Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary

Monkeyland is a roaming multi species primate sanctuary, located in The Crags near Plettenberg Bay in Western Cape, South Africa. The sanctuary comprises over 12 hectares (30 acres) of indigenous forest, with a protected greenbelt of 4 hectares (9.9 acres) .

Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary
Date opening1998-04-06
LocationWestern Cape, South Africa
Coordinates33.963°S 23.4835°E / -33.963; 23.4835
Land area2.3 hectares (5.7 acres)[1]
No. of animals550+[1]
No. of species11[1]
Websitewww.monkeyland.co.za

Monkeyland is one of the three Sanctuaries under The South African Animal Sanctuary Alliance (SAASA). As a member of SAASA Monkeyland was honoured with four major Tourism awards in 2014. The four awards are namely the Lilizela Tourism Visitor Experience of the Year Award at a 'Wildlife Encounters',[2] the Skål International Sustainable Tourism Award,[3] Overall winner of the World Responsible Tourism Award as well as the Gold Award in World Responsible Tourism in the category of 'Best Animal Welfare Initiative' [4]

Facilities

The sanctuary comprises over 12 hectares (30 acres) of indigenous forest, with a protected greenbelt of 4 hectares (9.9 acres) . Primates move freely in the sanctuary and able to enjoy a life as close to natural as possible for a captive held wild animal

Tourist can visit the Sanctuary and enjoy a walk of about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) on forest walkways, with a professional safari guide.

Animals

Monkeyland opened its doors to the public on 6 April 1998. Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary houses primates of 11 types of species that have been previously kept in cages, zoos, as pets or in laboratories and have now been re-acclimated to a larger and free moving environment.

In 2014 the sanctuary was home to about 550+ Primates representing 11 species.

References
  1. "About Monkeyland". monkeyland.co.za. Monkeyland. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  2. "The 2nd Lilizela Tourism Awards". lilizela.co.za. Lilizela Tourism Awards. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  3. "Skål International Sustainable Tourism Awards by Diversey Care 2014". skal.org. Skal International. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  4. "World Responsible Tourism Awards 2014". responsibletravel.com. World Responsible Travel. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
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