MONKEY PARK: ENVIRONMENTAL REFUGE

Monkey Park is an environmental refuge that rescue s wild animals that have been confiscated by governmental agencies. These animals receive specialized care focused on their recovery and eventual integration back to their natural habits. For several reasons, some animals cannot be set free. Monkey Park offers them a home with the best possible living conditions.  This situation has turned out to be a plus for environmental education.

Monkey Park is located in the town of Portegolpe, Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, a humid area that offers a high level of biological diversity. The region is characterized by incredibly beautiful trees, and provides the conditions necessary for a variety of species of animals that live in the dry tropical forest.

This area has undergone numerous changes over the past 50 years. Unfortunately, these changes have had a negative impact on several species.  The growth and development of these species of plants and animals have been affected by the new roads, urban development and the economic growth of the area.

This new economic growth has endangered the animal species. They now face new dangers like a higher probability of accidents, the hunting and illegal captivity of many species, fires, and a lack of food due to the diminishing space for the plants and animals needed to sustain them.

Also, the mestizo culture of Guanacaste, weaved with the threads of Precolombina Chorotegan (Maya) heritage, afro-descendants and European colonization have found themselves in situations where modern life is challenging their traditions and not always under equal conditions.

With the purpose of providing refuge and adequate space to support the natural and cultural diversity of this area, Monkey Park was created in the year 2000. Find out more about us and help us to support and strengthen this valuable resource because… Monkey Park also belongs to you!