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For a partial list of Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man's internationally published scientific work Press Here.
*** THIS IS OUR GLOBAL CONSERVATION THROUGH EDUCATION DATABASE WITH OVER 11 YEARS AND OVER 10.8 MILLION VIEWS! ***
July 2015: Many new images have been added to The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology taken over June 2015 at The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project gallery, including views, fauna and flora: Termites that wild meerkats eat as part of their primarily insectivorous diet and a toxic hairy caterpillar and an escape burrow showing how the interior is dry after rain in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project- home to the Ungulungu meerkats and Tsebokolodi yellow mongooses.
** THE MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS IMAGE ALBUM - many images of Wild and Free meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates from Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man image archives **
Did you ever get bothered by a fly that just won't leave you alone?! Watch this meerkat / suricate and fly dance...
A meerkat / suricate gives a response to a persistent fly buzzing around their head! Watch Shongololo from the Wild and Free Ungulungu meerkat / suricate group of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve.
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CONSERVATION THROUGH EDUCATION IS ESSENTIAL / NATUURBEWARING DEUR OPLEIDING IS NOODSAAKLIK
** WATCH MEERKATS / SURICATES WILD AND FREE IN NATURE WHERE THEY BELONG IN THE MEERKAT MAGIC VALLEY RESERVE **
Exploring The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve - Ungulungu meerkat / meerkats range
Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man explores part of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve which forms the territory of The Ungulungu Wild and Free meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates range.
Included in this article are numerous videos of the area filmed before sunset press here.
This is an online Scientific Database, Media Album and Article Archive, and diary of events, it is deliberately HUGE...This is Conservation Through Education - open source research - our work is open to the public to read about for those who wish to spend the time...DIGGING through the information...we are researchers here collecting data after all!
Please visit the hyperlinks and use the search engine on the top right hand side of The Wild Web Site and simply replace the text with your search - "Search this Burrow!" - you can press any top banner to go to the Current Wildlife Tours Information...There are article archives and the most recent articles are also listed for easy access.
We hope you enjoy your visit with us.
Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man welcomes you! You are visiting The Wild Web Site of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve.
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Wildlife Conservation Through Education! Learn how to Observe and Conserve Wild and Free meerkat/ meerkats / suricate / suricates and their habitat!
The above Conservation Through Education / Natuurbewaring Deur Opleiding video was filmed on the second of January 2014 featuring three of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Managers from left to right: Cheslin Nuys; Hans Nuys; Sam Van Raanse - presented by Grant M.Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project.
Grant M. Mc Ilrath- A.K.A - The Meerkat Man with school pupils living near The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve after a charity Conservation Through Education film presentation from Lategansvlei Primary Farm School in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
Conservation Through Education is essential - for every person who tells another about the plight of Wild and Free meerkats and their habitat loss through destroying of their sleeping burrows, pesticides on their food, and the illegal in most areas pet trade we can help conserve the meerkat and it's habitat - all it takes is spreading the word to help achieve our goal.
Grant M. Mc Ilrath- A.K.A - The Meerkat Man after giving a Charity presentation to a disadvantaged school visiting the C.P. Nel Museum in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
Grant M. Mc Ilrath- A.K.A - The Meerkat Man with school pupils from Junior Primary School (3rd presentation) in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa - note the adorable meerkat pupils.
**** Please cast your vote to help spread awareness about the meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates pet trade at this anonymous voting link: press here.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project does not support the unsustainable and harmful commercial trade of wild meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates. Or capturing of wild meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates for pets. None of the WILD AND FREE study animals at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project have ever been fed, captured or handled or experimented with in any way.
Join the Global Conservation Awareness Cause here =>To find out how you can help to protect Wild and Free meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates and conserve them in the wild in their natural habitat in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project around Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa.
Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A. - The Meerkat Man of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and owner of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve was exploring part of the Riverine Ecology in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve recently…
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project introduces the secretive section of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology situated around Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa.
To read the article and also learn about The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project's concept of The Shy 5 in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve press the following link: Press here.
MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS…UNCUT
Watch dozens of Wild and Free meerkat / suricate videos and subscribe for free and get notifications whenever news happens from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve. All videos are unedited real wildlife behind the scenes and science with no tame animals, no fakes, no predetermined scripting. This is the director channel of Grant M. Mc Ilrath – A.K.A – The Meerkat Man – Observing and Conserving Wild and Free meerkats / suricates professionally since 1993 and ongoing: EXPERIENCE THEIR MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS UNCUT - press this link
The Meerkat Magic Mobile - the ONLY BMW in the world to EVER be sniffed and scent marked as part of their territory by WILD and FREE meerkats - the true stamp of approval - even wildlife approves of BMW! The eco - green machine!
The following main film was released in December 2010 (BMW unscripted) on the International BMW TV site - to go to the BMW TV site to watch this film please visit the following link: Press here to watch the official film on BMW'S site
INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC WORK INFORMATION: Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man worked with The Mammal Research Institute (M.R.I) of The University of Pretoria of South Africa and The Large Animal Research Group (L.A.R.G) of The University of Cambridge in Britain for over seven years in the Kalahari from 1993 before establishing The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve around Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa. To view a list of some of these international scientific publications about the meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates please press here.
Our focus is not on large scale over priced tourism but rather around very limited numbers of small group visits with conservation minded guests not wanting the standard 'check-list' commercialised tourism.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME AND STAY WITH US IN OUR OWN ACCOMMODATION ON OUR PRIVATE NATURE RESERVE - THE MEERKAT MAGIC VALLEY RESERVE!
MEERKAT MANSION ACCOMMODATION OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA - The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve is proudly located around Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa - guests can now stay with us at our own accommodation at our Research base on site - The Meerkat Mansion - press here to find out more about our accommodation.
Greetings to all the caring meerkat fans. If you have not cast a vote yet, this will only take seconds - please do add your anonymous vote to this ongoing conservation awareness poll, and tell anybody else who may wish to make a difference- thank you for your valued time and ongoing care! Best wishes from Grant Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man -
Please enjoy being amongst the very first to watch the Meerkat Magic Mobile in action with BMW's unscripted film series - this is only a preview trailer of the international BMW films being released - watch how the Wild and Free Ungulungu meerkats from THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT - MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS - OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA - feature here sniffing and marking the BMW's tyres!
THE MEERKAT MAGIC MALL MEERKAT MERCHANDISE SHOP - BUY A MEERKAT / SURICATE THEMED GIFT THAT SUPPORTS WILD AND FREE MEERKAT / SURICATE CONSERVATION SINCE 1993 WITH THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT - MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS - OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA!
** BE A WILDLIFE PROTECTOR WITH US - THE WILD AND FREE MEERKAT CAUSE NEEDS YOU **
Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project has been a professional WILDLIFE PROTECTOR since 1993 and ongoing!
Please join us as a WILDLIFE PROTECTOR and our Wild and Free meerkat / suricate conservation cause with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa press here to go to this Cause page.
The above meerkat / suricate image is of the world famous Wild and Free Jabulani Ungulungu from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve around Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa!
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EXCITING LIMITED ASSISTANT WILDLIFE RESEARCH POSITIONS NOW AVAILABLE! GAIN UNIQUE EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD WORKING WITH WILD MEERKATS / SURICATES AND VARIOUS SECRETIVE WILDLIFE WITH THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT AROUND OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE OF SOUTH AFRICA AT OUR PRIVATE RESEARCH HOME BASE A.K.A - MEERKAT MANSION - FOR MORE INFORMATION PRESS THE LINK HERE
THE MEERKAT MANSION RESEARCH BASE NOW OFFERS LIMITED SELF CATERING ACCOMMODATION AND CAMPING ON OUR PROPERTY IN OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA - WHEN YOU VIST WILD AND FREE MEERKATS / SURICATES - YOU CAN STAY WITH US!
Booking your accommodation with us helps to fund wildlife conservation and behavioral research run by The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project.
