Monkey House VIP Punta Cana – 4 Species Educational Tour
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Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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What's Included
- Private transportationIf there are several people nearby they will be picked up in the same transport
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Pickup details
All pickups are subject to a time of between 60 minutes and 30 minutes prior to your selected time. If there are several people nearby they will be picked up in the same transport
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Monkey House Vip
2 hours • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 22 travelers
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
Michelle_O
We had a fabulous time with the Monkeys and the staff. The hospitality, education, and time with the different monkeys was amazing. The staff made it so fun and interactive. The monkeys were playful, gentle, and curious. You can tell how deeply the entire team cares for the animals there. Jessica was just the sweetest and shared so much with us about the whole place. Would highly recommend to anyone of all ages. Made great memories with our kids.
Reviews
4.6
based on 610 reviews
Kwana_C, Jun 2026
The animals and place was great! I would recommend it to anyone. The place was clean and comfortable. I love the people but they do try to overcharge for the pictures.
Response from Host, Jun 2026
We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your experience,
Thank you for visiting us 🐵 🐒 🌴
Cat_S, Jun 2026
This is amazing and very interactive, the moneys will sit on you, run across your shoulders, and climb onto your head. You will get fruit and juice on you, and you'll get kinda dirty. It was totally worth it and fun for me and my family but some folks near us seemed overwhelmed or afraid. There was a sales pitch at the end with a nicely edited video, but when we declined they didn't push. I definitely recommend this 💗
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you for sharing part of your holiday with us, we send you a loving greeting!
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Ileana_P, Jun 2026
We had a wonderful experience interacting with the monkeys! The staff was friendly, knowledgeable, and clearly shared a special bond with the animals. The experience allowed us to interact with several different types of monkeys, making it both fun and memorable.
Professional photos were taken throughout the experience, and our photographer, Leonel, was absolutely amazing. He captured so many fun, unique, and candid moments that we couldn't resist purchasing the entire photo package. While the photos were quite expensive, you truly can't put a price on memories that will last a lifetime.
One tip for future visitors: wear older clothes or something you don't mind getting dirty. The monkeys are very active, and you will likely leave a little messy—but it's all part of the fun!
Highly recommend this experience to anyone looking for a unique and unforgettable adventure.
ASHLEY_M, Jun 2026
We were excited to go to Monkey House based on reviews; unfortunately we never made it. We waited for an hour to receive a text requesting we change our time. We were unable due to other commitments. They then communicated they would send someone to get us. When we booked we confirmed they could pick us up at the hotel. I then get a message they can’t get in to get us and we would need to walk out. The concierge desk told us Monkey House picks up at our hotel. I have requested a refund but have not received a response.
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Hello Aslhey, we are saddened that you were unable to enjoy your experience with us, we regret the inconvenience and it ended with your full refund.
Sometimes hotel security requests pick-up at the front door and does not allow access to the lobby.
It wasn't up to us, but we still apologized for this and wish there was a next opportunity for him to visit us.
A loving greeting from the entire Monkey House Vip team
Miriam_G, Jun 2026
I accidentally booked Monkey House thinking I was booking Monkey Land, and as it turns out, it was the best mistake I made on our trip. In fact, another couple in our group had done the exact same thing.
From the moment we were picked up, the experience was excellent. Our driver was wonderful, friendly, professional, and helped set the tone for a great visit.
We spent well over an hour fully immersed with four different species of monkeys, and it was an incredible experience from start to finish. The staff were exceptionally friendly, knowledgeable, and clearly passionate about the animals. We learned a great deal about the monkeys, their behaviors, and their care.
The monkeys themselves were amazing. Be prepared, because they are curious, playful, and will be all over you. That level of interaction made the experience feel truly unique and unforgettable.
Initially, I was not thrilled about having to put away phones and cameras during the educational portion of the visit. However, as you sit and relax under the pergola, guests are allowed to bring out their devices and take their own photos. While the facility does offer professional photos for purchase, there is no pressure to buy them, and you still have opportunities to capture your own memories.
The property was very clean, well-maintained, and thoughtfully organized. If you are an animal lover or simply looking for a unique experience, I highly recommend Monkey House. What started as a booking mistake ended up being one of the highlights of our trip.
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you Miriam for telling you about your experience, enjoying and valuing your activity so much.
The entire Monkey House Vip team is happy to read and we send you a loving greeting!
🐵 🐒 🦧 ❤️ 📷
Theresa_N, Jun 2026
A great experience! The kids loved it. Lots of interactions with the monkey's. The time of the experience was enough.
