This very popular attraction helps rehabilitate wild monkeys that have been in zoos or private homes. The walking safari through a dense forest and across a 128m-long rope bridge is superb. A combo ticket with Birds of Eden costs R320/160 per adult/child.
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Monkeyland
Plettenberg Bay
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
Garden Route National Park (Tsitsikamma Section)
23.62 MILES
Cut through by dark, coffee-coloured churning rivers, deep ravines and dense forests, the Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route National Park…
Knysna Lagoon
25.96 MILES
The Knysna Lagoon opens between two sandstone cliffs known as the Heads – once proclaimed by the British Royal Navy to be the most dangerous harbour…
Nearby Plettenberg Bay attractions
1. Birds of Eden
0.05 MILES
This is one of the world’s largest free-flight aviaries with a 200-sq-metre dome over the forest and over 280 species of bird to spot. A combo ticket with…
2. Bramon
0.57 MILES
Operating since 2000, this was the first wine estate in the region. It's best known for its bubbly. Tucked away in the vines is the mezze-style restaurant…
3. Keurbooms River Nature Reserve
5.38 MILES
This riverine reserve is a glorious place to swim, angle, picnic or paddle. There are canoes to rent (R135 per day) or you can take a ferry trip down the…
4. Robberg Nature & Marine Reserve
11.32 MILES
This reserve, 8km southeast of Plettenberg Bay, protects a 4km-long peninsula with a rugged coastline of cliffs and rocks. There are three circular day…
5. Garden of Eden
17.34 MILES
There are lovely forest picnic spots, short walks through the forest and an 800m-long wheelchair-friendly path.
6. Noetzie
21.96 MILES
Reached by a turn-off along the N2 10km east of Knysna, Noetzie is a quirky little place with holiday homes in mock-castle style. There’s a lovely surf…
7. Garden Route National Park (Tsitsikamma Section)
23.62 MILES
Cut through by dark, coffee-coloured churning rivers, deep ravines and dense forests, the Tsitsikamma section of the Garden Route National Park…
8. Big Tree
23.72 MILES
Just east of Storms River on the other side of the N2 is the Big Tree, a 36m-high yellowwood that’s over 800 years old, and a forest with many fine…