My boyfriend and I had a great time here. We bought a Groupon and it was $30 for both of us to go in. We spent a little over an hour here. We had a fantastic time feeding the monkeys, and looking at the other reptiles, and birds. They have name plaques for each animal and little inserts to read about their species! All in all a fun time!

I enjoyed seeing the cages clean and well taken care of, some could have used a little maintenance. I loved you could buy monkey munch for them to snack on; you can see in my first picture they have little tunes you can put the (popcorn, pretzels, and peanuts) through. I think that the inclusion of information and the name tags was a great idea. For the most part, the volunteers/staff were great, some must have been new and they werent sure or confident in answering questions. All in all a great trip!

This is a very cool sanctuary! Definitely worth the time to visit. What they do here is amazing. All of their monkeys and other animals they have there are rescues that were in bad situations and got to come there where they are totally cared for and loved. Places like this need more recognition! Go check them out! just by going your helping them with financial cost that will help them make it even better. They also need more volunteers and donations.

I have certainly loved the experience of this place (used to be called The Chimp Farm) since my teen years. I recommend anyone in the area to visit this place!

I had a great time with my son. All the primates, birds, turtles and snakes were awesome to see. Also a garden snake that came out of the bush that was scared. I believe when more people go that way they can rev up the place for these precious animals.

The volunteers were friendly, helpful and welcoming. The animals appeared to be well cared for and content. We had the opportunity to touch/hold a gator and a snake, this added a fun and unexpected element to our visit.

Drove the four hours stayed overnight excited to have a magical visit & learn more about their sanctuary and their primates.Unfortunately because a volunteer told me in error I was allowed to take photos with my camera I was verbally assaulted and harassed during my brief visit by direction of Park Manager Debbie. She decided I was with PETA and an animal rights activists. Accused me of lying about my intentions to the extent of demanding me to provide her a business card which we retrieved from the car promptly. (I work in real estate and photography is a passion of mine).I left feeling sad and embarrassed for Debbie as her behavior was awful. She truly believed I was there to photograph the animals and report back to PETA. After she ruined the experience for us we decided to leave.So sad Debbie. You have my email and are welcome to send your apologies.To the board: Debbie needs an intervention before she runs all those who choose to support off with her conspiracy theories!!!

Really sad.Cheetos as treat to purchase for the animals No warning when bringing our 2 year old that they have full haunted house for Halloween and that it wouldnt be a good idea to go in.Also, dog friendly the animals look so stressed out and sad, I cannot imagine bringing my dog where all those animals are in cages.Over priced $15 per adult. I hope that goes to the animals or the workers for putting an effort in this place.They need help

It had been many many years since I had been here. I went as a child and I now have broght my children. I was happy to see how they have expanded.

Huge hearts by the people that work here. They make the humans feel just as loved and appreciated as the monkeys do, they are so personal and kind. God bless this place and all that they do for the planet. Debbie the owner always greets everyone with a smile and she always happy to teach the children about the animals.

You have to go to appreciate what an amazing place this is. God bless everyone there! They love those animals.

We had a great time here. You get to feed some of the primates which was my favorite part. The volunteers are friendly and quick to answer any questions. I will definitely visit again.

Perfect activity to get the kids out right now. All open air, outdoors. We went and were able to see everything in 3 hours including feeding several animals. Basic setup and everyone helpful and friendly. They have sanitizer by the entrance. Easy to stay socially distanced.

Really enjoyed it. Great place for children to see apes and monkeys. Worth joining the annual membership. I am considering it as well.

These animals were interesting. Great place to visit while in Florida.

Very sad place to go. Cement prison cells with plastic toys if some were lucky! I remember being so angry we would donate a penny to such a misguided sanctuary. I remember one caretaker throwing peanuts at the poor orangutan in a depressing cement cell trying to get it to move or something. Then a small baby monkey locked in a bird cage had wrapped a blanket around itself and was rocking back and forth. Truly broke my heart that places like this are allowed to keep animals for a tourist attraction. They have no natural environment or any privacy just forced into the spotlight in small cages.

Ape Escape Halloween haunted park was great, had a blast with the family. See you guys next year.

Sometimes its sad walking through the sanctuary but once you hear the even sadder stories, youre happy that someone had the heart to create a place like this. Instead of these animals being euthanized after theyre experimented on, they are cared for by people who love them and want to educate others about them. Great place which my little guy loved!

Fun little place to take a quick breatherThe kids would love it

Had such a great time here. Took my nieces and nephew and my dog! We all had a blast. The monkeys have to be on concrete pads due to county regulations which is sad️ but the animals really seem to enjoy getting to see visitors. And they loved my Chihuahua it was a lot of fun! Check out Groupon they often have a package on there.

