Jared Hartman

I finished out my jungle tours with a blast by making friends with a small family of howler monkeys!!!

The Community Baboon Sanctuary (baboon is the regional name for howler monkeys) is a very special place that I highly recommend for everyone to visit.

It is not a rescue center or a park. instead, it is simply a local voluntary agreement that started in the 70s and became finalized in 1985 for the villagers along this part of the Belize river to not clear cut the forest for any reason solely to preserve the monkeys’ habitat (other wildlife benefits too, of course).

The monkeys know they are protected here, and have grown familiar with the local guides such that they will come down from the trees to eat mangos and other fruit and allow people with the guides to get a closer look at them.

It has to be a guide that they know and trust, otherwise they will not come down from the trees.

I am very glad I visited this special place and I hope to someday return to stay in one of their local eco lodges to have a more full experience.

Please review their website here for more info: https://www.howlermonkey.org

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