We offer self catering accommodation (very limited spaces but camping is also available) at The Meerkat Mansion (previously closed to the public and only open to research assistants) Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa: press here.
IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF THE BUILT UP AREAS THEN VISIT US - WE NOW ALSO OFFER INEXPENSIVE CAMPING ON OUR EXPANSIVE PROPERTY - BRING YOUR TENT OR CARAVAN - THIS IS AN IDEAL FARM GET AWAY WITH STUNNING MOUNTAIN VIEWS AND CLEAR UNPOLUTED AIR AND BEAUTIFUL STARRY NIGHTS - accommodation = SELF CATERING AND CAMPING / CARAVANING, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa
ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES: To find out how you can help with Conservation Fund Raising for Wild and Free meerkats / suricates in The Meerkat Magic Valley of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa Please press the article link here!
***** The Meerkat Magic Meerkat / Suricate Video Diaries Episodes *****
Amazing snow covered peaks of The Great Black Mountain Range - Swartberg in the distance behind special guests - meerkat veterans watching wild meerkats / suricates from The Ungulungu meerkat / suricate group on their unique in the world tour at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
Amazing snow covered peaks of The Great Black Mountain Range - Swartberg in the distance behind special guests - meerkat veterans watching wild meerkats / suricates from The Ungulungu meerkat / suricate group on their unique in the world tour at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
To learn more about Grant M. Mc Ilrath- A.K.A - The Meerkat Man and the amazing world of Wild and Free meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates for a morning Sunrise or afternoon Sunset Tour (when available), Grant is your guide - who is a professionally qualified Nature Conservationist and Wildlife Research Biologist with Internationally Published Scientific work "Experience your very own unedited wildlife documentary, and Walk With Wildlife in their natural environment!”.
Grant can be contacted at: (an SMS - mobile text is the best method, or an e-mail - it may take a few days to answer as hundreds are received and each is answered personally by Grant between field work) Tel: +27 (0) 44 272 3077 / Cell: (SMS +27 (0) 82 413 6895) or e-mail Grant at: or you can simply press here to send an addressed e-mail to gmmcilrath@mweb.co.za
Special guests - meerkat veterans watching wild meerkats / suricates from The Ungulungu meerkat / suricate group on their unique in the world tour at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project brings thousands of people from around the world together to experience The Meerkat Magic and harmony of sharing space with wildlife in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
Thank you to all our International Meerkat Friendly Supporters - Meerkat Veterans - Meerkat Veterans have done the walk, they can talk the talk! Elite Meerkat Veterans are regular visitors to The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve.
With your help and support over the years The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project continues to invest in conserving more wildlife and wildlife habitat in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve.
Our visitors galleries are a visual list of our special guests watching Wild meerkats / meerkat / suricates / suricate at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa.
If you want to be on a smaller more exclusive wild meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates viewing Tour, then a great time to visit is in Winter - from May to August...just bring warm clothes and a thermos flask of hot liquid, fewer guests visit each day in the off peak season for Tourism. Or you can book the entire Tour morning just for yourself for a very personalised experience.
This could be you Watching Wild and Free meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve on your very own wildlife Tour, in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa!
The Wild and Free wildlife at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project do not have hair cuts that can interfere with their heat regulation / thermoregulation, or other artificial markings that can break up their camouflage and give their location away to predators, and none of the study animals have been fitted with telemetry / transmitters / radio collars that could get caught in vegetation and make the animal more obvious to predators, and need to have the animal captured and handled for this.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project is a behavioural observation and applied conservation ecology open source research project, focussing on conserving wildlife habitat by investigating alternative land usage and sustainable practices in highly sensitive ecosystems. The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve is owned and run by Grant M.Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man.
This is primarily achieved through generating funds for our work by Observe and Conserve Eco- Tourism and Agri - Tourism and which assists in subsidising land owners, so that farming is no longer the only source of income in highly sensitive eco- systems that occur on our Study Sites.
