Cheetah Outreach Spier Reviews

A lovely outing to a beautiful place. The outreach is right next to somerset west, so it's not a long drive into the middle of nowhere, but the location is still beautiful and clean. It's very inexpensive for entrance if you're not paying for an encounter.
There is a lovely coffee shop and gift shop too.
The staff are extremely knowledgeable and friendly and are very passionate about giving you a good, safe experience while still making sure the animals are safe and taken care of too.
Even if you don't pay for an encounter, it's a lovely space to walk around and experience some animals you wouldn't usually see.
The outreach not only rescues animals, but also breed dogs to try and protect cheetahs from being killed on farms.

Expensive to once touch cheetah ass , waiting more than one hour, bad deal, they take our bags in unsafe boxes, they divided us to 2 groups then told us to adding another people, they enter our children then told us that cheetah is more active today so the children will not be allowed to enter all that after bought tickets,, very bad place

Great for a cheetah encounter and to see some of the other smaller cats , Tortoises ....

We were unlucky, in front of us was a coach with guests who all needed a Cheetah photo. So we saw some animals and a cheetah from behind!

Our guide gave us an interesting tour and explained everything well. The video was good. Would recommend a visit here.

Nice place but very hot, foe people and not much shadow for the animals as well. We took a picture with a cheetah but they wanted only with 1 camera, touch only the back, the picture is taken only by the guide and in the picture you see the guy that holda the cheetah. There are other encounters that are much larger and cooler.

amazing what they are doing for the Cheetahs. But at the same time it's a wonderful experience to visit.

Always great to visit Cheetah Outreach, especially during feeding times or when some of the cats (and meerkats) are given their daily walk. We took Canadian visitors to the place recently and they had to wait almost an hour to touch the baby cheetahs, this was because the volunteers on duty felt the babies were on edge. Other than the wait, well worth visiting and for a good cause.

While it resembles a private zoo, in fact they are doing great work to try and protect the wild cheetah population and are offering a great experience filled with information about the species. Beautiful animals that are hand raised so that other animals from the litter can be released to the wild

For that special closeness with the wild, One MUST be there for the experience!

It brought my mom to tears. An experience never to be forgotten.

I wasn't there!! We were close to it, but for something totally different.

Awesome experience for locals and of course internationals

A v nice place to spend evenings... Especially on weekends

Great to see beautiful cheetahs up close. Friendly staff and affordable entry fee.

The kids were excited to see the big dogs and the Cheetahs. The staff are very friendly. This was my 2nd visit and I enjoyed it ....again

Interesting, cheap if you just watch from a distance.

Friendly and knowledgeable staff who ensure a great informative and educational experience in which the animals are the main attraction. A fun place for the whole family.

Fun place to visit for a short while. Just R5 to get access to see the basics. R150 allows you a closer visit with the adult cheetahs. More for tourists than veteran Saffers.

The cheetah experience was ok, would help if more detail of the animals are given especially for the little ones. The tour guide could definitely be more engaging with the kids so that they can also learn and enjoy the experience. Also stating on the site or beforehand that we cannot walk around freely due to lock down would have been nice.

Very fun activity to do with kids.
Although i do find the cheetah encounter pricy for how long you get to touch the cheetah

This is such an amazing place. It is a fun way to educate the public about the plight of the cheetah and the fact that they are endangered. The staff is nice and will take pictures with your camera I am so happy to have been able to PET a CHEETAH!! both cubs and an adult. Just seeing these majestic cats play with each other was quite an experience. Their shop is also inexpensive and offers a lot of high quality and unique items. If you are in Cape Town, South Africa and would like to pet a large, beautiful cat, please go to Cheetah Outreach.

Stunning staff, stunning place! Seem to be making a huge impact on Cheetah conservation! You will not regret coming! Encounters very reasonably priced!

A must see for all persons interested in the environment

Great place for having an insight to cheetahs and their nature. Its forgivable that they are in corsoned off spaces but keep in mind these are animals, which circumstances in the wild would have, have them either killed or died in some other way.
Its a great place to have kids around these animals as they can touch, see amd get the scent of these beautiful creatures. There are also a bunch of other animals which makes it truly insightful of wild animals.

Been there numerous times and yet today was by far the worst service. Staff member spoke to us like he is doing us a favour. You support this outreach and if they not happy then you get bad service. No terms and conditions. No signs say to be quiet. Kids must not play . Please put sign up to say thay no happiness or laughter allowed. This is the image I got today. Don't allow school kids to come as well. Very dissapointed experience. Never going back again.

I would suggest a cheetah encounter. Call to see if they have cubs as that is an experience for the books.

Amazing animals and dedicated people who run the place.

We learnt from our knowledgeable German guide that many cheetahs perish because of farmers shooting them. This Programme therefore breeds Anatolian shepherds and give them to farmers to keep the cheetahs away from their livestock. Breeding dogs to protect cheetahs - a good idea indeed.

If you care for animals you must visit. Very inexpensive, informative with the opportunity to meet some of the animals particularly cheetah

The work they do is fantastic and it's worth your while to visit and donate. However with the lack of things to see I doubt I'll visit again.

ONLY R10 PERSON you see the cheetahs, extra if you want to interact with cheetahs, very informative. Good visit

Was just walking around with kids, but loved the experience. Would love to pet some animals next time. Loved the gift shop aswell.

