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Five Shy Meerkats

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You must understand that I have only been researching meerkats since late 2008 when I noticed that the meerkats that I was observing every day were living in an unnatural meerkat habitat. Meerkats and other animals are sold on the black market worldwide as pets. All baby animals are so adorable until they grow up. These animals are not so cute anymore and are then abandoned or kept in very small cages. Meerkats are born with one or two main instincts (digging and marking their territory and troop members). All these are seen as very bad behaviour. Especially if they dig up your carpets and furniture and urinate on your furniture and person. The rest of their behaviour, like what to eat and how to raise their babies are all shown to them by their parents.

Remember, that pets are a fulltime responsibility, and they cannot be shoved onto someone else when you go on holiday. They always end up at some rehab centre or animal sanctuary, all of which costs a lot of money to maintain. In the case of meerkats, there is no real meerkat sanctuary in Africa and all orphaned meerkats end up in zoos where these establishments are forced to put them in very small enclosures that are not suitable for active roaming animals.

How Do Our Meerkat Tours Work?

Book & Join The Tour

1. First, make a booking

Visit our website and click on the Book Now link.

2. A love for nature is a must

You’ll need it, because we meet before sunrise at a prearranged time.

3. Our journey begins

From here we depart to the conservation area where we watch the sunrise over a cup of the best.

4. A short hike

A short walk – Next, we take a short walk (approximately 200m to 1000m) to the burrows where the meerkats slept the previous night.

5. The magic moment

Here we observe how the wild meerkats wake up, brush their teeth, comb their hair and put on their makeup.