Absolutely love visiting here. Many of the animals are rescues from movies or shows that would have euthanized if it were not for the team at Suncoast.

We went here for the Halloween haunt it was fun even with the covid going on

So sweet to see these animals rescued & loved.

Enjoyed the time with my family!! Great thing to do when youre on a budget feeding the animals was fun

This place does really good work. Their animals are treated like family members of the caretakers. The caretakers really seem to love what they do and love the animals. It is a small, family run type of place. Theyre a great place to donate different types of food, or toys to. The monkeys and apes seem to tear through toys regularly, so if you have some sort of durable toys, im sure theyd be happy to take them. We learned a lot from our trips here and have gotten to hold various types of animals like monkeys, alligators, and snakes. We take family and friends here whenever we have guests from out of town. Also, check Groupon. They usually have specials.

Happy to see teens and adults volunteering with amazing animals. Great place. Thank you

Very fun visit. The staff allowed us to pet some reptiles & feed some of the animals.

What an amazing experience.

A good place to spend an hour or two with kids. The staff is friendly - lots of young adults helping out. The facility is a not very big hodgepodge mix of enclosures that could use some maintenance.

Had a great time this afternoon feeding monkeys and other animals here.

100% of the proceeds and donations go to the care of the animals. The people who volunteer there truly care about the animals. Even the animals that arent terribly nice to them.

They have some real cuties here. Place is very clean. Aminals kept clean. Staff really friendly and very knowledgeable about each primate.

There is a lot to see but I really felt sorry for the Orangutan in a what looks like a very small cage. Cant see there where else the Orangutan goes. The animal just sat sadly in its small space. Is that even allowed.

We are very disappointed with the volunteers of this place. My family is tight on money due to the coronavirus but we figured that the sanctuary would have been low on donations for the past couple of months as well. Knowing this, my two kids and I put our money together and purchased $130 worth of fruits ( one big box of apples, two boxes of blackberries and five big boxes of strawberries which each contained a dozen individual packs) that we got them from warehouse in Tampa would go to the animals at the sanctuary.We showed up a little bit past their normal closing time just to drop off the fruit we had just purchased but there were a few staff members still standing by the front. After helping us unload the fruit, they explained that we could walk around and check the place out real quick if we wanted to.Within a couple minutes of entering the sanctuary, I spotted one of the volunteers eating some of the strawberries that we had donated FOR THE ANIMALS. When she realized I had seen her, she said “I have to try this out before we give them to the monkeys” while having a grin and strawberries in her mouth. A few moments later, I see the volunteer that had helped unload the car earlier walk by and say “mmmm these were good” as he held a pack of strawberries. The boy proceeded to walk to a few cages and hand out one or two strawberries per monkey even though there was plenty for all the animals in the park to have more than a couple. The volunteer’s only remark was that “the monkeys had just eaten”. The last incident is on our way out of the park where I saw another young girl volunteer walking around with a full pack of strawberries in her hand and we did not see her disperse any to the animals in the sanctuary. It seemed as if she was going to take the pack of strawberries home with her.We told them those fruits we donated was for the animals.I hope these volunteers are the minority and don’t represent the whole sanctuary staff as a whole. My son and I were disappointed and saddened to see the faces of the monkeys as we strolled through the park. We can only hope that our donations get to the animals as intended.I DO NOT want people to stop donating because the only victims would be the animals in the sanctuary. My intent is for the staff members to understand these donations whether it is monetary or items are NOT for the staff but for the animals. The staff members can go home after their shift and eat whatever they want but the animals cannot. The animals are relying on the staff members to feed them and protect them.

I was glad I went just to donate the $15 that is required to enter but saddened by the overall condition of the entire place. Dont get me wrong, the animals are well cared for but the place is a dump. If I were financially able, I would raze the entire place and rebuild it. I was glad I went; the volunteers were all friendly, knowledgeable, and you can tell they care about the animals. I encourage everyone to go; it doesnt take long to see it all and your donation will help.

My lil man Duncan {Java macaque} has lived there for multiple years now. I recently visited Duncan, and the owner Debbie and volunteer Paul were beyond kind and helpful with any questions you have. This is a wonderful place to visit AMAZING staff that have a true love for ALL animals. Please if you are in the nearby area stop in for a once in a lifetime experience!!!

