Cango Wildlife Ranch: Cheetahland

Welcome to the Cango Wildlife Ranch and Valley of Ancients, endangered species breeding facility extraordinaire. The oldest and biggest cheetah contact centre worldwide offers visitors the rare opportunity of interacting with our hand reared cheetahs and getting actively involved in saving this species and others from extinction.

We invite you and the whole family to pay us a visit and explore the facts and fiction surrounding crocodiles, view elegant cheetahs and giggle at the antics of our Bengal tiger cubs. For the adventurous we offer face to face encounters with wildlife in our Natural Encounters programe where you can touch a cheetah, enjoy the closeness of a tiger cub, wrap yourself in a python and even dive with Nile crocodiles.

Without you, the visitor, facilities like the Cango Wildlife Ranch would not be possible and without facilities like ours, wildlife will become yet another issue we wished we had paid more attention to when it was still possible.

Run the race against extinction with us whilst having the time of you life – Welcome to Cango Wildlife Ranch the conservation heart of the Little Karoo!

THE TOUR – VALLEY OF ANCIENTS AND CHEETAHLAND
Guided tours at the Ranch now commence at the entrance of the impressive Zimbakwe Temple Ruins from where you will journey into a thrilling tropical exhibit. Your first view being that of an under water viewing tank filled with rainbow colored cichlids, baby crocodiles and peculiar terrapins. The tank’s theming takes the shape of a giant sacrificial pool where the ancients performed human sacrifices to their River god. The tropical house will allow you to walk freely amongst animals such as shy duiker, giant flying foxes and birds of paradise.
A raised wooden walkway will tempt you to move onto the Malawian forest exhibit with its beautifully colored Red river hogs and giant Nile monitors after which you can view Cape griffon vultures nesting against a cliff face in their brand new home accompanied by Malcolm and Lyons, our resident Marabou storks. The ring-tailed lemurs now totaling five adults and three youngsters, Snapper Gorge and the Croc Cage Diving pool, Pygmy Hippo village, otter waterfall, new arrivals the two Southern Ground Hornbills and the Jumping Jaws pool complete the Valley of Ancients tour.

Cheetahland will round off your tour where you can meander along a raised wooden walkway and have a birds eye view of cheetah, white lion cubs, jaguar, fully grown lions and experience the only Tiger presentation in Africa with our magnificent white tigers.

FAMILY FUN
Due to a huge demand for a family friendly facility, the Cango Wildlife Ranch took the giant step in ensuring our facility is the most child-friendly attraction along the entire Garden Route with the designing and construction of a children’s water and play park.
A splash park with water jets and jumping jewels was created and supplied for the first time in Africa by a manufacturer in the United States, making this the only one of its kind in South Africa. Along with the splash park the kidszone has two giant 6m high fun fortresses, with rope ladders, a climbing wall and a 6 meter slide, a jumping castle, roundabouts and water canons, completing the experience for the older kids. Additionally a specially designed and imported Tiny Tots area was developed for the little ones with your toddler’s safety in mind. Combine all of this with phenomenal family fun as well as a petting zoo where both young and old can meet their favorite farmyard animal and you have a play park as unique as the Ranch itself.

VALLEY OF ANCIENTS – START YOUR EXPERIENCE TODAY…
The Cango Wildlife Ranch & Valley of Ancients is open daily including Christmas Day and New Years Day from 08:00 with the last tour of the day departing
at 17:00.
Bring your relatives and even your in-laws and make this December
one they will never forget!

Contact details:
Cango Wildlife Ranch & Valley of Ancients, Oudtshoorn
Tel: 044 272 5593
Fax: 044 272 4167
Email: marketing@cango.co.za