Vredenheim Big Cat Park Tour
Normal Price: Adult – R100 | Child – R50
What you get: Free entry (Booking Required)
Enjoy rare experience at Vredenheim Big Cat Park
Are you a big game fan and wine lover? If so, you will love the rare and exciting experience of being able to view the big cats at Vredenheim Big Cat Park Tour
Vredenheim Big Cat Park Tour Highlights
- A rare and exciting experience of being able to view the beautiful Big Cats up close
- Don’t miss the feeding times
- Incredible meals are on offer at the Hudson’s restaurant
OVERVIEW
The Vredenheim Big Cat Park Tour includes white lion, brown lion, leopard, tigers and caracals which can be experienced from the park’s special viewing decks and behind fences. The experience is the only one of its kind in Cape Town on the Stellenbosch wine route in the Cape Winelands.
Visit their winery’s tasting room after the hair-raising experience. The tasting room is set alongside the renowned Hudson’s Restaurant and is the perfect place to enjoy an introduction to Vredenheim’s range of wines. After the wine tasting, pick your favourite and enjoy lunch at the restaurant.
HISTORY
Vredenheim is approximately 320 years old and is one of the oldest wine estates in the Stellenbosch area.
Coen and Rikie Bezuidenhout acquired Vredenheim in 1986, after moving to the Cape from their Game Farm in KwaZulu-Natal. The couple’s love for the game explains the impressive variety of wildlife on the farm today. The game includes blou wildebeest, springbok, eland, fallow deer, oryx, zebras and ostriches. Vredenheim is now owned by the couple’s children, Basie and Elzabe Bezuidenhout.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Vredenheim Winery & Big Cat Sanctuary
R310, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa
Hours: Daily 9 am to 4:30 pm
Phone: +27 (0)21 881 3878
Website: www.vredenheim.co.za
THINGS TO KNOW
ADVICE FOR VISITORS
Vredenheim operates in all weather conditions, but remember the park is situated outside and you will need to dress according to the weather. Remember to bring your camera and some money as they have more to offer than the Big Cats.
Children under the age of 18 are not allowed to participate in the wine tasting
DID YOU KNOW
The lion population in Africa has been reduced by half since the early 1950s and today, fewer than 21,000 remain It is a common misconception that white lions are albinos. Their white colour is caused by a recessive colour inhibitor gene. The leopard is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four “big cats”. The other three are the tiger, lion, and jaguar There were once nine subspecies of tigers: Bengal, Siberian, Indochinese, South Chinese, Sumatran, Malayan, Caspian, Javan and Bali. Of these, the last three are extinct, one is extinct in the wild, and the rest are endangered
