Monkey Jungle

Monkey Jungle
Date opened 1933
Location Redland, Florida, United States
Coordinates Coordinates: 25°33′59″N 80°25′53″W / 25.566367°N 80.431312°W / 25.566367; -80.431312
Website www.monkeyjungle.com

Monkey Jungle is a 30-acre (12 ha) wildlife park established in 1933 for the exhibition and study of endangered monkeys in semi-natural habitats. Many projects have been conducted at the park, which is a tourist attraction in the Miami, Florida area. The park is in Redland, Florida at South 216th Street/Hainlin Mill Road near West 147th Avenue.

The park has about 500 primates of 18 different species running loose. Guests walk through a series of tunnel cages. Its tagline is "Where the humans are caged and the monkeys run wild". It includes an Amazonian rainforest.

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