hours and you never know. We had 30-35 minutes which I think was the perfect amount of time.

2 Patrick Acland - 7 months ago

We booked via their website and had to contact the guide the day before to find the location (even though you start in the same place everyday?) I think they also mentioned if it is bad weather they cancel, but why do we have to make contact, we supplied our phone number on booking. Can't you not make contact with us? All seemed a bit unnecessary.

We arrived at 6.30 to find roughly 20 people who were on the tour that day. Very basic drink facilities were provided and the 'african rusks' they provide are just a large bag bought from the local supermarket.

At about 6.50 we walked about 150 meters from the car park into the bush to where the meerkats were last spotted. This could be up to a kilometer some days, depending where they were the night before.

We sat there till about 7.15 when suddenly the meerkats popped out of their burrows. They were about 15 meters away. They stood in the classic meerkat pose whilst they warmed up, and it was nice to see the family waking up. After 10 minutes they started to move away from us, we were told we could stand up at this point to get a better view. They kept running off into the distance until we could no longer see them.

We then were told that was it, and it was time to head back to the car park. We were back on the main road by 7.40.

We thought although it was lovely to see the meerkats in their natural habitat and the sunrise over the bush was pleasant the price charged for the experience was overly excessive! We paid 660 Rand per person.

The guide also made sexist jokes, which did not offend us but is worth noting. One about beating your wife with a stick if a lion is chasing you to save yourself, was a particular highlight.

Would I recommend this trip? Only if you love meerkats and are desperate to see them in the wild. Otherwise I'd give it a miss.

5 Raphael Arnold - 2 years ago

Fantastic opportunity to see the cute and shy meerkats in their natural habitat with very knowledgeable and very helpful guides. You have to get up very early but it is definitely worth it. Not really cheap but I can recommended nonetheless! Please notice that you have to book in advance!

5 Bert Pauw - 4 years ago

An early rise but well worth it. The creatures can be viewed from really close, they are quite used to people as long as they don't make sudden movements. Seeing them sunbathing and playing in their natural habitat from this distance is really special. The guides are excellent and have quite some knowledge, not only of the meerkats but of African wildlife in general. Not very cheap but recommended nonetheless!

5 Alisa Johnston - 2 years ago

This was such a great experience! JD has so much knowledge about these guys, birds, snakes, you name it! Was totally worth the time to get to know them better. Would recommend it to locals and tourists!

5 Paco Delorenzi - 8 months ago

Wonderful experience! We were welcome with a coffee ☕ and after a short walk of about 200m we could sit on some camping chairs and wait for the meerkats to show up. We had to wait about 20 minutes to see the first meerkat! I will reccomand this tour to everyone