This is the second time I took my granddaughter to the sanctuary. We brought a little jar of peanut butter and paid our $25. I was sad to see the condition of the cages. They need so much, and I don’t think enough people are aware. The animals weren’t all out as it was a cool day. I really missed seeing Pongo. He was hiding in the back. The people were friendly, but it looked like they needed more volunteers. The place needs a face lift. But we enjoyed seeing the animals and giving them treats. They need fruit donated. It made me want to do more.

The sanctuary is doing a great job taking care of all the animals. Very interactive, the only complaint we have was the public feeding was difficult due to the distance and chain link. Well worth it though.

Nice little place. Hope as more donations come in they can eventually build larger enclosures.

Great place to visit. It is sometimes heartbreaking to see the animals but thank God there are sanctuaries for these animals. Please donate to the sanctuary if you can.

Its a nice sanctuary

This Sanctuary takes animals that are older that other locations like zoos no longer want. In that aspect I have respect for it. However after going there and taking a walk around, I am a little saddened by the conditions. Maybe they need more funding or more patrons to go so that they can improve the sanctuary more. Sometimes I felt like I was looking at an abandoned area with junk in the yard. The cages had old childrens toys as items to climb on and play with. I like the idea of recycling but it just seemed like the park was very poor. Im giving it three stars because I like how the people that work there are all volunteers. All the money that goes towards this place goes towards the animals.

One of a kind visit! Everyone friendly and happy. This is a MUST see for everyone.

I can how this started out with good intentions but the facility is run down and outdated. Wish that among the few signs they had that they included rescue stories. Saw many animals either pacing or displaying kinds of repetitive walking/swinging behavior, which is an indication of neurosis - many looked sad and my whole group was concerned. The enclosures are too small and dirty. I understand they were rescued from poor situations but that shouldn’t be an excuse for allowing these conditionsLeaves me thinking there must be a better place for these animals to live

I live locally and had my nephews down for their winter break. I had run across a really good Groupon deal and purchased it for the 3 of us to go. My nephews are 11 and 13 so I wasnt sure how well it would go over. They loved it! We had a great time! We saw all sorts of primates, turtles, birds...we even got to hold a gator at the end of our visit! They have bags of food you can purchase at the entrance and feed to the animals too. It was great experience and well definitely return.

This place is full of volunteers and good spirits. It feels like everyone is doing their best to take care of the animals.

2 stars for what they are doing, rescuing animals? But maybe they need to include signs & stories about what the animals came from to understand that they’re in a better place?? As walking round it didn’t seem so, just bars & cages no shade. Animals seemed either sad or angry/agitated. Pongo was beautiful but oh my such a small concrete cage for him! Children’s area filthy, could really do a lot with the place but just poorly achieved. Nothing has improved in years and that was very sad to see :(

Love this place enjoyed seeing all the monkeys being takin care of

It was a really really cool experience. I would recommend it to anyone. It seems like a cool place to volunteer if you are in the area. The animals were fun and interactive. Some you just had to catch at the right moment. The chimp is really lively and dances. Awesome experience.

What a wonderful, educational place for the whole family. Came here with a friend and her daughter and all of us had absolutely great time. Learned about animals that live here and you have to give a big thank you to the staff and volunteers. They all care so greatly about these animals.

They do A great job with the funds they have, the staff were super friendly and knowledgeable . They need a lot of donations to build larger and covered cages .. wish I had thousands to give. The animals are very well cared for. Great job.

Nice place old school but getting the job done helping wild life live what a great cause so glad visit and donate

This facility is a wonderful place to visit. All staff / volunteers are all very caring and knowledgeable & continue doing all they can for these animals.

Super cool place hidden back from the road. We passed it a few times without even knowing it was there! We found them on Groupon for $14 for two people! The staff is very friendly and sells monkey food for $1 a bag. You cannot touch the animals but you can feed them through tubes. There are monekys, snakes, turtles and birds. The sanctuary isnt super fancy but it has a lot of animals for you to see. If you have a few hours pop by and see the monkeys!

Very nice people. My so learned alit. Please visit and support!

So wonderful to see primates and geese and alligators and birds in a safe and healthy environment. They need donations!It was fun to see the animals, but, I wish they all had more natural spaces and more room. They could use a better sign, too!Please help this organization out by volunteering, giving them financial donations, and giving them products they need to run their primate-loving business.

I loved it! Everyone was so nice and Pongo was by far my favorite!!

Fences too far away cant see animals and most wouldnt come out!

This place is clean and you can tell they truly.care about these animals! Price is more than reasonable and I liked how there was a back story on some of the rescues. It is great for a quick outing as it takes 45 minutes orso to go through the entire thing.