Diana_T, Jun 2026
So fun! Be prepared to get dirty as the monkeys jump all over you and they are motivated by juicy fruit (guaranteed to get on your clothes). Dirty clothes and messy hair are part of the experience and very worth it. The handlers are great with the monkeys (which are rescues) and you can tell they love their jobs. You get 2 hours of interaction instead of a few minutes like some other tours. Highly recommend.
Emily_P, Jun 2026
It was really fun. You get to interact with all the monkeys. My 6 year old said his favorite part was when they jumped on his head. This is a rescue for animals found in pet stores or thqt were not being properly cared for as pets. All the caretakers obviously care about their wellbeing. You have the opportunity to buy professionally taken pictures but you can also take your own in the picnic area. We bought a few pictures because they looked really good. Overall, we would definitely recommend.
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you for your comment!
We send a special greeting to your child, they along with the baby monkeys are always the protagonists!
We hope to see you again, a hug.
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Aram_A, Jun 2026
Our trip to Monkeyland was absolutely incredible, largely thanks to our amazing guides, Monica, Josue and Jacknel Tchelemaque! They went above and beyond to make sure everyone had a fantastic time. Not only were they super friendly and helpful with the monkeys, but they also shared so many fascinating fun facts about the animals and the area throughout the tour. It was the perfect mix of high energy, education, and pure fun. I’d highly recommend this tour to anyone. 10/10 experience!
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Thank you for your comment and sharing your experience! It makes us very happy and I will share these words with my colleagues, I am sure they will be happy!!
We send you a healthy report from across the Monkey House Vip team 🐒 🐵
Erik_O, May 2026
Amazing time and the staff was super friendly! Got to spend a lot of time with the monkeys and learn about each of the species they had. Only down side was the lady at the end trying to sell pictures was a little short but did not ruin the experience at all
Response from Host, May 2026
Thank you Erik for your comment, we are happy to know that you enjoyed your experience very much and learned many curiosities about the different species of monkeys.
Greetings from the entire Monkey House Vip team
🐵 🐒 🦧 😃
SusannaBeebe, May 2026
It was awesome, we had so much fun!! Amazing team if workers and beautiful monkeys .. 4 species ! Very playful and be prepared to get dirty !
Response from Host, May 2026
Thank you Susanna!! ☺️ We are very happy to read your comment and know that you enjoyed and had a nice memory.
Greetings from the Monkey House Vip team!
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Suzanne_F, May 2026
we had a fantastic experience with the monkeys the handlers are all really friendly and tell you so much about the monkeys we bought the video and 5 pictures for 150 dollars plus 18 percent tax but the video is fantastic and it’s memories
Response from Host, May 2026
Suzanne said, "Yes, memories are for life and the video where the experience is truly very special."
Thank you!
We send you a greeting from the whole Monkey House Vip team
🦧 🐵
Jessica_S, May 2026
You definitely want to pick this excursion over monkey land. There is zero comparison — monkey House is so much better!!! Do yourself a favor and pick this one and avoid monkey land at all cost!
We did monkey house in 2025 and we just finished monkey land a few days ago in 2026. We left monkey land, extremely disappointed the two experiences are worlds apart.
Response from Host, May 2026
Ohhh, wow! It makes us very happy to know that they enjoyed it so much here with us and we are saddened to read that their last activity in another park was not what they were looking for,
Here we always await you with all our love, do not delay!!
🐵 🐒 🦧 🤓 😀
Jaela_D, May 2026
By far my favorite excursion in Punta Cana! I didn’t know what to expect going into the excursion, but whatever my expectations were… they were EXCEEDED. You have so much time with the monkeys & learn a lot about them. Do NOT wear anything expensive or white 😅😅. The monkey’s will get ya dirty. Only thing I wish was better were the prices on the photo packages. They were pretty expensive, but they are willing to make deals!
Response from Host, May 2026
Ohh!! Thank you so much for your comment, we are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your experience so much.
We hope to see you again soon!
April_L, May 2026
This was an amazing experience we had They allowed you to spend so much time with the monkeys. Staff is awesome and we loved the pictures and video they made of me and my husband. Bring money for that it’s worth it. Definitely better then what we was expecting
Response from Host, May 2026
Ohh! Thank you very much for this beautiful assessment of the experience, we are glad you enjoy it and take home the best of memories!
I hope we see them again!
A hug from the whole Monkey House Vip team
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Morgan_S, May 2026
This experience was phenomenal. We spent so much time with the monkeys. The employees were extremely nice and made sure we all had equal time. Our group was made up of 8 people. I highly recommend this experience!! My one complaint is they do not tell you the professional picture prices prior to coming so we did not bring enough money to buy any, but they did allow us to take pictures on our phone also. This experience was definitely worth it though!!
Response from Host, May 2026
Morgan, thank you so much for visiting us and enjoying the experience so much!
