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Monkey Jungle
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Categories: Amusement Parks, Party & Event Planning, Zoos [Edit]
14805 SW 216th StMiami, FL 33170
(305) 235-1611
- Good for Kids:
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5 reviews for Monkey Jungle
Monkey Jungle is brilliant. Your completly caged in and the monkeys run about on the cage around with with little feed cups that they drop down when they want food. It's super cute!
$25 per person which i think is a bit steep when I dont get to hold the monkeys. But I had a great time anyways.
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Like tiny little street bums these monkeys stretch their tiny little hands through the fence begging for peanuts. I think this place is kinda cool, but I like monkeys.
Essentially you walk through a wooded area on a fence covered path and monkeys climb all over the fence reaching out trying to get monkey snacks (aka peanuts from the gift shop) from you.
Beware that they may drop a souvenir on your head if you are not paying attention.
If this place had more to do or interact with the monkeys I'd have given it more stars. Monkey Jungle is a rather simple tourist attraction but neat to check out if you have the spare time.
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This is one of those weird, backcountry tourist traps, like the largest ball-o-twine. Monkey Jungle houses an easy four hundred monkeys in a large fenced-in preserve. Highlights include the Wild Monkey Swimming Pool, where you can, quote from the website, "See monkeys wade into the pool for "treats" and, if you are lucky, see them skin dive."
The funniest story about this place: In 1992, when Hurricane Andrew rolled through South Florida, it made a beeline for Monkey Jungle. Monkeys ended up getting scattered for 50 miles, and then started breeding and running amok.
Two stars for the image of wild Dade County monkeys roaming the Publix parking lots.
A sad sick relic of past glory. A waste of $25.95 for adult admission if you consider what value you would get from another tourist attraction.
It reminds me of what you would expect from an animal exhibit at a roadside patio restauraurant in a third world country.
There are not that many monkeys, The orang atang was gone. They claimed she had pneumonia and was getting a physical but I am not sure I beleive it. I asked for a raincheck to come back and see the Orang atang and they refused. The orang atang display had no sign but there were signs leading people to the organ atang.
I suggest taking the Kids to the Metro Dade Zoo. I have not seen Jungle Island but can hardly imagine in being a dump like this. My guess is they breed the poor monkeys to sell them. A lot of the areas were overgrown with
undesirable plants and it just didnt give a feeling of quality or value.
After I left I felt ripped off.
Monkey Jungle has been around Miami for over 50 years and at one time was worthwhile and special. Today it is crawling along on its reputation. Spending your money for admission to Monkey Jungle would be like stopping at a famous restaurant that now serves Purina Monkey Chow at gourmet prices.
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This place is weeeeeiird. Monkeys roam free while the humans are confined. That's the idea. Never the big monkey fan, I remember strolling through the park with detached interest, wondering what might be for dinner and cursing the heat. It's a cool concept though, and as far as I know, it's unique too. Admittedly, the high-voltage electric fences to contain the monkeys made me uneasy as a child. Seeing a large dead frog stuck on a fence with sparks spontaneously showering the water below didn't help. An extra star for the macaw that bit my classmate's finger when he reached into the cage. That guy was a jerk.
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