Big Cat Gifts for big cat lovers

Big Cat Experience Days 
At Dartmoor Zoo in Devon, Virgin Experience Days list a couple of Big Cat Experiences.  For instance, how about a "Meet the Tiger Animal Encounter for Two"?  This is a 20 to 30 minute experience - you'll meet one of the keepers and then get close and personal with male tiger Dragan.  This is a wonderful opportunity to ask lots of questions.   The tiger is one of the most feared predators on earth, so you must follow your guide's instructions all the time.   There's also free access to the rest of the zoo, a hot drink and a slice of cake in the Jaguar Restaurant!  This is for £190.00  Find out more from Virgin Experience Days 

They've also got a "Become a Big Cat Keeper for Two" experience at Dartmoor Zoo in Devon for £499.00.  Pounce for more information about it here. 

Come and see us cats in Kent!
This one is at the Big Cat Sanctuary, (Big Cats about the House on BBC2 with conservationist Giles Clark was filmed here) in Kent.  Lions, leopards, cheetahs, pumas, jaguars and more live here and this is a roaringly great opportunity to find out more about the cats, and the conservation work the Sanctuary is doing to help them in the UK and abroad.  BuyaGift has a Big Cat Encounter (a different price for the weekend and weekday) and also a Ranger for the Day experience (again, different prices for weekend and weekdays).  And you can get 10% off with our exclusive code AHW2024BAG - it's valid to 31.12.24 and is site wide (some products are excluded).   Find out more from BuyaGift about the Big Cat experiences there.  

How about a Paul Hollywood Afternoon Tea at The Big Cat Sanctuary for Two, Kent?
Tuck into a delicious Paul Hollywood designed Afternoon Tea!   There's a selection of finger sandwiches, home-made cakes and scones in the conservatory restaurant, overlooking the Asiatic Lion enclosure. After your tea, you’ll have the opportunity to wander at your leisure to see the incredible Big and Small Cats for whom the Big Cat Sanctuary is home.   With lions, tigers, jaguar, cheetah, leopards, snow leopards and pumas, the sanctuary has a number of breeding pair residents.  It's part of the International Breeding Programme, and the hope is that the breeding will be successful and new generations of rare species will come into the world! For £130 from Virgin Experinence Days.  

How about a Tiger Keeper Experience at London Zoo?

Wow!  Sumatran tigers are extremely rare indeeed - and this is a chance to join London Zoo's team before the zoo opens for the day to experience what it takes to look after the Sumatran tiger family there and what goes on behind-the-scenes at Tiger Territory!  Create enrichment, get into a bit of cleaning, see the keepers training, and find out about the work being done within the zoo and out in the wild. If you're lucky, you may even get feed one of the tigers! This is an intimate experience for up to four people only. Your tickets also includes admission to the zoo so that you can spend the rest of the day visiting the other 15,000+ animals!  All for £170 per person.   Find out more from London Zoo.

The Natural History Museum has some amazing prints of big cats, including this one pictured left by Marina Cano.   What a print! Olobor is a famous lion from the ‘Black Rock’ pride in Kenya’s Maasai Mara and Marina found him resting in the late afternoon.  The grass around Olobor was black, since local Maasai herdsmen had burnt it to stimulate a new flush of grass.  Marina had to lower her camera out of her vehicle to get this amazing portrait.   Find out more here

Portrait of Olobor Wall Print is © Marina Cano 2022