Monkeyland is a roaming multi species primate sanctuary, located in The Crags near Plettenberg Bay in Western Cape, South Africa. The sanctuary comprises over {{Convert|12|ha}} of indigenous forest, with a protected greenbelt of {{Convert|4|ha}} .

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',^[4] the Skål International Sustainable Tourism Award,^[5] 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' ^[6]

Facilities

The sanctuary comprises over {{Convert|12|ha}} of indigenous forest, with a protected greenbelt of {{Convert|4|ha}} . 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 {{Convert|1.2|km}} 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.

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