VOLUNTEERING WITH MONKEYS IN SOUTH AFRICA

This is an amazing opportunity, for both adults and children alike, to get involved with some conservation work, to understand a different culture, and step off the beaten track to experience South African bush life.

Home to 400 rescued monkeys and baboons all waiting to be released to the wild, this is an inspiring family-run project looking for helping hands. Each day, you and your family will be helping to prepare food for these hungry, cheeky monkeys, feeding them, cleaning out their enclosures, taking them to the pool and watching over them as they learn about life in the wild. You will work with baby and juvenile primates to help prepare them for life as part of a troupe. For the very young, this involves bottle-feeding, bathing and providing arms for them to sleep in!

The centre needs volunteers all year round, and there are always things to be done. The busiest season for baby monkeys is November – February, so if you can see yourself as a surrogate parent to a baby monkey, then this is a great time to go. Baboons are born throughout the year, so there will always be young around whenever you choose to go. This project has a lovely family feel, with volunteers all sitting down together for meals. Evenings are spent relaxing out on the terrace - usually with several monkeys, dogs, cats and other rescued creatures joining you! 

Adapted from an advertisement on responsibletravel website.