With the removal of large quantities of farm stock, which can cause trampling of the environment, conservation of naturally occurring resources is sustainably achieved through zonation of properties.
Meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates as pets:
Do you want to buy a meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricate as a pet - then please do read these articles first about captive meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates press here.
The SHY 5 is a unique conservation and tourism concept in the world created by The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project! To find out more about these animals and why they have been chosen please Press here.
To capture The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Experience, Grant M. Mc Ilrath wrote a poem, you can read it if you
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Are you looking for Accommodation and Activities in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa? Please support the Meerkat Friendly Supporters who are listed here on The Wild Web Site - Your Wildlife Friendly Information Portal- to view the various Meerkat Friendly Supporters please press the link here: Press here.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project has chosen the Wild and Free meerkat / suricate as our main symbol, as we believe that Wild and Free meerkats / suricates are the perfect example of teamwork, being one of the most co- operative mammals on earth, and we are able to gain wisdom from nature by observing their teamwork and then applying it to all sectors of our lives!
By taking good care of themselves as individuals each Wild and Free meerkat / suricate improves the success and survival chances of all the other meerkats / suricates in the group. Each business that works together with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project, can be seen as an individual meerkat / suricate, within a lager group of Meerkat Friendly Supporters. Everybody then benefits each other from reciprocal marketing and resource sharing networks across the world, ultimately conservation benefits from this synergy!
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No tame or previously captured or ever released from captivity meerkats / suricates are worked with at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project!The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project does NOT feed or protect wild meerkat / suricate populations from predation at all, and wild meerkats / suricates treat the observers here as objects that they trust due to highly selective ethical neuro linguistic programming habituation techniques that require many years to implement and constant care to maintain, this selective trust from wildlife.
This allows the collection of very accurate unbiased by the observer, data on natural wildlife behaviour. It would be unethical to interfere with the predation process, this is not a zoo environment, but a natural wild setting.
We care about humanity and wildlife working together in harmony, and we are actively making a difference through the use of sustainable alternative land usage practices, unique in the world tourism ventures, social upliftment through job creation and active Conservation Through Education!
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project is also an Environmental Restoration Initiative, restoring a natural balance on properties by removing alien vegetation, and allowing damaged farmlands to recover from intensive farming practices by removing livestock so that wildlife that occurs naturally in these areas can survive and restore the natural balance in their environment.
This is partly achieved by generating an income for landowners through alternative sustainable land usage practices through ecotourism and wildlife research and conservation based on the Observe and Conserve principles.
To view The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Educational Presentation pictures press here.
Please look at the "Main Topics", FAQ menu for interesting wildlife answers and the "Articles Archive", to visit the FAQ section press here.
To view the hundreds of photographs in the media galleries press here.
Are you a Meerkat / Suricate Veteran - an actual visitor Meerkat Friendly Supporter who has done a Tour with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project...HOW CLEVER DO YOU FEEL? WHY NOT TAKE A WILDLIFE TEST FOR YOURSELF...
Members and any other visitors can now also play the "Test Yourself..." quizzes when logged in or just visiting the web- who will get the highest score, only members names and scores are listed when they are logged into The Wild Web Site and play the quizzes, which country will do the best?
On this unique in the world Wild Web Site you can find out interesting information about The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project, and the real life "soap opera" stories of Meerkat Magic wildlife. Films have been inspired by the amazing soap opera lives of the Wild and Free Meerkats / Suricates that we observe and protect!
This category has interesting information about the Wild and Free UNFED meerkat / suricate group that visitors can currently observe on their Sunrise and Sunset Tours at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in Oudtshoorn, South Africa.
To read about these amazing wild meerkats / suricates press here.
UNITY IS STRENGTH!
HAVE YOU MET THE WILD MEERKAT / SURICATE "STARS" ON A SUNRISE OR SUNSET TOUR YET?
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Brochure
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - Meerkat Magic Moments - Uncut : is currently buying up additional property for The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve around Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa.
