Monkey Town

06/06/2024

SOME EXCITING NEWS!!

Yes we are in the middle of winter and we are all freezing, huddling under the blankets with a cup of coffee to warm our insides and to lift our spirits, BUT….

We have some news to lift your spirits even HIGHER!!

Monkey Town’s waterpark and braai/picnic facilities will receive a lovely upgrade and we will be ready to open our doors to the public once summer shows its lovely rays of sunshine again ☀️

To all our loyal supporters over the years, we hope to see you all here again in summer!

Watch this space for updates 🤗

We can’t wait to welcome everyone back for a braai and a swim!

16/05/2024

Hope & Light ECD was invited for a free visit to Monkey Town this past Friday.

The weather was not great, but they still made their way to us for a fun and educational visit with our beautiful animals.

Slowly but surely our animals will start to make their way to their new homes, but in the mean time they are enjoying the tiny visitors that are so excited to see them again.

We thank you for your visit ❤️

12/05/2024

Happy Mother’s Day ❤️

10/05/2024

Yesterday the Siembamba Crèche was the second group that visited Monkey Town, on invitation.

Thank you for visiting our animals and spending the day with us!!

Our animals were so happy to see the little ones
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Today is a cold, windy and gloomy day so the next creche visit is only scheduled for next week.

We will be spending today ensuring all our animals are nice and warm with full bellies.

The chimps will be getting some yummy soup in addition to their normal feeds, and heaters for the smaller species will start to warm up their enclosures.

Winter is on our doorstep!

Stay safe everyone 🙏

08/05/2024

Today was a very special outing to Monkey Town by Emily’s Play-school from Sir Lowry’s Pass.

We have noticed that our animals are truly missing their daily visitors and therefore invited 3 x crèches from Sir Lowry’s Pass to visit them over 3 days.

We are grateful for your visit ❤️❤️❤️

We hope the little ones will remember their visit for a very long time!!

Our animals were delighted to see them!!

We are closed to the general public and our animals will all be leaving for their new homes very soon. They are all going to nature conservation approved facilities that have been vetted by the owners.

04/05/2024

Today and tomorrow will be the last time ever to visit our beautiful animals!!

We are open 8-5 😍

Public tour @ 12h00 that includes feedings of the primates.

Pop in, come and say goodbye to your family for the very last time ❤️

29/04/2024

We have FANTASTIC NEWS for everyone that missed the chance to pop in the last weekend and still wish to come and say good bye to Monkey Town.

We have decided to open Monkey Town FOR ONE MORE WEEKEND ONLY - 4 & 5 May 2024 only.

The sun will be shining and it is going to be a great weekend weather wise!!

Please find herewith our very last special to our loyal supporters over the past 23 years:

For those that ONLY wish to VIEW THE ANIMALS:

ONE CHILD (12 years and younger) FREE OF CHARGE WITH ONE PAYING ADULT
Rate per adult: R105
Rate per teenager / student / pensioners: R95
Rate per kid (3 - 12 years) R80
Rate per toddler (1 - 3 years) R40

**No booking is required for this option
** You have to specify with our cashier that you want this special
**Public tour of the primate park @ 12h00 both Saturday and Sunday
**Excludes the Reptile Garden that is closed already

For those that wish to VIEW THE ANIMALS and also have a last BRAAI & SWIM (bookings required via email: [email protected]):

R110 for everyone 13 years+
R85 for kiddies (4 - 12 years)
R45 for toddlers (1 - 3 years)
Under 1 years of age is FREE

The special includes:
Animal viewing of the primate park
Braai/picnic facilities (self-catering)
Two standard pools
Supertube

The special excludes:
Frame pool
Toddler area
Reptile Garden
Animal encounters

RULES OF THIS SPECIAL:
Bookings are required via email: [email protected]
The telephones won't be manned, so enquiries only via email.
Right of admission reserved and subject to availability
Own food, wood, firelighters, umbrellas/gazebo and braai grids to be brought along.
We won't be selling any wood, charcoal, firelighters.

OWN BEVERAGES ALLOWED FOR THIS SPECIAL
***Own cold drinks allowed
**Only ciders/beers allowed - max 440ml per beer/cider
**No wine or any hard liquor/spirits allowed
**Alcohol will only be allowed in your designated seating area
**No consumption of alcohol in any other public space
**Responsible use of alcohol mandatory

Adults to take full responsibility of their children on the day

Business hours: 8am - 5pm (pools open at 10am)
Supertube closes @ 4pm

HOW TO MAKE A BOOKING:
Email our office: [email protected]
No telephonic bookings accepted - telephones won't be manned
Bookings are compulsory

Address: Mondeor Rd (Off N2), Somerset West - directions available on our website www.monkeys.co.za

T’s & C’s apply

Tickets are non-refundable and/or can not be extended to another date
The last date these tickets can be used is 5 May 2024
Special not available to formal groups

A final bit of info - the property known as Monkey Town is in the market to be sold, but should it not be sold we might just reopen the waterpark and braai/picnic area this coming summer.

We will keep the public updated on our page, so please don't leave our page.

#2024

23/04/2024

We are aware of a monkey running around in Gordon’s Bay.

It is not one of ours.