We send you a loving greeting from art by the entire Monkey House Vip team,
We look forward to seeing you again!!
🐵 🐒 🦧 💋
John_H, Apr 2026
This was great! You can't be shy or worry about getting dirty. The monkeys will be all over you! This was a great experience!
Response from Host, May 2026
Thank you John for this wonderful review!
Greetings from our team!
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derrickallenjr76634, Apr 2026
Perfect experience they picked you up on time the monkeys was friendly the let you feed the monkeys .
Response from Host, Apr 2026
Thank you!! 🐵 🐵 🐵 💚
sschauble, Mar 2026
The positive: This experience got smiles from my husband and my 14-year old! I enjoyed it and it was relaxing.
The negative: we were told to meet at secrets hotel lobby, although I had requested dreams, and they showed up at dreams anyway and took us 10-15 minutes to figure this out so everyone was waiting. The experience was a little long, teenagers got bored. The pressure for the photo sales was ridiculous and stained the whole experience. I picked out ten photos for $150. She was impatient and sighed many times. She gave me 11 photos. Then added on 10% tip for staff (ok no problem) then another 18% for using a credit card. Ok I agreed. Then she converted it to Dominican pesos and tried to screw me on the conversion rate. I told her that wasn’t the correct conversion rate and then she said she can’t sell me the photos. So she went from getting almost $200 for 11 digital photos that they already took to getting nothing, over a small disagreement in the conversion rate. This seems really silly to me and disappointing.
Kerra_N, Mar 2026
I don't think I would recommend this experience, unfortunately.
Of course it was SUPER cool to see the various monkey species (Capuchin species, to correct the "cappuccino" species listed on the ad) up close for me and my husband.
Off the hop, I was a little surprised to see that the experience was not a private experience like the Additional info suggests ("This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate"), though I was not upset about sharing the experience with others, our total group I think was around 15. I knew going into the experience that we weren't able to have our phones for the first part, this was expected from reading reviews. It did feel like the workers definitely chose "favourites" who had more time with the monkeys in the first part and the second part... where I even heard multiple comments from the workers to members of the group hitting on some of the younger "attractive" attendees. You do you and I wouldn't have minded, but while myself and my husband sat there with no monkey action, and the same folks were continuously visited by the workers, it got a little frustrating.
Instructions were unclear at times... I will say it was very clear that no grabbing was aloud, and we respected that completely. However, one worker would say "this monkey is friendly, you are good to touch!" So we assumed that if the monkey was on us at the time, it was okay to gently pet their back, but yet we would immediately be yelled at by another worker who said no touching. Watching how the workers handled the monkeys themselves (which was at times very playful/playful aggressive), this made no sense to me. I've worked in zoos as a zookeeper and am a biologist at home, so understand the nature and caution needed for interacting with wild animals, but the miscommunication about when we could touch vs not was frustrating, and ended up feeling like we were doing something wrong by touching - which was what I thought the experience entailed as majority of the animals (aside from a few) were communicated as not aggressive or unsafe.
Lastly, we come to the photo packages at the end. Wow, what some transparency could make of this place. After already paying $200 CAD for tickets to the excursion, we are given options of photo packages starting from $20 USD per photo, $70 for 3 photos, $150 for 5 photos, etc. (there were so many options of packages). We opted for the $370 USD package (the most inclusive of them all), as I wanted all the photos taken without having to choose. Our photos on the iPad ended up being over 100+ photos... our worker said it's typically only 95 photos included with this package, but that it would be fine to receive all of ours with the video they make. Well, we go to pay, half cash, half card as we were not prepared with enough. Card turns into a wild exchange rate situation, 18% tax on top, and a pressure-cooker to give 10% tip on top of this; from what I paid with cash and the remaining amount left to put on my card, I am still trying to make sense of the charge on my card because it is way higher than it should have been, even with the exchange rate, 10% tip and 18% tax. I would not have tipped either honestly, so hats off to their workers for the tourist trap.
To end this lovely experience, we are heading back to our resort and realize some of our photos weren't received, and I actually ended up with 4 photos of someone else. This added up to 92 photos and 1 video, not even the 95 promised, nor the total photos we saw on the iPad... minus the 4 photos of someone else, means we only received 88 photos. There was one specific photo I was hoping to receive that was not included, so I reached out to them to try and get it sent over. I was argued with and told I only paid for 95 photos, etc. etc., eventually they said they'd check and send it back. No response since then, so here I am writing the review. The final cherry on top, is they ask if you'd like a drink (water or pina colada), considering I just paid $200 CAD + $370 USD + various hidden charges on my card, I expected this to be complimentary - NOPE, it's an extra charge.
