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Wildlife sanctuary · Western Cape
Drakenstein Lion Park
Drakenstein Lion Park is listed as wildlife park near Paarl, in Drakenstein municipality, Western Cape — about 16 km north of Stellenbosch. The nearest other area in the directory is Limietberg Nature Reserve, 9 km north-east.
16 kmnorth of Stellenbosch
9 kmto the nearest listed area
76species with records nearby
yesopening hours listed
AddressOld Paarl Rd, Paarl, 7625lionrescue.org.za
Facts
- Type
- Wildlife sanctuary
- Listed as
- Wildlife park
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Cape Winelands
- Local municipality
- Drakenstein
- Town
- Paarl 7625
- Coordinates
- -33.7954, 18.9098
- Nearest large town
- Stellenbosch, 16 km north
- Website
- lionrescue.org.za
Opening hours
| Monday | 09:30–17:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 09:30–17:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:30–17:00 |
| Thursday | 09:30–17:00 |
| Friday | 09:30–17:00 |
| Saturday | 09:30–17:00 |
| Sunday | 09:30–17:00 |
Weekly hours, as published in business listings checked October 2026. Gate times change with the season — check before you travel.
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve9 km north-east
- Cape Winelands Biosphere ReserveBiosphere reserve10 km north-east
- Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary13 km north-east
- Jan Marias Nature ReserveNature reserve16 km south
- Assegaaibosch Nature ReserveProtected area19 km south
- Jonkershoek Nature ReserveNature reserve20 km south
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Drakenstein Lion Park
10 mammal and 572 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Birds
- House SparrowPasser domesticus28
- Fiscal FlycatcherSigelus silens17
- Black KiteMilvus migrans17
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash17
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca16
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa16
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus15
- Pied CrowCorvus albus15
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris15
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens15
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata14
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus14
- Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata14
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola12
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.