Jungle Jim…

Yesterday Ian and I visited Jungle Island, which is just outside South Beach. We’ve always said we’d go, but never got round to it. What a mistake to make, we should have gone ages ago, it was brilliant. Jungle Island is home to some fantastic animals inluding albino alligators, a 20ft crocodile and a liger, a cross between a lion and a tiger, it’s huge!! The biggest big cat in the world!

The animal enclosures also have different kinds of primates and monkeys, including orangutans, these are so sweet; a pair of babies, by the names of peanut and pumpkin.

The biggest pleasure yesterday was with the baby lemurs, for a small fee ($45) you can play with the babies, which was totally fantastic, we had so much fun, these little 7 month old babies were so trusting and playful. It was the best spend while we’ve been here.

Although these lemurs are primates, with tiny faces and little rubbery hands and fingers, they’re not actually monkeys. They’re so sweet and friendly. Jungle Island is a must for any animal lover!