Protecting the entire fragile eco-system is critical for the survival of many endemic plant and animal species. Many species of digging mammal are loosing their homes due to farming and land development - these burrowing animals are the 'out of sight - out of mind' animals that many never see, but who are essential pioneer mammals in the area. You can help The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project protect more animals from the hidden world - the world beneath our feet!
Help to conserve the areas natural beauty and abundant life and stop the land being developed and destroyed by intensive stock farming and land ploughing for crops! All donations are very much appreciated. Paypal: gmmcilrath@mweb.co.za Thank You!
THE MEERKAT MAGIC MALL MEERKAT MERCHANDISE SHOP - BUY A MEERKAT / SURICATE THEMED GIFT THAT SUPPORTS WILD AND FREE MEERKAT / SURICATE CONSERVATION SINCE 1993 WITH THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT - MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS - OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA!
THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT - MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS - OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA - EXPERIENCE WILD AND FREE MEERKAT MAGIC WITH GRANT M. MC ILRATH - A.K.A - THE MEERKAT MAN - A PROFESSIONAL CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST AND INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED WILDLIFE RESEARCHER / WILDLIFE PROTECTOR - INVOLVED WITH MEERKAT / SURICATE FILMS WITH THE BBC, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, DISCOVERY CHANNEL AND MANY MORE SINCE 1993!
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To go to the Tour booking form - AND SELECT ANY DEPARTMENT AS ALL ARE CHECKED BY GRANT press here.
Free greeting cards from The Meerkat Magic Moments Collection
Watch dozens of Wild and Free meerkat / suricate videos and subscribe for free and get notifications whenever news happens from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve. All videos are unedited real wildlife behind the scenes and science with no tame animals, no fakes, no predetermined scripting. This is the director channel of Grant M. Mc Ilrath – A.K.A – The Meerkat Man – Observing and Conserving Wild and Free meerkats / suricates professionally since 1993 and ongoing: EXPERIENCE THEIR MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS UNCUT - press this link
World Cup South Africa 2010 and Meerkats!
Welcome to South Africa for the World Cup 2010! It is great to see that meerkats are getting some excellent exposure and recognition at last! Meerkats are incredible team work animals - we as humans can learn so much from Nature's Classroom - I enjoyed the following video and I hope it brings a smile to all our International Meerkat Friendly Supporters! Best wishes from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man.
Watch Wild and Free meerkat / suricate / meerkats / suricates in The Meerkat Magic Valley of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project around Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa with Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man.
See images of our visitors from around the world, watch a virtual meerkat Tour
For more information on unique in the world Wild meerkat / suricate Tours - you can go behind the scenes and science on your very own unedited wildlife Tour and Walk With Wildlife at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and experience The Meerkat Magic!
To find out more about Assistant Research Positions at The Meerkat Magic Conservation ProjectPress here.
To view hundreds of Images, and read guest comments, of all our very valued Meerkat Friendly Supporter visitors who have helped to conserve wildlife habitat through their visit through Observe and Conserve Eco - Tourism using alternative and sustainable land usage practices at The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley of Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape of South Africa, pictures have been added starting in September 2004.
Please note that Tour images are added to these galleries over a period of time depending on research work loads.
If you wish to see your Tour images sooner (before they are added to the Supporter Galleries) simply send an e-mail with the date of your Tour, was it a morning Sunrise Tour, or an afternoon Sunset Tour, and your name and request the images thank you.
Please select the Gallery menu for the year of the visit to view those images, you can read visitor comments on each image once opened, please note that the date the image has been added is NOT the Tour date, that is in the comments on the image once opened.
Any images in the gallery can be opened to enlarge them, they can be sent as free eCards or printed!
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You can open an addressed e-mail for your image requests by pressing the link here: Email:gmmcilrath@mweb.co.za
Watch a Wild meerkat / suricate Virtual Tour here!
Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man invites you to visit Meerkat Magic Moments - Uncut - Wild and Free meerkat / suricate videos to watch for free! You can visit our channel: press here.
