Monkey Jungle is a famous natural park encompassing 120,000 square meters. It was established in the 1930’s to display and protect monkeys in a semi-free habitat.

Many innovative research projects on the life of monkeys have been carried out over the years at the park. The park is also a visitor attraction for all visitors to Miami, it is located a short distance from the city near the town of Cutler Bay.

The park contains around 400 monkeys of 30 different species many of which are endangered. Visitors walk through a series of tunnels and cages, in fact the park’s motto is “Where humans are caged and monkeys run wild”.

The park is also home to an Amazonian rainforest, the only tropical forest in North America.