Murrayton House, St Martin, Looe, PL13 1NZ.
When looking to visit the Monkey Sanctuary, tickets can be purchased both online and on the door.
Ticket prices (these were correct as of the 04/07/2024):
Adults - £9.50
Child (4-15) - £6.00
Child (3 and under) - Free
Over 65 and students - £7.00
Family ticket (2 adults and 2 children) - £30.00
The ticket price included a free annual pass to visit again.
The Monkey Sanctuary is open to the public between April and November Wednesday-Sunday. They are typically open between the hours of 11am-4:30pm however these can differ so please check their website before visiting.
We spent just over 2 hours there on a rainy day.
At the Monkey Sanctuary there was a park, a nature walk which had quizzes for children, monkeys in enclosures and a gift shop which also sold hot drinks, cakes and ice creams.
Our favourite part of the Monkey Sanctuary were the Monkey enclosures. The monkeys had a large area to move around in and had shelter from the elements. Around the enclosures there were some posters showing how much it costs the sanctuary to feed and treat these monkeys and there was also a small empty cage on show as this is how they found one of the monkeys before they rescued them.
There is plenty of parking available. There is a dirt track style car park. Parking is free of charge.
While at the Monkey Sanctuary there were a couple of places where food could be purchased. One of those places was inside the gift shop, the other was in the seasonal cafe by the entrance of the attraction. There were also picnic benches around where you could enjoy a picnic.
When we visited, our eldest was 3 years old and our youngest was 20 months old. We found this to be a fun family trip and a place for all ages to enjoy.
We found two sets of toilets. This included disabled toilets, however the set of toilets in the carpark required to go down a couple of steps.
The paths were slightly bumpy and there were both slopes and stairs to climb to see all the monkey enclosures, however one of the monkey enclosure areas required you to go up steps and there was no slope available. There was also quite a steep slope when going on the nature walk.
Overall, we would visit again if we were in the area. When we saw staff they were friendly and loved talking about the monkeys including what all of their names were. They even had an arts and crafts table when we visited. There were only around 40 monkeys in total to see, but knowing they were all rescued made the experience very different to a typical zoo. However, due to how difficult it was to get around in the pushchair at times, not having many food options to purchase due to the seasonal cafe being shut when we visited (bank holiday weekend) and the road leading to the attraction had lots of potholes, we have rated this day out 4 stars out of 5.
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Date of recent visit: May 2024