It is a vervet monkey and they live wild in our area. It should actually just be left alone.

Monkey Town does not have vervet monkeys on our premises.

17/04/2024

Electricity back on!

We are happy happy 😀

17/04/2024

Monkey Town still does not have electricity on site. No working phones also 😤

16/04/2024

Just to inform everyone - still no electricity or phones.

We are sort of gatvol now 😫

15/04/2024

When it rains, it pours 🥲🥲🥲

The new developers next to and behind Monkey Town cut our electrical cables with their digger loader this morning.

So now we wait on Eskom again.

Please note: No electricity on site, our phones don’t work without electricity.

14/04/2024

Do you want to laugh/cry with us?

Yesterday Eskom put off our electricity without prior notice from 11h00-19h00.

Guess what? They just did it again 😢😢😢

We suppose they are working on fixing lines in the area and they have to put off the entire main line.

So…no electricity at Monkey Town. No working phones when we don’t have electricity.

BUT: we are open 8-5!

The public tour of the primate centre is at 12h00 and includes 2 x feeding times of the monkeys and apes.

Stop by!

We are not going to let a lack of electricity get us down….the animals are just as beautiful with, or without, electricity ❤️

10/04/2024

Our electricity is back on!!!

We are grateful for everyone that shared our plight, supported us…we are sure you are cheering with us now!!

We are beyond happy!!!

10/04/2024

ASKING FOR HELP:

Not even sure if this is a plausible idea, but if there is anyone who has a contact at Eskom - can you please put the word out there that we have been without electricity for 4 days already. Going for 5 tomorrow :-( Eskom has not even been around from what we can gather to assess our situation. Every time our area is left without electricity after a storm we are last in the line to be fixed. Very upsetting to say the least.

10/04/2024

Day 4 has arrived.

We are still without electricity, which means our borehole does not work. Yeah for Jojo tanks❤️
Our phone lines obviously still don’t work.

A small glimmer of hope…we heard a little birdie say that Eskom will come out to assess the situation in our area today. When they will fix the issue is a completely different story.

We can only be hopeful!!

Eskom customer service

09/04/2024

Some photos of the damage the storm left at Monkey Town 😏

09/04/2024

Latest update from Eskom regarding our area 😩

09/04/2024

Update:

Monkey Town is still without electricity. We are at day 3 now.

Situation remains the same: no electricity, no phones, no water, no internet.

It’s a mess 🥲

We are dealing with the physical aftermath of the storm now.

We are repairing damaged enclosures, repairing the electrical fence wiring that was damaged all over the premises, chain sawing multiple trees that fell, dealing with insurance claims for flood damage and structural damages etc.

Currently there is no news from Eskom as to when they will attend to our issue.

Thanks for all the messages of support we have been receiving 🥰❤️🥰

08/04/2024

08/04/2024

Hallo public!

Monkey Town is still without electricity, as is most of the Helderberg.

We have very intermittent internet, it’s off more than its on.

So if we do not respond to your email, there is a reason. So sorry about all of this.

Phones are still off.

This is a nightmare for not only us, but the entire Helderberg.

Please keep us all in your thoughts 🙏

07/04/2024

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:

This storm has knocked out all our electricity since last night.

Our phones do not work without electricity.

The reptile garden on site will be closed today.

Our park looks like a hurricane came through here!!

So if you visit us today, it is going to be rough out there.

Please stay safe everyone ❤️

27/03/2024

MEDIA STATEMENT 27/3/2024

Dear friends,

It is with great pain and sorrow that we have had to take the decision to permanently close Monkey Town Primate Centre to visitors from the morning of Monday 29 April 2024 after 23 years+ of business in Somerset West, Cape Town.

The use of the word sorrow depicts how difficult we view the current situation and the impact to people, jobs and the future of everyone young and old.

Due to developments in our direct vicinity over the past few years and much more to come very soon, this incredibly hard decision had to be made.

When Monkey Town opened its doors in the year 2000 we were in a rural part of Somerset West and surrounded by nature and a quiet environment, which was great for our animals. This has changed dramatically as the years have gone by and the ever increasing noise pollution has become problematic for our animals.

Arrangements have been made at Nature Conservation approved facilities for the animals seeking new homes, as Monkey Town does not have the finances to rebuild a new facility in a different location.

We would like to thank the public for their kindness and support over the past 23 years and wish you all the best for the future.

We would appreciate it if the public can respect our privacy during this extremely difficult period.

Please keep an eye on our page as we will be running a closing down special for everyone to visit our animals for the last time. We will appreciate everyone’s support during the last few weeks that we are open to the public.

From the Owner and Managers of Monkey Town Primate Centre

18/03/2024

Get your bookings in for Easter!

It will be the last weekend to make use of this great special!

Bookings via email: [email protected]

14/03/2024

When you are mere minutes old and rejected by you mama…you get the best human mama to care for you ❤️❤️❤️

13/03/2024

How about a last dip in the pools before summer season ends?

Our special is valid until 1 April 2024.

Don’t delay, get your bookings in for the next couple of weekends, including Easter ❤️

04/03/2024

GREAT news for everyone that has not yet made their booking for our Back-to-school Special.

We have extended it to 1 April 2024!!

All details in the post below.