Cheetah Experience
South AfricaLimpopo & WaterbergBela Bela Farm 20, R101Details
Cheetah Experience
If you ever wanted to see wild big cats up close, then visit our Cheetah Experience in Bela Bela, previously based in Bloemfontein, and go on a once-in-a-lifetime educational tour to learn about our precious animals, see them up close, take some amazing photos and learn how you can join us in the fight to protect these precious species.
Our registered and recognized, non-profit endangered species breeding centre is home to a number of endangered and threatened species, including not only cheetahs but also leopards, male non-breeding lions, servals, caracals, African wildcats, wolves, meerkats and a Siberian tiger. Our project takes in rescued animals from the local area, so we also have various animals from time to time, such as a goat and chickens.
Our animals always come first, and everything we do is for their wellbeing. Our mission is to raise awareness of the vulnerability of South African species and other endangered species through educational experiences, as well as ethically breeding cheetahs in captivity and releasing them into a protected wild yet self-sustaining natural habitat where they are still monitored by researchers and medical experts but live free. Understanding their needs, behaviour and instincts plays a key role in saving animals from extinction.
Our current focus is to ensure that our breeding project aids in the conservation of the cheetah, by using the DNA samples taken from our cheetahs to maintain genetic diversity. We work along-side other ethical and responsible projects to help secure the cheetahs future survival. The global cheetah population is now confined to 9% of their historical distributional range.
We also offer a wide range of working holidays, volunteer and internship programs, which have seen over 1000 hard-working, dedicated, likeminded people from 33 countries come and be a special part of the Cheetah Experience Global Volunteer Family, who contributes to conservation in South Africa. This is your once in a lifetime opportunity to work closely with many African animal species.
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- South AfricaLimpopo & WaterbergBela Bela
- Farm 20, R101
- +27 72 905 3457
- http://cheetahexperience.com/