Just after Plettenberg Bay, we called in at Monkeyland and Birds of Eden. Both are rehabilitation sanctuaries for primates and exotic birds (respectively) previously caged and kept as pets. These animals cannot be released into the wild as they would likely be eaten by predators for breakfast (as pets they’ve never known about predators or how to fend for themselves in the wild).

Me? I love the monkeys (they’re cheeky), Squiffy found the aging male tortoise trying to ‘befriend’ an uninterested female quite hilarious — video under the gallery below.

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