Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary
| Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary | |
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| 33°57′47″S 23°29′01″E / 33.963°S 23.4835°E | |
| Date opening | 1998-04-06 |
| Location | Western Cape, South Africa |
| Land area | 2.3 hectares (5.7 acres)[1] |
| No. of animals | 550+[1] |
| No. of species | 11[1] |
| Website | www |
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 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
- ^ a b c "About Monkeyland". monkeyland.co.za. Monkeyland. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ "The 2nd Lilizela Tourism Awards". lilizela.co.za. Lilizela Tourism Awards. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "World Responsible Tourism Awards 2014". responsibletravel.com. World Responsible Travel. Retrieved 12 November 2014.