Located: The Crags, near Plettenberg Bay
The world’s first free-roaming multi-species primate sanctuary. It offers tours (monkey safaris) where guests can view the 550+ resident primates in their forest home, there is also a restaurant, souvenir store, and viewing deck, and a 128-meter suspended canopy walk. Monkeyland’s safari guides are multi-lingual, languages spoken include German, French, and Spanish.
Admire the majestic big cats of the world – Lions, Tigers, Puma, Leopards, and Jaguars. The wild animals – at their forever home – Jukani, have been rescued or rehomed from facilities that could no longer care for them. At Jukani they can now explore their large natural habitats, designed and built around each individual animal’s needs. They are free of exploitation and the stress caused by human interaction…
The world’s largest free-flight bird aviary (50 metres high, covering 23 000 square meters of forest). Birds of Eden houses more than 3,500 specimens of more than 220 species, with the focus being African birds. The dome covers 2 km of boardwalks, a restaurant, several ponds and dams and a themed souveniour store. Visits to Birds of Eden are usually self-guided, however guided walks are offered on request.
The newest addition to the award-winning South African Animal Sanctuary Alliance (SAASA), is the largest free-roaming, a multi-specie primate sanctuary in Africa and SAASA’s first sanctuary in KwaZulu-Natal. Our sanctuary is currently home to 8 different species of rescued exotic primates. A variety of indigenous wildlife occur naturally in our stunning 23-hectare forest, including Natal Duiker, Blue Duiker, Bushbuck, Vervets and Thick-Tailed Bush Babies as well as a huge variety of birdlife.
SAASA – South African Animal Sanctuary Alliance, strives to improve the lives of caged primates, birds and other wildlife. The Square Meter for Monkeys Campaign is only the FIRST real Real Estate deal between humans and animals. Making history one square at a time
Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa is the worlds first free roaming multi-specie primate sanctuary and aims to create awareness about the plight of primates and foster a greater understanding of our primate cousins.