We went on Good Friday so it was quite busy. I'm glad we were there at opening time because later in the day the queues were horrendous to get in the place. Make sure you're there for 10am. We had to park around 10 rows back even thought we were there early. By the time we left parking had gone in to the overflow carpark which was about 40 rows back. On the plus side, parking is completely free.
It cost us £15 to get in for 2 adult tickets at £7.50 each and our 1 year old got in for free. There are optional extras of buying guides and maps but we didn't get these. There is only really 1 way to walk around the forest, the 3/4mile path leads you in a big circle so you can't get lost and there are information boards around the place to tell you interesting facts about the monkeys.
They do regular feeding times which you can go watch. This brings all the monkeys from far and wide so they wander across the paths and you can get a better look at them. We found that most of the monkeys gathered around the open grassy area which is situated half way through the walk. We didn't see any in any other places.
There is a cafe and gift shop near the entrance/exit which were both very busy by the time we got there. We took our own pack up so didn't need to queue for the cafe but we struggled to find a table to sit and eat at.
We were lucky that we went on a lovely sunny day, it's not somewhere I'd like to go in miserable weather.
Here are a few pics of our day.
Meeting the monkeys for the first time.
Tucking in to their dinner.
Mummy and daughter time.
Play fighting baby monkeys.
I would recommend this for a family day out. It is great for young children to see the monkeys in real life and it educates them about what they're like in the wild.
Thanks for reading.
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