I was really disappointed with this place. First I tried to use the groupon and it wouldnt go through. So when we got to the desk and asked the lady could she honor the price and I showed her on my phone what the price was and she snappily said they had nothing to do with groupon, or the prices posted. I shrugged it off, maybe she was having a bad day. We paid the price and went in, even bought a bag of food for the animals. BIG MISTAKE You would have to have the arm of a professional pitcher to get that food into the cages. The grounds were deplorable, the random birds flying around ate the food that landed all over the ground, the large apes were sad looking, the alligator enclosure was cramped and I couldnt even tell if it was supposed to be anything in a couple of the cages. I felt so bad about how it looked I video chatted it to a friend. Save your money. Go to the aquarium.

Awesome place to take the whole family!

Its wonderful these beautiful souls have been rescued and are free now from abuse and neglect. Still so sad to see them with plastic toys meant for humans in their cages. Id think providing things similar to those that theyd find in nature would be much better. Also, it was disappointing that the only snacks for sale ($1/snack bag) were comprised of artificially colored cheese doodles, bleached white flour animal crackers and pretzel sticks. Most cages had a pile of this junk food already inside so when you offered more they ignored it. I dont blame them. I would not want to eat that stuff all day from visitors either. I would have expected fresh fruit maybe, nuts and leaves etc...something natural, something healthier. But yes I understand that this is a humble non profit venture so perhaps healthy snacks may be cost prohibitive? P.S. Id have gladly paid $5 for a snack bag of healthy fruits, nuts or whatever was appropriate that theyd enjoy that wasnt simply human junk food. I have a (hopefully helpful) suggestion to offer about the snack issue if anyone at the Sanctuary is interested...

Interesting place lots of primates to see and turtles some birds and even got to hold a small gator and feed a small money. People who run it are friendly and informative. Chimps got in an argument while we were there and the lady explained a bit about why they were having a disagreement and asked us to not look at them to let them calm down. Definitely need more funding and volunteers. Definitely worth a stop if you are in the area.

This place was so wonderful, the volunteers were so friendly and eager to answer all my son and Is questions about individual monkeys. They also brought clementine (their ball python out for guest and my son to hold. Tito was my absolute favorite, he had a personality out of this world along with a few others. We cant wait to go back for sure. Thanks to all those that help these animals! And a little note to those complaining about the cages and grounds you are more than welcome to donate money or simply your time to help . They arent a zoo making 1000s of dollars a day they are a humble place that truly care for these animals. After talking to workers I found that several of the monkeys were diabetic and from a horrible testing facility so Im sure they are 100% happier ( I was sad at first we couldnt feed this pair and then realized it was due to keeping them healthy because some of the treats would not be good for a diabetic) so before you make assumptions talk to someone and maybe then you can see how much better life must be for these babies.

Nice place for an outing with the kids, the place does need some sprucing up as it looks a little dilapidated; the entry fees are a little high too, but if it helps the charity then so be it. As much as I hate to see these creatures in cages...its important to note that this facility takes in animals that were once pets and cannot be released back into the wild as they would perish.

My kids had a blast. Reading reviews I was hesitant going but Im so glad we did. The volunteers were super friendly and helpful! And pongo was the coolest! We will def be back!

The animals are lovely. There is limited interpretive signage about a few of the animals. Staff could not identify the farm animal breeds of the pig, goats and chickens.The pens seemed small but contained many toys.Food bins attached to the outside of the pens seemed dirty. The pen floors were stained, probably by the minerals in reclaimed water.The garden areas between the pens were mature but not well maintained.There is a picnic area and playground full of plastic toys for kids.I was disappointed. My expectations were higher than reality.

Place where the primates can live out the rest of their lives and safety highly recommend if youre in the area to definitely come over here and visit it

I went with my daughter and granddaughter today for valentines day and it was a great experience! The staff was so friendly and helpful. We got to see some feedings and all the animals were well cared for. It was definitely a wonderful experience and we learned alot. We will definitely be back next time were in town and highly recommend it! My daughter and granddaughter were in love with pongo the orangutan and I was grateful they got to see some in person as they are critically endangered. And we even bought a shirt to help support their efforts and got 2 beautiful paper roses as we left! It was definitely a valentines day we wont soon forget

I love this place and highly recommended going here I come all the time and always enjoy my self

Fantastic organization run by some of the biggest hearts on the planet. If you get the chance, stop and see these beautiful animals and how well they are cared for

I loved seeing these beautiful animals and giving them treats. They are so sweet, Pongo is awesome

I cant say I love this place, but what theyre doing is completely heroic. These beautiful species wouldve died if it werent for this place. This is the animals last resort.. once again, if it werent here, they would die. The people that dont rate this place well should be considered cruel. This is not provided for your entertainment, It is a place to help people/animals. It provides people with jobs, and gives the monkeys a second chance to live. If you wanted them to, they couldve just closed it to the public so we couldnt see them anymore, because we cant have nice things.