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The Meerkat Man and Meerkat Mobile in BMW's International Film Series
The Meerkat Mobile in action with BMW's unscripted film series - this is only a preview trailer of the international BMW films being released - watch how the Wild and Free Ungulungu meerkats from THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT - MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS in THE MEERKAT MAGIC VALLEY around OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA - feature here sniffing and marking the BMW's tyres!
BMW chose our Meerkat Mobile(s) to represent Africa whilst filming other BMW's around the world!
Best wishes to all our meerkat veterans who have driven in the Meerkat Mobile from Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man.
The Meerkat Magic Mobile - the ONLY BMW in the world to EVER be sniffed and scent marked as part of their territory by WILD and FREE meerkats - the true stamp of approval - even wildlife approves of BMW! The eco - green machine!
The following main film was released in December 2010 (BMW unscripted) on the International BMW TV site - to go to the BMW TV site to watch this film please visit the following link: Press here to watch the official film on BMW'S site
WATCH THE BMW MEERKAT MAGIC MOBILE CAR HIDE AND WILD AND FREE UNGULUNGU MEERKATS / SURICATES VIDEO / FILM HERE...
The first video to watch for a good explanation with The Wild and Free Ungulungu group meerkats / suricates and the Meerkat Magic Mobile BMW car / mobile hide in The Meerkat Magic Valley of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa.
The second video to watch for a good explanation with The Wild and Free Ungulungu group meerkats / suricates and the Meerkat Magic Mobile BMW car / mobile hide in The Meerkat Magic Valley of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa.
A pioneer mammal in action...
Experience the Meerkat Magic, spend time just watching, learning, finding...Come visit The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project soon...Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa. Discover that there IS another world beneath our feet, a hidden world, one often out of sight...so out of mind.
WILDLIFE RESEARCH BASE - THE MEERKAT MANSION
MEERKAT MANSION - THE MEERKAT MAGIC VALLEY RESERVE - ACCOMMODATION OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA - The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and The Meerkat Magic Valley is proudly located around Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa - guests can now stay with us at our own accommodation at our Research base on site - The Meerkat Mansion!
MEERKAT MANSION - SELF CATERING AND CAMPING GROUND ACCOMMODATION AND RESEARCH BASE OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA
THE MEERKAT MANSION RESEARCH BASE IN THE MEERKAT MAGIC VALLEY RESERVE OFFERS LIMITED SELF CATERING ACCOMMODATION AND CAMPING ON OUR PROPERTY IN OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA - WHEN YOU VIST WILD AND FREE MEERKATS / SURICATES YOU CAN STAY WITH US!
Accommodation that helps to fund behavioral research run by The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - we offer self catering accommodation (limited spaces - but camping is also available) at The Meerkat Mansion (previously closed to the public and only open to research assistants).
By staying with The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve beyond the rush of town and surrounded by beautiful views of mountains - your accommodation costs directly fund wildlife and habitat conservation work!
Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A. - The Meerkat Man of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and owner of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve was exploring part of the Riverine Ecology in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve recently…
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project introduces the secretive section of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology situated around Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa.
THE MEERKAT MAGIC VALLEY RESERVE RIVERINE ECOSYSTEM OF THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT - MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS - OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA - EXPERIENCE WILD AND FREE MEERKAT MAGIC AND HELP PROTECT WILD AND FREE MEERKAT / MEERKATS / SURICATE / SURICATES IN THE MEERKAT MAGIC VALLEY RESERVE WITH GRANT M. MC ILRATH - A.K.A - THE MEERKAT MAN - A PROFESSIONAL CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST AND INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED WILDLIFE RESEARCHER / WILDLIFE PROTECTOR - INVOLVED WITH MEERKAT / SURICATE FILMS WITH THE BBC, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, DISCOVERY CHANNEL AND MANY MORE SINCE 1993 AND ONGOING!
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The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve around Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa is the home of the Wild and Free Ungulungu meerkat / suricate group.
