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BOOK A VISIT TO THE REhab Center or Hide
School tours are offered and community service projects are also available on request. Family picnics can also be arranged. Please be sure to make an appointment if you would like to visit the Center. Admission prices are kept to a minimum with the full amount going straight back into vulture conservation:
Rehabilitation Centre booking – R120.00 per person including a tour and bracelet.”
Hide booking – R170.00 per person including a tour of the hide and a bracelet (available times are from 8:30 am to 14:00 pm).
Unfortunately, we do not offer catering but you are most welcome to pack a picnic and enjoy our lapa facility. As we do not have municipal services, we do ask that you take all rubbish back home with you and where possible, to recycle.
We work strictly on a cash basis, so all fees can be settled in cash on arrival.
Tours are available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 10:00 am, and 14:00pm ONLY.
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL
Rehabilitation Center
The Centre’s aim is to release all flightable, fit and healthy birds back into the wild as soon as possible and to provide a safe haven for those unable to be successfully released. The birds housed on a permanent basis fall into our educational, breeding or research programmes. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate all birds of prey and these are then handed over to reputable organisations such as the National Bird of Prey Centre in the UK for their display and breeding programmes.
The Centre is occasionally visited by our wild resident Cape Vultures which roost and breed on the Magaliesberg Mountains, as well as the occasional vagrant Marabou Stork. Other smaller wild bird species to be seen visiting the centre include; black-breasted snake eagles, yellow-billed kites, crimson breasted shrike, speckled pigeons, waxbills, thrush, and cattle egrets to name a few.
The Centre is home to a large number of birds of prey although our focus remains on vultures:
- Cape Vultures
- African White-backed Vultures
- Lappet-faced Vultures
- White-headed Vultures
- Palm-nut Vultures
- Martial Eagle
- Fish Eagle
- Andean Condors
- For additional variety, we also have some very friendly horses
The Sean Williams Living Creatures Trust Hide
Situated at the vulture centre and approximately 12 metres away from the vulture restaurant, the Sean Williams Living Creatures Trust Hide vulture hide offers both experienced and inexperienced photographers and bird watchers the opportunity to view and photograph vultures in close proximity. The hide can comfortably accommodate 4 photographers.
We have recently enclosed the hide with a paddock to prevent the feeding birds from being disturbed by resident horses and dogs and to ensure the best possible experience for individuals utilizing the hide.
The hide is available through bookings only, please use the form above to make one.
Making a hide booking does not allow you to visit and photograph the captive birds. If you would like to tour the facility, please let us know so we can arrange for our staff to be available to take you on a tour.
Please also note, the entire Centre is a non-smoking facility and no smoking will be allowed. In addition, you may bring your own food and drinks with you but please take your rubbish back home with you.