Well worth a visit. Very inexpensive and you can get up real close to the cheetahs and get to see other wildlife. Make sure that you do the guided tour. You will learn some fascinating things about how the Livestock Guarding Dog Programme works and the crucial role these dogs play in protecting both the livestock as well as the cheetahs.

Visited Cheeath outreach a while back. What these people do in aid to save the cheetahs are absolutely admirable. They take you on an educational tour as well. The overall experience was great.

Very enjoyable. More than just Cheetahs, there is even Meerkats

Cheetah encounter is a most do... children as well a adults love it and this is memories for ever just to have the opportunity to touch you. Please support them.

Very commercialised. I suppose they must generate good money for the upkeep of their worthy cause. Definately worth a visit.

They do a very good job!!!! It was a pleasure to meet you...

Thank all of you for the wonderful work that you do. You guys make this world a better place.

Love for the wild , the employees are doing a great job of looking after and teaching you about the animals .

Quite expensive for what you get. No reason to pay for cubs and adult experience as much the same. Staff generally apathetic and uninspiring about what appears to be good work done here. Visit has not inspired us to support the cause. All up a disappointment. Lots of potential for this place if it was staffed by people with more passion and people skills. Wouldn't recommend this visit. Go to the zoo!

Giant Anatolian shepherds are raised as bears to keep the cheetas in the wild, which the shepherds kill. The huge dogs do not allow cheetahs to approach, and so they are kept. There are a few Cheetahs born captive, who can not return to nature - which they raise to raise awareness. You can pay and caress them if they allow you. great experience! It is recommended to pay to pet the cute puppies! Of course-sound for safety ...

It is a very nice place I enjoyed the visit so interesting

The cheetah outreach is a fantastic place. It values the well being and health of their animals as well as their wants. As an example they wouldn't force them into encounters that they were unwilling to do. It also was very educational and all the animals were tame.

Great experience. Really well put together. This group is doing great work trying to save the Cheetah.

Would you like to play with a cat BUT these are big and wild cats :))

When we visited in Jan 2018 there were two 6 month old female cubs which our 10 year old daughter enjoyed patting. There are bigger adult cheetas too but you can only do the adult or cub encounter. For the cub encounter you have to be old enough as our 7 year old son was considered too young & can only do the adult.

Great place to take friends and family , they serve nive coffee here to. To touch a adult cheetah is ony R140. Everything goes towards supporting the Cheetahs and their survival.

Cheetah Outreach is a fantastic iniatitive and through a space like this, you really begin to understand the impacts of human expansion on the environment. The guides are informative, friendly and passionate about what they are doing. I personally did not parttake in a close encounter with the cheetahs to touch them and take photos with them, but I can see how activities like this help raise awareness about the plight of cheetahs and help the organisation raise fund for their wild cheetah conservation project.

I must explain that all cheetahs that are involved in the encounter programme and that are at the Outreach centre are hand-raised, and are not forced into doing these envounters. If a cheetah is showing signs of distress, then they are not included in the encounters. Secondly, the money from this organisation goes towards breeding Anatolian shepard dogs which are given to farmers to protect their livestock from cheetahs (and involuntarily other predators like bat-eared foxes, servals, and jackels) who are also impacted by farmers trying to protect their livestock through traps, poison or shooting them. The cheetahs and smaller predators are often afraid of the dogs so they will just run away.

I really appreciate how the Centre explained their reasoning for keeping cheetah ambassadors and why they are promoting the shepard dog programme. They are doing some phenomenal work and such organisations deserve to be supported.

The people were amazing, the cheetahs are respected and well taken care of. The encounter was a magical experience.

This place is surprisingly conveniently located. One could never imagine to find real cheetahs in a populated area like this.
Cheetahs are real as well as other animals and it is very interesting to see their behavior.
They have a variety of options to access the cheetahs that makes it really affordable for all pockets.
Very friendly staff

Great good explanation and full of passion and love towards the animals

Although the interaction with the cheetah is the touristic highlight in this place, its purpose is to gather funds for the ottoman shepherd dogs program, which are used to protect herds from predators like cheetahs, and hence prevent farmers from killing these predators. The center is very educational, and the staff/volunteers are amazing. I personally enjoyed the meerkat interaction experience more than the cheetah one, and I loved seeing animals such as the caracal as ambassadors for wild life protection. This place is amazing for all ages, and the rates are very reasonable.

This place is awesome, the guides are very informative, and friendly we did the encounter but I think it's abit over priced beacuse you literally only stroking the cheetah for 5mins and you done. There rest of the cheetahs was no where to been seen.

Very passionate and knowledgeable guide who took us around to see various rescued animals. So grateful that there are still humans who care about animals and our natural environment.

I did not feel very comfortable in this reserve! I find the cause commendable but I always find it sad to see animals in pens ...

Extremely poor managment when there are more than 20 people. Expect a long wait for the cub experience. Would not recommend if you are short on time.

Amazing! See some giant cats chilling out and playing while supporting the conservatory effort!!

Very worthwhile program using hand reared cheetahs to draw attention to the employment of Anatolian Shepherds (dogs) to protect livestock and remove the need to kill wild predators.