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MEERKAT MANSION - THE MEERKAT MAGIC VALLEY RESERVE - ACCOMMODATION OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA - The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and The Meerkat Magic Valley is proudly located around Oudtshoorn, Western Cape of South Africa - guests can now stay with us at our own accommodation at our Research base on site - The Meerkat Mansion!
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Accommodation that helps to fund behavioral research run by The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - we offer self catering accommodation (limited spaces - but camping is also available) at The Meerkat Mansion (previously closed to the public and only open to research assistants).
By staying in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve beyond the rush of town and surrounded by beautiful views of mountains - your accommodation costs directly fund wildlife and habitat conservation work!
Protecting the entire fragile eco-system is critical for the survival of many endemic plant and animal species. Many species of digging mammal are losing their homes due to farming and land development - these burrowing animals are the 'out of sight - out of mind' animals that many never see, but who are essential pioneer mammals in the area. The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project also helps to protect more animals from the hidden world - the world beneath our feet!
Help to conserve the areas natural beauty and abundant life and stop the land being developed and destroyed by intensive stock farming and land ploughing for crops! All donations are very much appreciated. Paypal: gmmcilrath@mweb.co.za Thank you!
THE MEERKAT MAGIC VALLEY RESERVE RIVERINE ECOLOGY
Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A. - The Meerkat Man of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project and owner of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve was exploring part of the Riverine Ecology in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve recently…
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project introduces the secretive section of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology situated around Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa.
THE MEERKAT MAGIC VALLEY RESERVE RIVERINE ECOSYSTEM OF THE MEERKAT MAGIC CONSERVATION PROJECT - MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS - OUDTSHOORN WESTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA - EXPERIENCE WILD AND FREE MEERKAT MAGIC AND HELP PROTECT WILD AND FREE MEERKAT / MEERKATS / SURICATE / SURICATES IN THE MEERKAT MAGIC VALLEY RESERVE WITH GRANT M. MC ILRATH - A.K.A - THE MEERKAT MAN - A PROFESSIONAL CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST AND INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED WILDLIFE RESEARCHER / WILDLIFE PROTECTOR - INVOLVED WITH MEERKAT / SURICATE FILMS WITH THE BBC, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, DISCOVERY CHANNEL AND MANY MORE SINCE 1993 AND ONGOING!
MEERKAT MAGIC MOMENTS…UNCUT
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Beware of Copy-Kats who claim to be the meerkat man...
BEWARE OF COPY-KATS…
Grant M. Mc Ilrath is known as The Meerkat Man and is the original not a copy-kat. Since 1993 and ongoing The Meerkat Man (a name given to him by the numerous international film crews he has worked with over decades) has been researching Wild and Free meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates as a professionally qualified Nature Conservationist in South Africa. Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man has over twenty years and thousands of hours observation experience with two of the three recognised meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates subspecies and has numerous internationally published scientific papers and articles, radio interviews and films including ones with the BBC, National Geographic and Discovery Channel which have been aired around the world and watched by millions.
Beware of imitations...there are various non-professionals in tourism claiming to be the meerkat man or researchers to lure unsuspecting tourists into their visits even when the information they provide is not from their own professional research or their own accepted internationally published work. This can be compared to a non-professional claiming to be a doctor / lawyer etc., even though they are not qualified to do so. The qualification facts can speak for themselves.
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BUY MEERKATS THE BOOK PUBLISHED IN 2016 BY AUTHOR GRANT MC ILRATH THE MEERKAT MAN
**NEWS FLASH** MEERKAT BOOK ON SALE NOW 2016: MEERKATS the conservation book by internationally published Author Grant M. Mc Ilrath The Meerkat Man is now on sale around the world.
Hardcover; 240 pages; photographs of the Kalahari meerkats and the Little Karoo meerkats; Publisher New Holland Publishers, 2016
ISBN 1921517654, 9781921517655
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Submitted by Grant on Saturday, March 19 @ 15:35:51 UTC **NEWS FLASH** MEERKAT BOOK ON SALE NOW 2016: MEERKATS the conservation book by internationally published Author Grant M. Mc Ilrath The Meerkat Man is now on sale around the world.
