Where to get hands on with monkeys

[sealtt]

Hello,

Looking to find a place that will let visitors get 'hands on' and actually handle & touch the monkeys it cares for.

Any suggestions? It's to be a birthday gift for my fiancee who loves the critters, but I can only find places that let you clean out monkeys and handle lemurs, but I want to find monkey handling.

Any tips or experiences of where this can be done would be very helpful, I don't mind spending a little bit extra if required as it's for a special occasion.

Thanks!

[Impasse]

http://www.monkeysanctuary.org/keeper-for-a-day/

[z4RRSchris]

imagine in UK H&S stops it.

go Thailand, loads of the things there to play with, and you get a holiday out of it

[Studio117]

z4RRSchris said:

imagine in UK H&S stops it.

go Thailand, loads of the things there to play with, and you get a holiday out of it

[Simpo Two]

You could try KwikFit, they're a bunch of monkeys.

[soad]

Simpo Two said:

You could try KwikFit, they're a bunch of monkeys.

[planetsurfer]

http://www.affenberg-salem.de/en/

[Philemon]

Monkey Forest, Ubud, in Bali

[951TSE]

How about keeper for a day at Howletts or Port Lympne? down in Kent.

http://www.aspinallfoundation.org/keeper-day-18-ye...

They seem to list monkeys (well primates really) as one of the ones you can do.

[Gandahar]

951TSE said:

How about keeper for a day at Howletts or Port Lympne? down in Kent.

http://www.aspinallfoundation.org/keeper-day-18-ye...

They seem to list monkeys (well primates really) as one of the ones you can do.

They do felines, giraffes and rhino's there.

Very good for the kids. You can stay in the yurts ( speeling?) as well. I did, never went around the zoo, just had a nice glass of wine and tried to get the fire to overheat.

Smelly animals, pah.

[LordHaveMurci]

Simpo Two said:

You could try KwikFit, they're a bunch of monkeys.

Just spat jaffa cake over my monitor you bugger

[Simpo Two]

A direct hit is a rare and wonderful thing

[Du1point8]

Philemon said:

Monkey Forest, Ubud, in Bali

Not exactly hands on... more hide everything you have whilst you get attacked by hundreds of the bastids.

God forbid if they see you have a bag of nuts, if you do make sure to brace yourself.

[SidJames]

Stoke On Trent Monkey Forest

Free roaming monkeys in a Jurrasic Park style environment. Don't know if they do a "keeper for the day" though.

[Jameswgrant220]

SidJames said:

Free roaming monkeys in a Jurrasic Park style environment. Don't know if they do a "keeper for the day" though.

All well and good until they really go Jurassic Park. Seen them with a Yaris' windscreen wiper? Imagine your eyelids.

[SidJames]

Jameswgrant220 said:

SidJames said:

Free roaming monkeys in a Jurrasic Park style environment. Don't know if they do a "keeper for the day" though.

All well and good until they really go Jurassic Park. Seen them with a Yaris' windscreen wiper? Imagine your eyelids.

That made me laugh. I went a couple of years ago, and I think the one breed they stock there are of the non "eye lid ripping" variety, and pretty shy. Whilst I went with the same level of trepedation as you indicate (phone, wallet, glasses, etc. all in my pockets) I didn't see a monkey even try and touch anyone, let alone try and mug their iPhone.

[Du1point8]

this is what happens if they see you with food in monkey forest bali.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1dhgjrPF2M