Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary | |
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33°57′47″S 23°29′01″E / 33.963°S 23.4835°E | |
Date opening | 6 April 1998 |
Location | Western Cape, South Africa |
Land area | 2.3 hectares (5.7 acres)[1] |
No. of animals | 550+[1] |
No. of species | 9[1] |
Website | www |
Monkeyland is a free roaming, multi-species primate sanctuary founded in 1998 by Tony Blignaut, which is located at The Crags near Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa. The sanctuary covers more than 12 hectares (30 acres) of indigenous forest, with a protected greenbelt of 4 hectares (9.9 acres). Monkeyland is one of four sanctuaries managed by The South African Animal Sanctuary Alliance (SAASA), the others being Birds of Eden and Jukani Wildlife Sanctuary in Plettenberg Bay, and Monkeyland's s sister sanctuary, MonkeylandKZN near Ballito on the Dolphin Coast.