Whether you're a solo adventurer, a family seeking connection, a group of friends craving exploration, or an educator looking for the best place for student environmental education - Monkey Bay welcomes you to a world of discovery.
Our Vision
“We aspire to become the leading provider of immersive educational experiences in Belize while promoting sustainable conservation practices”
Who We Are
Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is a non-profit organization that focuses on teaching people about the environment, protecting different kinds of plants and animals, preserving and taking care of the Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Private Protected Area and the Monkey Bay National Park in Central Belize. Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary was officially recognized as a Private Protected Area on April 22, 1990. After this recognition, the sanctuary started a program in Belize aimed at teaching people about the environment. In 2015, Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary became a registered non-profit organization with the main goal of providing educational programs that bring in money to help manage and support the sanctuary. The sanctuary also provides places to stay for people who want to learn through their study abroad programs at Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and at Tobacco Caye in the South Water Marine Reserve.
What We Do
The name Monkey Bay originates from when Belize was still a British Colony named “ British Honduras”. There were many logging camps in the country, and one of them was situated on the Sibun River where Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Bay National Park share common river frontage. As we have adapted many of the British customs (except for driving on the wrong side of the road), we have kept the name given from Colonial days. The British name for a bend, or meander with a sand bar along the course of the river is called a “Bay". At this particular area of the Sibun River crossing there were troops of monkeys often observed resting overnight in a large Guanacaste Tree near the "Bay", hence the name “Monkey Bay”.