Clean good value friendly service would definitely recommend

Really nice place to visit. Also its all ran by volunteers and donations.

This is a little Gem!! My fiance and I have been going for years! We now brimg our 2 yr old and donate, its a great cause and also help teaches our little one to support our locals and our animals always! Everyone is extremely nice and helpful! If you really want a laugh go play with they monkey by the bathroom, so silly! I definitely recommend checking them out! We will be going later today and we cant waot!! Thank you all there who create thia experience!!

Amazing little sanctuary. I loved Pongo.

My primate Joey is there and has been for about 7 yrs the state of Kentucky wanted to put Joey down for permit issues the staff of this wonderful place went above and beyoud to save his life and even took in our girl Anna for a small time period also.Debbie Cobb and the others at the Sanctuary give 100% towards the care and well being of the animals that are here as well as the human lives that are effected by the animals this place is A plus all the way and I would highly reccomend a visit or a donation...

Dont expect Busch Gardens here. This is a small, all volunteer sanctuary for mainly primates. They do have a little pig thats hilarious. The Orungatan will wait patiently for you to throw some peanuts your way. Hell even ask you with some hand gestures. Then hell toss left overs back to you. He likes to share! Monkeys and more. Its a good 90 minute visit.

Its so nice to see people willing to take these guys in and just give up on them, its a must see.

Loved it here. Laid back, easy-going people and beautiful, intriguing animals

Had a great time. The animals seemed happy and the workers were busy cleaning while we were there. The lady up front was very nice and spoke with us about the animals at the sanctuary and later brought out an alligator for us to hold. Jake the monkey was our favorite he had lots of personality. Lots of workers on hand to answer questions. Highly recommend.

My grandson loved it! Especially Pongo! Very polite, friendly and helpful staff.

Took my 3 year old niece. It was very woods and peaceful. The only complaint I have is you buy food to feed the animals and you waste it cause you cant get the food to them. My niece loved it. The animals are so cute. Want to take a monkey home with me.

Great place with amazing volunteers who love these animals! The primates love treats and you can purchase a bag of peanuts, pretzels and cheese balls! They all love the cheese balls! Highly recommended

Love this place! Love pongo!!

What a cool little place. Definitely worth a visit. A young man named Manny was very knowledgeable and quite informative when we asked him questions about the animals. This kid is a great asset to this establishment. Thanks for sharing your passion with us.

Always an awesome experience!

We loved it here! I recommend visiting as the donations/fee to enter go to helping the animals!

Hidden little gem . Nice visit . Small place but nicely set up with decent size cages for all the animals with a lot of enrichment stuff in cages for them. Great unique experience that you wont get in a bigger zoo being able feed them. Well worth the visit and money goes to good cause as they are a rescue place

Great value for admission. Worth seeing for sure!

We went at the wrong time. It was very wet due to all of the rain. Plus they charge 15.00 per adult. I was told it was contributions only.On the other hand the animals were fantastic. Actually felt that we were in a rain forest.

A sad but necessary place. Please go there and support the facility so that they can provide the best of care for the animals.

A Sanctuary for retired circus animals or abandoned pets. Yes, they are in cement enclosures, but that is due to county health code. Just remember these are rescued animals that can now live a stress free life. Many live well beyond the expected life span in the wild. Always in need of donations and volunteers.

I visit this place every time I am in the area. They are doing great things for the animals and helping special needs and socially malagusted teens as volunteers. This is a fantastic outlet for the teens to engulf them in something positive. They are saving animals and and changing teens perspective. Check this place out and help support the animals and teens.

I felt kind of like I was visiting primate prison, but I also feel like the staff genuinely cared for them.

Great concept... poor condition.. need renovation... awesome volunteers.. great interaction w patrons..

The kids liked to be close to animals they dont see very often. Very friendly volunteer staff. It is a rescue, not a zoo, so the paths are mostly unpaved, and its a little worse for wear. Obviously in need of some serious donations, and volunteers with time and maintenance skills.

Very nice place to take the lids to. Also, very friendly staff

Considered visiting but just looking through the pictures makes my heart ache. These animals are kept in these concrete cells??? Where is their natural environment??? They look sad. Never going here until they truly make an effort to enrich their spaces.