Three Wise Men Arrive at Monkeyland

Three Hanuman Langurs born between 2017 and 2019 needed a new Forever Home and they found it here at Monkeyland Plettenberg Bay. 


The Hidden Forest Wildlife Sanctuary

"...however this sanctuary is so special, it deserves its own unique name..." - Tony Blignaut


Lara Mostert: Square Metre Woman

Total commitment and a love for animals drives this Plettenberg Bay woman to try and change the law about whether animals can own the land on which they live, and so protect their habitat forever.



Empty The Cages: African grey parrots and the cruelty of confinement

Birds of Eden, the bird sanctuary in The Crags near Plettenberg Bay, is on an African grey parrot mission.


COVID crisis: 1,200 pet birds find sanctuary

This wild bird sanctuary near Plettenberg Bay became the go-to solution for pet birds whose owners were forced to give them up during Covid. It’s now also the home to the world’s largest assemblage of different types of turaco.


Can monkeys own land?

Faced with the reality that there’s nowhere in the world where the animals who live on the land can own it, Lara Mostert and Tony Blignaut of SAASA (the South African Animal Sanctuaries Alliance), decided to come up with a solution of their own.


Our African Grey Project at our sister sanctuary Birds of Eden

The aim: Finding a decent solution for the washouts of the African Grey Parrot pet industry in South Africa, a new home for ex-pet African Grey Parrots.


Our African Grey Project

The aim: Finding a decent solution for the washouts of the African Grey Parrot pet industry in South Africa, a new home for ex-pet African Grey Parrots.


Ticket options galore

Did you know at our Plettenberg Bay based SAASA sanctuaries we offer you many different standard ticket options?


Monkeyland land sale

Innovative campaign will transfer control of land to the animals that live in this award-winning primate sanctuary near Plettenberg Bay.