#monkey town

We’re going bananas! It’s Monkey Day!

Sometimes, cabin fever starts to get the best of you, and you just wanna do something fun! We get that; honestly, what could be better than learning about monkeys or reading a book with “monkey” in the title?

We’ve definitely got some books for you! Check these out:

Spider Monkeys by Megan Borgert-Spaniol

Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial by Ronald Kidd

Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang

and click *here* to see all of the nonfiction monkey books Hoopla has to offer! 

Dit was echt een hele leuke en fijne vakantieweek! We deden een hoop zoals zwemmen, fietsen, spelletjes en we gingen weer naar Monkey Town. En Isabelle bereikte weer een volgende mijlpaal! Trotse mama hierzo! Go check it out!

Dit was echt een hele leuke en fijne vakantieweek! We deden een hoop zoals zwemmen, fietsen, spelletjes en we gingen weer naar Monkey Town. En Isabelle bereikte weer een volgende mijlpaal! Trotse mama hierzo! Go check it out! (more…)

Founded back in 2000 by animal lover and habitual monkey rescuer Roseline Grobler, the Monkey Town Primate Sanctuary is a Somerset West based wildlife center for monkeys and apes with more than 230 animals split among 28 different exotic species, including Tammy, Ruby, and Sunny, Monkey Town’s famous chimpanzee sisters.

The sanctuary has an interesting layout as you essentially walk for large swathes of the park in a fenced tunnel, with monkeys moving about in the open all around (and above) you.

Although you are more than welcome to browse and work your way through the sanctuary on your own and at your own pace (strolls through Monkey Town don’t normally take much longer than an hour), it is recommended to rather join in on the frequent guided tours, primarily because that way you will learn a lot more about the animals running around in front of you.

Feeding time is quite the fun spectacle (for that matter, the chimpanzees never cease to amaze with both their catching and bottle opening skills), and if you want an even closer look/interaction with some of the smaller, fluffier critters, then there are a couple of encounter options eagerly awaiting your purchase.

The girls rather enjoyed this particular outing last year, with Jessica, as she invariably does on these outings of ours, taking quite a shine to our guide and pretty much never leaving his side for the duration of the tour!

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These guys do a lot of great work in terms of taking in, rearing and caring for abandoned, captive-bred monkeys and are definitely worth supporting, meaning that if you have kids, then undoubtedly this is one of those visits that you can safely leave on your To Do list.

(Also, if the kids get bored, there is the kids play paradise of Cheeky Monkey right next door. In all honesty, I can’t really recommend them as a restaurant of choice, but they do have all the necessary equipment if you have kids with lots of energy to get rid of!)

Related Link: Monkey Town | Facebook