Description of the attraction
The largest park, Bird World Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park, is a zoo for the small town of Hout Bay, located in a valley on the Atlantic coast, 20 km south of central Cape Town.
This park is one of the largest bird parks in the world. More than 3,000 birds and 400 different species of small animals live in 100 spacious, landscaped aviaries, allowing visitors to get to know the amazing representatives of the fauna as closely as possible.
The park's aviaries are located on 4 hectares of the Hout Bay tropical garden. The reserve is home to South African birds, as well as exotic birds, including ostriches, cormorants, pelicans, penguins, parrots, eagles, flamingos, herons, geese, ducks, starlings, guinea fowls, ibises, emus, magpies, crows, turkeys, pheasants, peacocks and other types of birds.
Visitors are invited to observe the fascinating life of the birds. Get a close-up view of them feeding, singing, communicating, building nests, incubating eggs and feeding their chicks right in front of your eyes. The spectacle changes with the season. In the park, birds and animals behave just as they would live without fear in the wild. There is a rescue service, a shelter and nursery that provide care and attention to injured birds and animals, as well as breed endangered species. There are also many monkeys and little squirrel monkeys to interact with face to face. Squirrel monkeys are very mischievous and can even jump and sit on your shoulder playing with your hair.
More than 100,000 visitors a year come to this paradise for nature lovers and photographers. The park is one of the leading tourist attractions in Cape Town, every traveler who comes to the South African Peninsula tries to visit it.
