Apenheul Primate Park

Apenheul Primate Park
Entrance
52°12′49″N 5°55′29″E / 52.21367°N 5.92459°E / 52.21367; 5.92459
Date opened1971
LocationApeldoorn, Netherlands
No. of speciesAbout 70
MembershipsNVD, EAZA, WAZA
Websitewww.apenheul.com

Apenheul Primate Park is a zoo in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. It specializes in apes and monkeys. It opened in 1971 and was the first zoo in the world where monkeys could walk around freely in the forest and between the visitors. It started with just a few species, now it displays more than 30 different primates, among them is the bonobo, gorilla and orangutan.

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