Lion Park, Cape Town

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"Drakenstein Lion Park was established in 1998 to provide lions in distress with sanctuary, where they could live in safety, free from abuse and persecution, and be treated with the compassion and respect they deserved.The Park is actively involved in improving the quality of life of lions in captivity, locally as well as internationally, either by offering these animals a lifetime home or working in conjunction with other animal welfare organizations to secure a safe future for individual animals in dire need.The Park is not involved in commercial breeding or trade and offers lifetime care to all of it’s animals."

Address: 7409 Le Cap

City: Cape Town

Zip Code: 7409

categories: local business

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Reviews

The self-led walk through the lion park takes you along the front fences of their large enclosures; sometimes walking along "corridors" with enclosures on either side, sometimes walking the perimeter of a large open space great for kids to run around - there's also a small jungle gym, have a picnic, etc. Benches are dotted throughout.  We arrived around 3pm, which is apparently the right time to go, as many of the lion's were becoming more active and heading nearer to the fences. Because the enclosures are mostly covered in vegetation, when the lions are lying down away from the fence, you wouldn't even know they were there! The males were also becoming quite vocal at that time of day, and we got to hear many of them roar.  It took us not quite 90min minutes to see everything walking slowly, stopping to look, stopping to sit, without stopping to picnic or anything like that.  Friendly staff are around in certain areas and can answer questions. Each enclosure has a board with information about the circumstances from which the lions were rescued.  The fact that you aren't guaranteed to see the inhabitants of each enclosure makes it that much more exciting when you get to a fence with a lion sitting right up at it.  The Chimp Haven has two large enclosures only, with one fence to walk along and observe them; and a large caged enclosure with monkeys in it. Viewing this section which is down a path away from the Lion Park entrance only took us about 15min.

We had a great time  altho I wound recommend  going wen the weather  is too  hot  cause then u will only find the lions soaking up the sun  #sleeping   we hang around there had a picnic & around 4ish side we finally saw some movement   ,,,it was all worth the waitVisited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNo

This will either be a great experience for you or an awful one.  I would suggest only going about 15 minutes before feeding time which on M-W-F at 16:00.  We showed up about 45 minutes before feeding the lions were pretty far back in their enclosures with the exception of 1 or 2.  But once it got close to feeding time they all came right up to the front and paced back and forth waiting for their food. When they’re that close you get to see just how impressive they are.  For feeding they start at the beginning and go from enclosure to enclosure with a team to throw food in our case chickens over the fence.  The best reaction was from Little Leo.  He got so excited about the food that he was we running and jumping.  He’s back by the Bengal Tiger.  You have to see him get his food.  We had a great experience and would definitely recommend going but ONLY if you got at feeding time.  Otherwise this 5-star experience becomes a 2-star one.  If you do get there early you can always check out Chimp Haven included in the reasonably priced admission.

You get really up close to the lions with 2 fences in between, but still, feels really close!. Coming at feeding time around 4pm Mon/Wed/Fri seems to be the best time with the lions most active. Also good to visit were the chimpanzees just down the road. A shame sites like this have to exist for animals that should be roaming the wild, but these are all rescues so all in all not too bad

Highly informative experience. I would recommend everyone who ever comes to SA to make a visit Monday, Wednesday and Friday during feeding time at 16:00 especially.  As a child I visited a lion farm where I was told that the lions are bred in order to be released into the wild. I thought I was going somewhere similar now with my fiance in order to play with some lion cubs. It turns out that those places breed the lions for a barbaric practice called canned hunting where some psychopaths pay huge loads of money in order to murder these majestic creatures in an enclosed space. The lions bred in captivity have no means of surviving in the wild as they are unable to hunt and no wild lion would adopt an unknown to them cub.  This sanctuary gives lions and a tiger and caracal bred in captivity a chance to live the rest of their lives in the most closest to luxurious way as possible. They have beautifully kept enclosures with beautiful views and very devoted caretakers. I am both devastated by the cruelty of people, and at the same time, this place genuinely gives hope for the human race.  Please make sure to add this place to your itinerary on your trip to SA, and avoid any lion farm at all costs.

First time visiting the park and we had a wonderful time with my family. I really enjoyed walking through the park and we got to see some white lions as well. It's really a nice spot for family outings.Visited onWeekendWait time1 hr+Reservation recommendedNo

It warms the heart to know such places exist. Rescued lions sanctuary that take care of these magnificent animals that were captivated. While doing the wine tasting tour you can take a quick break out and visit there but visit on feeding time.

Thanks to Drakenstein Lion Park for giving the animals a wonderful home! It is frightening to see the conditions in which wild animals are kept and Drakenstein gives these souls a beautiful home. The lions are looking very well. They have large enclosures and are well cared for!  Information boards tell the story of the animals. We were so excited that we also adopted a lioness. Thank you for your great work!

The host was very welcoming and as we were the only one staying in the tents, we had the whole park to ourselves. You don’t have internet and electricity in your tent but if you get yourself a power bank and got data  on your phone you should be good. Be aware the park closes at 5:00 PM so you can’t access the park after that but there is a fridge that has cool drinks and alcohol. They serve you dinner and you get coffee with rusk. Also the tents are very simple and the showers are outside so if you are a person that expects luxury, this isn’t the place for you. I don’t know if I would visit again but it was definitely a unique experience I can recommend to people.

It was amazing to see the amount of support given to these amazing animals. We didn't think of looking at the feeding times before we went so most of the lions were asleep. I'd recommend to go on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 16:00 to get a full experience. It was a while ago so if any of the details are wrong please correct me @drakensteinlionpark

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