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Elephant Encounter and Monkey Forest Exploration: Immersive Animal Interaction Experience
5.0
19 Ratings
Hartbeespoort
Immerse yourself in an unforgettable animal interaction experience with elephants and monkeys. Get up close and personal with gentle giants in their natural environment and explore a beautiful monkey sanctuary in a forested area. Don’t miss this unique opportunity!
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Monkey Sanctuary, Hartbeespoort in South Africa - We will take approximately 1 hour 15 minutes to drive to the location. Once we arrive there you will have 15 minutes rest stop break before the tour begins. The Monkey tour takes approximately 1 hour. Walk through a beautiful natural forested area via wooden pathways through the trees. Here you can see several species of monkeys and lemurs, many of whom are rescued pets who can now live out their lives in safety with others of their kind. The monkeys will often interact with people by jumping on them to catch a ride.
- Elephant Sanctuary Hartbeesport Dam - In this amazing once-in-a-lifetime experience you will walk alongside elephants in their natural environment. You will learn amazing facts from the elephant carers about the elephants personalities, what they eat, how big they grow, life expectancy and more. After the tour you will have 15 minutes to browse through the gift shop and get refreshments. Then we will return to the original pick up point. The drive back will take approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes
What's Included
- Bottled water
Additional Information
If you love animals and want an animal interaction experience, this is for you!
Meet elephants on foot in their natural environment. You will get to experience how they sound, how they eat, what size they grow to and their unique social interactions for yourself. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get up close and personal with these gentle giants.
Nearby is the Monkey Sanctuary which is inside a beautiful natural forested area where rescued monkeys and lemurs are free roaming. Often the monkeys will jump on your shoulder to catch a ride or see what is new in their world. Their antics will make you laugh and the monkey carers even know them by name and can tell you their personal stories. You will also learn more about their family units, how they forage for food and their life cycle.
The walk through the forested area is by means of a wooden platform and there is also a cool swinging bridge with amazing views of the surrounding rocky outcrop.
- Not recommended for travellers with a fear of heights due to the swinging bridge on the monkey walk - rather choose only the elephant walk for seniors option
- Not recommended for travellers who have difficulty walking on uneven surfaces
Location
Monkey Sanctuary, Hartbeespoort in South Africa
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
5.0
(19 Ratings)
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Joeld829
Jul 10, 2024
Tonnes of Fun!!! - This was such a fun and unique experience! All the guides in the sanctuary were knowledgeable and engaging and made sure everyone had a good time and was safe! Janine, the tour operator’s guide was also extremely knowledgeable, helpful and accommodating! 10/10!
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Pioneer549849
Jun 30, 2024
Must do excursion - Excellent tour. Enjoyed the monkey sanctuary the most. Would highly recommend this tour.
As for See My Country Safaris, our guide Marlene was absolutely amazing!! She arrived at our hotel on time. Marlene joined our tours at the sanctuary and took photos of us. She is by far the best tour guide we’ve had.
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Gina_g
Jun 6, 2024
A Highlight of our trip! - Our driver, Roland, was awesome - he picked us up and dropped us off on time, was friendly and hospitable, and gave us information about South Africa on our drive - he was such a pleasure. Once we arrived at the sanctuary, the guides took over - they provided an activity that was both ethical and enriching for both the animal and human participants. Highly recommend!
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Bobparker
May 23, 2024
A amazing day - It was an amazing morning being around the elephants and monkeys. Got to brush the elephants, along with feeding them. To see them up close is a great experience. Also got to feed the monkeys, which as a fun thing to do. My tour guide was great, from the moment she picked me up at my hotel, until she dropped me off.
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M1421qqannal
Apr 22, 2024
It was wonderfull!!!!! - A unique experience. It was great fun!!!!! Highly recommended. Great service there and from the provider. Make sure you have cash with you to give a tip, the people here live off tips.
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Nortonbeth
Apr 19, 2024
A wonderful day - This was such a wonderful trip, I would very highly recommend it. Sayomi, our guide, was very nice and everything ran smoothly. She also took photos and videos for us, which was nice. The elephant walk, in particular was an absolute highlight of our trip to South Africa. This was the third day trip we did with See My Country Safaris and I would recommend them to anyone.
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Relax35430326271
Mar 9, 2024
A day to call mine - If I could give one piece of advice: Life goes by quickly, enjoy it!
The day I spent with the elephants will be an unforgettable day
When you see it, you're already crying with emotion at seeing how big it is for us, mere mortals.
I loved it a little!!!
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Michelle_b
Mar 9, 2024
Experience it for yourself! - From the time Sayomi picked us up at the hotel until she dropped us back off it was a great experience! Had great conversation on the way there and she accompanied and took pictures of us throughout the whole elephant walk. The monkey walk was awesome and it was so fun being able to have monkeys surrounding us and jumping on us! I even got groomed a it by one! All of the guides were great! Tony definitely had a great relationship with the monkeys and you could tell he really cared for them. He was very informative and answered every question we had!
James was so animated he really brought the elephant experience to life! He had so much excited energy you couldn’t help but love every bit of the experience!
The elephants are magnificent and gentle and we got to feed and touch them!
Our choice for lunch was great and we even had time to shop in the local market.
Overall, great day and would recommend!
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Lisa_p
Dec 1, 2023
Great excursion - This is an absolute must! We loved it! Up close and personal without the elephants and monkeys. So fun!
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Jangz6608xu
Nov 8, 2023
Wonderful Experience. - We had a wonderful time. The guide in the Monkey Walk made sure to engage the young children in the group. He gave us bowls of food so they would interact directly with us. I especially loved the Lemurs. It was incredible getting to feed and touch the elephants.
Sayomi was amazing and told us all about South Africa. My brother had a heat related issued and she stayed by his side until we knew he was ok.
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