Meet the Meerkats

Our Unforgettable Experiences pages are written by Tribes clients. They tell us in their own words what they really felt about the things they did and places and people they met on their holidays with Tribes. Hopefully this will help you when it comes to trying to decide where to go and what to do.

Namecarolyn
Date of travel02/10/2010
Number of people2
Level
- Don't even think about missing this!
We met the meerkats at Moolmanshoek in South Africa - fantastic experience, Shelton the guide is great and as we were the only ones there he let us come out with him all the time which meant we had lots of interaction with the local way of life as well as time with the adorable meerkats.

NameMr and Mrs C
Date of travel26/08/2010
Number of people5
Level
- Don't even think about missing this!

NameJeff Webster
Date of travel13/07/2010
Number of people2
Level
- Don't even think about missing this!
Don't even think about missing this!
We arrived at the Meerkat's den about an hour after daybreak on a very chilly morning to find that our hosts were not yet up. About ten minutes later the first nose appeared out of the den soon followed by the rest of the family. Eighteen Meerkats eventually had gathered around us using us as a warming pad and a lookout post and stayed like this for the next hour before heading off to forage.

Two days later we visited another but smaller group. The bonus this time was that this group had youngsters who had only emerged above - ground two days before! They were as comfortable in our presence as were the adults and stayed in our company for about an hour. Out trip was timed so that we could see Wild Dogs and their pups who den in July. Little did we realise that we also would see Meerkats and their young and out of our many wildlife experiences this trip comes second only to being in the presence of Mountain Gorillas. Don't delay in booking your place as the camps are small and accommodation is limited.