POD Drakenstein Lion Park

Visitors to the park can view lions up close in a safe and secure environment.
Drakenstein Lion Park was started in 1999 and provides lions in distress with sanctuary, where they are safe from abuse and persecution, and treated with the compassion and respect they deserve.
The Park is not involved in commercial breeding or trade and offers lifetime care to all of it's animals. All the animals brought to the Park are captive bred / hand reared and cannot be rehabilitated to the wild. The animals at the Park are assured a chance of living out their natural lives in an enriched environment.
The park is situated only 30m minute's drive from Cape Town and is open seven days a week. Lion feeding times is at 16:00 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
There is also a stay-over opportunity for those who want a little more adventure. Visitors who want to stay the night can experience a once in a lifetime opportunity of sleeping just meters away from Africa's biggest cats. You will stay in a well appointed tented camp, have dinner under the African stars and enjoy a continental breakfast the next morning.

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[briczar22]

thank you so very much for showing respect to Africa's great treasures.

[nadeem5696]

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[LolaRunsAustin]

Drakenstein is a sanctuary for lions and they do a wonderful job and provide great care for these lions. The Born Free Foundation (founded by Virginia McKenna, who played Joy Adamson in the movie Born Free and was also a close personal friend of George Adamson) is supportive of the work Drakenstein does. Please think before making comments.

[TheCocobana]

@xxfernneilsonxx Obviously you have gone of half cocked here - read - put you brain into gear before opening your mouth!! This is one of the few Santuaries actually doing work for the Lions protection. Read - don't just make assumptions.

[TheCocobana]

@jagib2 This is not a canned hunting ground - please read about Drakenstein. I agree with you about human beings.

[TheCocobana]

Thank you for the good work you are doing with these magnificent animals who have had to deal with so much unkindness and cruelty at the hand of human beings. Thank you so much and we can also help - even in a small way.

[vrouwketheelepel]

I have to react! This is NOT a canned hunting facility (read the website properly). The lions are NOT in small cages. This is a sanctuary for mostly European lions rescued from appalling conditions. One of them is Brutus, a French circus lion. He has a badly healed broken jaw, and no claws. He lived in a nightmare for years, but now he lives closes to what he can be as lion! Now that is what I call a happy ending :-)

[cherubsam]

I visited the park in January 2010, what an experience, you guys there are doing a wonderful job. Everybody visiting the Paarl Wine farms must come and visit you aswell.

[Pilaryport]

Todos quisieramos que estos animales pudieran ser reincertados en su medio natural, pero desgraciadamente eso es imposible, muchos han nacidos en cautiverio, no saben cazar, estan desungulados (sin garras) y en estas condiciones no podrían sobrevivir fuera de un área protegida. Con respecto a Drakenstein, pedimos referencias, y es uno de los pocos que nos respondio seriamente y que demostro tener un conocimiento acabado del tema. Para Gaucho esta opción era la más cercana a la libertad.

[fecipa22]

El parque no puede ser tan mierda como acá se critica.

Fue estudiado, y por ese motivo viaja el león Gaucho requisado en Chile a un circo, cuano estaba desnutrido, y con serios maltratos físicos.

Que la persona que critica de una solución altenativa.

Este león tenía dos alternativas, o volvía al circo a vivir una vida de calvario, pueblo en pueblo, o soltarlo a un habitat natural donde no se puede ya desenvolver, y perecería por inanición, ya que no tiene ni colmillos.