Lawnwood Snake Sanctuary
Lawnwood Snake Sanctuary
Lawnwood Snake Sanctuary
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Our mission at Lawnwood is to educate our visitors about snakes in general, to bring understanding and promote the conservation of these commonly feared reptiles.
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508 reviews
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Rudie L
1 contribution
Oct 2023 • Couples
Beautiful snake habitat displays arranged in a way for visitors to spot the snakes easily. Our guide, Connor, is very friendly and knowledgable. Was absolutely worth the visit.
Written 28 October 2023
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Andrew K
Oxford, UK1 199 contributions
Oct 2023 • Couples
Popped in here at the end of a long day sightseeing and were very pleasantly surprised. We were taken round by a very knowledgable guide and were able to see (and hold) many snakes. I have a phobia of snakes so decided to tackle it by holding one and it worked ! Great value and entertaining as well as educational
Written 18 October 2023
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hallimad
Rugby, UK18 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
We have a family with mixed emotions about snakes! We all ‘enjoyed’ the experience. Our guide Victor made it alot of fun. The staff are very welcoming and entertaining. We learned a lot about snakes.
Written 17 September 2023
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ivory321
Stellenbosch, South Africa4 contributions
Jun 2023 • Family
What a fantastic experience - and this coming from someone who doesn’t particularly like snakes! The sanctuary is well maintained and very interesting, but our tour was really made special by Ken, our amazing guide - he was charismatic, entertaining, knowledgeable and absolutely wonderful with our kids. Thank you for providing our family with the highlight of our holiday, Ken! We will definitely be back next year.
Written 2 July 2023
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Thank you for leaving us such a wonderful review. Ken is amazing!
We look forward to seeing you again next year
Written 31 August 2023
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Nathalie Belet
Lugano, Switzerland327 contributions
Mar 2023 • Friends
Very welcoming and superb experience. Non touristy like many others and a real sancturay for snakes. Not that I love them particularly but the experinece makes you aware of them and their particularities.
Written 10 March 2023
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Thank you for a great review! We do try our best to educate our visitors and we are passionate about what we do. We hope to see you again soon
Written 31 August 2023
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BOFA BOY
Bridge of Allan, UK1 312 contributions
Feb 2023 • Couples
Visited the snake sanctuary recently and felt that the guide was more interested in letting us know about his own “life experiences” rather than telling us about the snakes and other animals that were there.
Written 9 February 2023
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. I'm sorry you didn't feel your guide was giving you enough information on the snakes and animals. I will speak to the team on this
Written 31 August 2023
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Simi Kue
22 contributions
Dec 2022
We visited the sanctuary in December. It was a really interesting tour! We got a lot of information about snakes. You also get the chance to touch the snakes which was great!
Thank you Ken for showing us around!
Best whishes from Switzerland ;-)
Thank you Ken for showing us around!
Best whishes from Switzerland ;-)
Written 4 January 2023
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Thank you for leaving us a lovely review, we are glad you enjoyed your experience with us
Written 31 August 2023
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Nico48
4 contributions
Apr 2022
Very informative and exciting. Great guides explain everything about snakes to you. All kind of local snakes "enjoyable".
Written 24 August 2022
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Pieter Dreyer van Zyl 3
6 contributions
Jun 2022 • Family
Excellent, top class experience, the children were hanging on our guide's lips for a full 1hr + of interesting snake and other reptile education. What a pleasure it was to enjoy someone with true passion for his field, sharing his knowledge with us. Thank you!
Written 18 June 2022
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DianaG
Cape Town Central, South Africa210 contributions
Mar 2022
I was here 8yrs ago and the enclosures have improved. My 13yo loves snakes now, whereas when we were here last, she was too petrified to touch one so she wanted to go back to this park. She enjoyed it but was rather disappointed that she didnt hold more snakes.
Connor was very informative. He really knows his stuff and you could see he was passionate about them!
Connor was very informative. He really knows his stuff and you could see he was passionate about them!
Written 4 April 2022
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What is the price for an adult and child?
M R C
Plettenberg Bay, South Africa3 contributions
Our new prices from 1st September 2023 are:
Adults: R280
Teenager/Pensioner: R230
Child: R180
Under 2 years go free
Alpha X
Frankfurt, Germany138 contributions
Do they have black mambas?
Can you see the snakes being fed?
CorinneHess1234567
Bern, Switzerland2 contributions
Yes, they have black mambas.
Usually you won't see the feeding. Mostly they feed them after the visitors left so that the snakes are abel to eat their food without disruption.
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