Hardcover; 240 pages; photographs of the Kalahari meerkats and the Little Karoo meerkats; Publisher New Holland Publishers, 2016
ISBN 1921517654, 9781921517655
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Submitted by Grant on Friday, July 31 @ 22:23:58 UTC July 2015: Many new images have been added to The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology taken over June 2015 at The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project gallery, including views, fauna and flora: Termites that wild meerkats eat as part of their primarily insectivorous diet and a toxic hairy caterpillar and an escape burrow showing how the interior is dry after rain in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project- home to the Ungulungu meerkats and Tsebokolodi yellow mongooses.
All the species of fauna and flora no matter their size are protected by The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve, the home of The Ungulungu wild and free meerkats and The Tsebokolodi wild and free yellow mongooses.
Every reserve protected species here is an essential part of the ecology that provides a home to the meerkat and many other better known or larger species.
All these reserve species are simply trying to make a living, just like the rest of us. However soo many species are not even considered in the media due to their size or lack of popularity - these reserve albums are here to create an awareness of some of the lesser known species in the meerkats habitat.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project introduces the secretive section of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology situated around Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa.
The Meerkat Mansion Research Base and Accommodation around Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - home of the Wild and Free Ungulungu meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates group.
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June 2015 VIDEO: Camouflaged frog in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve
Submitted by Grant on Tuesday, June 30 @ 23:38:15 UTC A camouflaged frog in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve - cryptic amphibian of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project.
Observations from the personal film archives of Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve which forms the territory of The Ungulungu Wild and Free meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates range and The Tsebokolodi Yellow Mongooses Cynictis penicillata.
Although it is rare for the meerkat to eat frogs and toads, they occasionally dig them out of muddy areas where the amphibians have taken refuge in the drier months when water has dried up.
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Nature Poems: June 2015: The grass ate my boots - a nature poem composed by Grant M. Mc Ilrath
Submitted by Grant on Tuesday, June 30 @ 23:24:07 UTC The grass ate my boots - a nature poem composed by Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man - dedicated to my mother Estelle Mc Ilrath who has experienced this too and asked me to write about this - so here it is Mom.
Kalahari sour grass (Schmidtia kalahariensis), it is called Suur gras in Afrikaans.
This grass covers vast areas of the Kalahari desert after heavy rainfall. It is very sticky and acidic and highly irritating to any skin surfaces and it destroys clothing.
Over seven years in the Kalahari wilderness I had many pairs of shoes eaten away by this grass.
My tatty shoes even featured in an internationally screened National Geographic documentary called Meerkat Madness back in 2000 where the camera follows me walking at a low angle with a focus on my old worn out grass eaten boots.
This poem is for all who have experienced the Kalahari grass up close and a warning to anybody who has not. As I enjoy mentioning it is nice from far, but far from nice...
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Submitted by Grant on Tuesday, June 30 @ 22:57:23 UTC June 2015: Many new images have been added to The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology taken over May 2015 at The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project gallery, including views, fauna and flora: A caterpillar and coleoptra larvae that wild meerkats eat as part of their primarily insectivorous diet in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project- home to the Ungulungu meerkats and Tsebokolodi yellow mongooses.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project introduces the secretive section of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology situated around Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa.
The Meerkat Mansion Research Base and Accommodation around Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - home of the Wild and Free Ungulungu meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates group.
** TOUR INFORMATION ** => SEND A WILDLIFE VIEWING TOUR / MEERKAT MANSION RESEARCH BASE ACCOMMODATION BOOKING REQUEST FORM BELOW:
**NEWS FLASH** MEERKAT BOOK ON SALE NOW 2016: MEERKATS the conservation book by internationally published Author Grant M. Mc Ilrath The Meerkat Man is now on sale around the world.
Hardcover; 240 pages; photographs of the Kalahari meerkats and the Little Karoo meerkats; Publisher New Holland Publishers, 2016
ISBN 1921517654, 9781921517655
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