Monkey Jungle was created in the 1930s, along with dozens of other Florida roadside attractions that would follow, to draw tourists who poured into the state as motorcars became increasingly popular.
Monkey Jungle got its start in the ’30s when Joseph DuMond released a troop of monkeys into a dense patch of South Dade wilderness and then opened it as a one-of-a-kind attraction “where humans are ...
Closed since Hurricane Irma caused damage in September, Monkey Jungle is still drawing crowds. Unfortunately for the southern Miami-Dade County tourist attraction, the 50 people who showed up Sunday ...
Monkey Jungle is a 30-acre eco-show park and discovery center established in 1935 in a natural subtropical forest in southern Miami-Dade County. It's is one of the few protected habitats for ...
Burt the Java macaque seemed bored, perched atop a veranda overlooking empty seating where crowds once watched him and his brethren at Monkey Jungle, the old-school tourist attraction hidden in a ...