Published on Aug, 2024

We arrived the night before our activity and stayed in a lion lodge overlooking the lion enclosure. Our welcome was friendly and helpful and we had a lovely meal in front of a roaring fire. The lodge was clean and comfortable with extra blankets if needed and we had the lions to wake us in time for the days activity! We spent the next day with our guide and were shown behind the scenes in the food preparation and sick bay areas. They have all the wild cats of Africa - lion, leopard, cheetah,caracal, serval and wildcats - as well as meerkat, marabou stork and some rescued penguins which they are preparing for release. We then went on a guided forest walk and fed the cats at the end of our day. All in all we had a great time and would definitely recommend Tenikwa.

Published on Mar, 2024

The best day! I wanted a day to learn everything I could about the conservation for these amazing animals and the day exceeded all of my expectations. My guide was very knowledgeable and it was clear that all of the staff cared deeply about each animal. An absolute must visit!

Published on Apr, 2023

This is most definitely a whole day experience. You get to meet the wild animals that they have on show, go for a walk in the forest with a guide and have breakfast and lunch. The rehabilitation hospital wasn't very active when we were there, but we still got to help a few of the animals. It is of course a good thing that they did not need to look after too many animals at the moment. Tenikwa has struggled to recover from COVID like many places and I believe the money we spent was going to really good use for these animals.

Published on Nov, 2022

This is my second visit to Tenikwa. The people here care so much about the animals and birds in their care. We had a very knowledgeable guide, I think his name is Mwisi and he had so much patience and tried his best to show us all the animals but the Leopard hid away in the hot sunny air. The “camps” for the different animals are large and have lots of bushes and trees. I can recommend any lover of animals to visit this sanctuary. I will return!

Published on Dec, 2021

We stayed in the lion cabins, which are close enough to the lions that the roar of Makulu shook our room. These cabins are amazing value for money and you can be happy in the fact that you are helping the rehabilitation of both land and marine wildlife. I cannot recommend the lion cabins enough. You can literally see the cats from your bed. This was the most amazing experience of my life and I cannot wait to go back for longer. We stayed for 3 days and it just was not enough. I would like to thank Cam (Manager) who was amazing throughout out stay, as we're the rest of the stay. It's just a unique experience that I have never had anywhere else in the world. TENIKWA is just a special place and it is made that way by the dedication of the owners (Mandy and Len) and the staff. Unfortunately, due to covid it needs more people to visit, so they can help even more animals/wildlife in need. It has everything you need on site, you literally do not need to leave and I would happily live there ha We did the cats in conservation day tour, which is a full day, but you are very involved, it is amazing value for money and is worth so much more than you pay. You help feed the animals, visit the hospital area and lunch is included. We also did the forest walk with picnic, which was taken by Cam (Manager). Its a lovely relaxing walk through the forest with Cam explaining everything you could hope to know. He is extremely knowledgeable, really loves nature and enjoys his job clearly. I am not really interested in fauna and flora (Fynbos), but I really enjoyed learning about the forest, what it offers to the local wildlife and what place it has in our world. Just an amazing, amazing time and I couldn't recommend it enough. TENIKWA needs your help and really does deserve it. Please visit and stay in the LION CABINS. You will not regret it. I WILL be visiting again soon and would happily spend my whole holiday at TENIKWA.