On our weekend away to Pinnacle Point in Mossel Bay, Chantelle and I once again made our way through to Jukani Wildlife Park, lying just outside of its confines along the N2 highway. Now if you have never been to Jukani and you are a lover of big cats, then you had best make a plan to get there because outside of our natonal game reserves, this sanctuary remains one of the best places you’ll ever find one of the biggest collections of different cat predators all in one place.

Started back in 2005, Jukani is the realization of a dream for Jurg and Karen Olsen,  people with an absolute passion for big, burly cats (and dogs by the look of their yard). The park itself covers a fairly large expanse of land and features huge fenced caged areas with plenty of natural vegetation and in which you’ll find an assortment of lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, caracals, wild dogs, a honey badger and even a whole bag of snakes if you take the right corner.

All the staff are fantastic and Jukani runs tours on the hour right through the day, from information walks to the all important feeding sessions, which gives you a proper glimpse into the behaviour of these apex hunters when it comes to food.

Always a great experience and well worth the entry fee in other words! :)

And of course, being the snappy happy man that I now am, the pictures from our latest visit are all available here: http://photos.codeunit.co.za/v/20100807-Jukani-Wildlife-Sanctuary/ – nice! ;)

Related Link: http://www.jukani.co.za/