VIEWING AND FEEDING DEER

Individual and group animal tours, purchase of deer food

VISIT TO THE ESTATE & FEEDING THE DEER

INDIVIDUAL VISITORS

  • Deer viewing and visits to the property are possible every day between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM. 
  • We are open even during holidays!
  • Entry is FREE.
  • No reservation is required for an individual visit. 
  • Feeding animals is individual. 
  • You can buy animal food in our store "Pri mami". 
  • 1 package of pet food costs €1.00. 

BUS GROUPS

  • Bus groups must report their arrival PREVIOUSLY to announce. 
  • Arrival of larger bus groups without a guided tour is NOT POSSIBLE. 
  • We accept reservations for larger groups at:
    email: info@jelenov-greben.si or by  phone:+386 (0)3 5829 046. 
  • The price of a guided tour of the homestead and deer is €2.00/person. 
Jelenov

OUR BEGINNINGS

We brought deer to the property for the first time in 1989 from Brijon, Croatia. Because of the large cultivated areas, we bought deer to graze our meadows, but they soon became a real tourist attraction. More and more people came to our property to see these mighty, but at the same time timid animals. This is how the tourist farm named Jelenov greben was created.

On the eight-hectare estate, a herd of animals greets you as you enter the gate. This herd now numbers around 200 deer, hinds and mighty mouflons. The animals are so domesticated that they allow themselves to be fed with food that you can buy in our shop “Pri mami”. 

IN CONTACT WITH NATURE

Did you know that the mighty deer shed their antlers every year? This happens in April, and by August they have grown even larger and more branched antlers. They can be used to estimate how old the deer is. 

Deer mate in early autumn. Mating is also called ruk in another way, and it is recognized by the strong voices with which deer invite females. It can also be recognized by the fact that deer become loners for a month, and after the end of the season, they return to established herds.

A doe carries a young for 9 months, and it usually gives birth at the end of May or June. During this time, people have to be even more careful to observe hinds with their fawns from a distance, do not approach them and pet them, as hinds may give up their fawns.