Oudtshoorn - Ostrich Farms

A number of ostrich farms in Oudtshoorn offer visitors a conducted tour lasting one or two hours on which they learn all about ostrich breeding. They will be shown round the breeding houses, they will discover how hard the shells of ostrich eggs are (well able to stand the weight of a man) and with luck may see the ostrich chicks emerging from the egg.

Other attractions are a ride on an ostrich (not always possible to avoid falling off!) and ostrich races. Tours of this kind are offered, for example, by the Highgate Ostrich Show Farm and the Safari Show Farm (both near R 328, the road to Mossel Bay, some 10km/6mi southwest of the town center and the Cango Ostrich Farm, on the road from Oudtshoorn to the Cango Caves.

And when in Oudtshoorn visitors should not miss the opportunity of sampling the delicate lean meat of the ostrich, for example in the Godfather Restaurant.