INFO Hours: 9:30a-5:00p daily Tickets close 4:00p Tickets: Adults $12.95 Seniors $16.95 Children $13.95 Children under 3 FREE

Monkey Jungle

Do not visit Monkey Jungle without insect repellant. Miami has had a lot rain lately but I've never seen so many mosquitos in my life! Fortunately other guests who knew better were very kind and loaned me their cans to spray ourselves. Ouch!

Anyway, the Monkey Jungle attraction bills itself as a place where monkeys roam free and the humans are in the cage. Well, not quite. When you walk in you do indeed find yourself in a cage most of the time and there are monkeys running around on all sides but mostly above. The reason they're above because that's where they find the suspended baskets on little chains. Guests buy snacks at the entrance then drop food into the baskets. The attentive little monkeys will see that and quickly pull the basket up by the chain and collect their little snacks. It's cute, my daughter loved to feed the monkeys that way. I guess it beats rabies.

The rest of the park was so-so. There were other monkeys that were in cages along with some parrots and lizards. Other odds and ends were several Slots and some Lemurs. Not very exciting. The starts of the shows were the monkeys and apes in the shows. The Howler Monkeys seem to find it most interesting to howl during the presentation on their habits. In our case they stopped howling as soon as the presentation was over. The apes were pretty sad looking but interesting to see. They were one lonely Orangutan and a Lowland Gorilla.

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The grounds were nicely landscaped and very lush. Viewed: 73 times.	Paths surrounded by fencing with the monkeys on the outside. Viewed: 101 times.	Turtle in a pond. Viewed: 67 times.
Pet my monkey. Viewed: 111 times.	Best shot I could get of the Howler Monkeys. They sure can make a lot of noise. Viewed: 85 times.	Black and White Colobus Monkey. Viewed: 86 times.
Psst, pass me some snacks. Viewed: 73 times.	What a cool and tiny spider, the Spiny Backed Orb Weaver. Viewed: 70 times.	Caution, the monkeys do occasionally pee. Viewed: 101 times.
A monkey waiting for a visitor to put snacks in his basket. Viewed: 74 times.	Yum. Nuts and raisins. Viewed: 75 times.	The swimming monkey exhibit. Viewed: 132 times.
Wow, what a big fat juicy fish. Viewed: 59 times.	That's some big Carp! Viewed: 77 times.	Viewed: 84 times.
A Monkey grabs a snack floating in the pond. Viewed: 83 times.	Viewed: 111 times.	Viewed: 139 times.
How degrading, a Gorilla doing the Hokey Pokey. Viewed: 152 times.	Looking a little annoyed. Viewed: 158 times.	Taking his carrot and going home. Viewed: 103 times.
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A Rhinoceros Iguana sitting on a log. Viewed: 128 times.	Cool extreme close-up. Viewed: 128 times.	Some turtle in the same exhibit. Viewed: 75 times.
Viewed: 87 times.	Viewed: 79 times.	A different Iquana in another exhibit. Viewed: 79 times.
Another Rhino Iguana on a high branch. Viewed: 86 times.	This is also called a Horned Iguana. Viewed: 94 times.	An endangered Golden Lion Tamarin. Viewed: 108 times.
Viewed: 76 times.	Nice Orchid shot as we were leaving the park. Viewed: 80 times.

Comments From People Like You! Monkey Jungle : Miami, Florida 2005	add a comment
THomas J. Peel 01-Jul-2007 19:42
I grew up in Miami in the 1960's and remember many fun times at Monkey Jungle. I learned a lot about the various animals and respect for preserving these animals for generations yet unborn. It is a great place to go and learn about aniumals and their envirnment. A MUST SEE!!

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