Great visit today in an impressive and beautiful place!

Monkey Mountain is more than 280 monkeys living in total freedom in 24 ha of forest and meadow. Walking along the paths, you are transported into a different world through direct contact with the monkeys who don’t hesitate to come and take the popcorn, distributed at the entrance, from the palm of your hand.

The path takes you through a splendid forest; a 24 ha protected area where the monkeys live. Forest paths, cleared and laid out for visitors, take you through the park, leaving large areas reserved for the animals, space they need to rest in peace and quiet.

Barbary Macaques are today considered an endangered species. […] A recent estimate of the living population shows that the wild population represents 10’000 monkeys in Algeria and Morocco (down from 23’000 in 1978). The Monkey Mountain is strongly committed to the protection of the species by :

raising public awareness of the protection of Barbary Macaques by presenting them in a setting very similar to their natural habitat

developing educational actions (see inter-active boards and games, booklets, guides, etc)

creating and preserving an invaluable genetic pool with the population present in the park

strengthening wild populations by re-introducing entire groups of monkeys. Ever since the Park opened; some 600 monkeys coming from our three parks were reintroduced into their natural habitat Atlas Mountains in Morocco.

Source: Monkey Mountain