Cats, monkeys and birds. That’s what we went to see today. Three separate, beautiful animal sanctuaries. They take in rescued animals from all over the world. Our guide, Melody, at Jukani, the big cat sanctuary, called it a posh retirement community for animals where they are spoiled (by getting food regularly) and taken care of. At Jukani we saw Siberian tigers, White Bengal tigers, lions and lionesses, cheetahs, pumas, and a few other types of cats. Monkeyland, had many species of monkeys freely jumping through the canopy of trees. Spider, Howler, Capuchin, Indian, Squirrel, Bushtail, Vervet, Gibon, Ringtail lemurs, Black and white ruffed lemur. We walked over a suspension bridge, 128 meters long, 20 meters high, on top of the trees and were told not to wear glasses, or have our phones out because it’s a
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