Bambelela

Founded in 2003, Bambelela is a wildlife rehabilitation centre in the beautiful Waterberg region of South Africa. Though Bambelela works with all wildlife, it is most regarded for its exceptional work with Vervet monkeys.

Bambelela is an amazing and special place. With so many primate sanctuaries throughout South Africa, why is Bambelela so unique? Because Bambelela is succeeding where other sanctuaries are not - they are the only sanctuary in South Africa doing successful releases of Vervet monkey troops back into the wild.

The committed team at Bambelela works tirelessly so that every animal has a second chance at a wild life. It's a long process of finding release sites (and land owners who are committed to conservation), getting the necessary release permits from wildlife officials, preparing the site and rehabilitating the animals for reintroduction into the wild, and monitoring their progress for years after.