They have a lot of potential to grow and be a 5 star excursion, but at present, I would say expect to bring hefty cash with you to avoid card charges like me, or head to Monkeyland, where photos are much more reasonable. I don't get the vibe of a true sanctuary here, I think it's more of a tourist trap exploiting monkey's they've paid for - as they aren't native to DR. I would have liked to have heard more about the rehabilitation and what happened to the monkeys to get them to need a sanctuary, what the rehab looked like, including enrichments and eliminating sterotypies (again, as I've worked in and with many wildlife rehab facilities across my country), but never got any of these answers.
Michelle_O, Mar 2026
We had a fabulous time with the Monkeys and the staff. The hospitality, education, and time with the different monkeys was amazing. The staff made it so fun and interactive. The monkeys were playful, gentle, and curious. You can tell how deeply the entire team cares for the animals there. Jessica was just the sweetest and shared so much with us about the whole place. Would highly recommend to anyone of all ages. Made great memories with our kids.
Susan_D, Mar 2026
Family of four with adult children visited. Everyone had a fantastic time and it was an experience to remember. The staff was very friendly and you could tell they had deep relationships with the animals. I recommend the excursion while visiting Punta Cana.
Note to Monkey House VIP: I recommend increasing the price of the experience and lowering the cost of the photo/video packages. I would have paid up to $200 for the memories but not $400 plus. If the packages were closer to $150-200 USD, you would probably sell more packages.
Danielle_R, Feb 2026
I woke up feeling sick the morning of this tour. I reached out to try to change the day possibly to a future date. I reached out to the driver who didn't communicate pick up time until 930pm the night before to let them know that I was not feeling well. No response at all. Then I get a call that morning the driver is there to pick me up. I told him I sent the message on WhatsApp letting them know I was unwell and he said ok just reach out to them to change to a different day. I still haven't received any response. I reached out to Viator who also tried to get in touch with them and they didn't respond to them either. Even if I'd received a simple no that they couldn't work with me on that I'd understand but zero response? Not cool. Reading through the reviews it sounds like it was for the best anyway because I'm certainly not going to drop 300-500 dollars on pictures.
seyed_f, Feb 2026
Everything was prefect
Everything!!!!
The only thing is the pictures they got from us was very expensive
For 4 pictures and 1 video they asked for $150 US
And for full package of pictures $275
But everything else was prefect
Highly recommended
Thx
jennifer_p, Feb 2026
So the experience was EXCELLENT. The time with the monkeys and the hands-on experience was well worth it. There’s a guy recording the whole time who partners with the guy taking the photos. The end was a little aggressive and that’s the only reason I didn’t give a 5 star. They took my phone, tried to leave their own 5 star review, got angry when I didn’t submit it (and they were awesome up until this point). Buying the pics and vid was also aggressive . Us and a friend separated to buy from different guys (there were about 10 of the hosts) and the prices were WILD. $150 for the video, $30 per pic and her and I ended up getting wildly different “deals” when buying that I felt swindled. I told my guy my budget was $200 and he failed to share that there was an 18% tax on credit cards despite me asking several times that the total will be no more than $200, it was an additional $40 which I thought was pretty sneaky. Experience was great, sales practices were dishonest and aggressive (my friend got a MUCH better deal, which obviously I didn’t appreciate).
Sandra_S, Feb 2026
Great experience with the monkeys!! Didn’t like the sell of very expensive photos at the end. They did allow you to take pictures of your own at the end.
Shelly_A, Feb 2026
Very interactive experience with the monkeys. Much more so than Monkeyland. You can tell the monkeys really love the handlers.
Joe_M, Feb 2026
Staff made sure everyone was involved and having a good time. The pictures were very expensive but they did a very nice job with them
Alexa_L, Feb 2026
Being a travel agent, I scoped this experience for future clients. The experience with the monkeys was great, it was overwhelming, but fun. we were offered water at the end and for almost $80/person, a water could be included. They didn't tell us it wasn't until as we were leaving. We had already given them our cash as a tip, and we're disappointed how hustled we felt. The photo/video package was between $175 - $500, which is craaaaazy. Felt like a big money grab at the end which left us feeling disappointed, mostly because they were so friendly throughout the experience until we declined purchasing the photo packages. We understand that they need fo make money to run, but the pricing was out of control. TIP: DO NOT wear white. This is not an excursion for nice clothes. You will get dirty. They feed the monkeys while they play with you. Its sticky. Its messy.
Brian_C, Feb 2026
The interactions with the monkeys were nothing short of amazing. This was our second visit and we will do it again. If you want a small group, intimate experience with monkeys this is a must do tour. Robinson was great and helped to make our experience even better.
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