Description of the attraction
Monkey Mia is a popular tourist resort located within the Shark Bay Marine Park in Shark Bay 800 km north of Perth.
The main attraction, attracting thousands of visitors here every year, is the opportunity to feed the bottlenose dolphins, which have been swimming to the shore every day for the past 40 years, waiting for a treat.
Mia is a local Aboriginal word for “home” or “refuge”, and “semolina” probably comes from the name of the pearl vessel that anchored in the area in the late 19th century, when the pearl industry flourished. … There is also a version that part of the "semolina" in the name of the resort originated from small monkeys, which were kept by Malay divers who were fishing for pearls here.
Since the late 19th century, Monkey Mia has been used as a base for the fishing and pearl industries. In the 1960s, a local fisherman and his wife began feeding bottlenose dolphins, also known as bottlenose dolphins, when they returned from fishing. When the news that dolphins regularly appear off the coast spread, numerous tourists flocked here to enjoy the spectacle. An information center was built in 1985, and in 1990 the Monkey Mia water area became part of the Shark Bay Marine Park.
In recent years, much attention has been paid to the aboriginal history of these places - several hiking trails have been laid for tourists, introducing the culture and life of the indigenous people of Monki Mia - the aborigines of the Malgan tribe.
Monkey Mia is also a natural laboratory that studies the biological and behavioral aspects of the life of bottlenose dolphins. A related research project was launched in 1982 with the participation of renowned scientists from Australia, North America and Europe.
An 8-minute boat ride across Red Cliff Bay is the Pearl Farm, the only one of its kind in Western Australia, where you can not only learn about how pearls are harvested or grown, but also buy your favorite items.
