Proyecto Carayá

Founded by Maria Alejandra Juarez over 20 years ago and recognized by the Jane Goodall institute, Proyecto Carayá is Argentina’s first and only monkey sanctuary. We currently host over 150 monkeys (plus: dogs, donkeys, pigs, chickens, pumas, viscachas and llamas!), and are located about 2 hours outside of Cordoba, near La Cumbre. Proyecto Carayá rescues several species of at-risk monkeys, many of which were poached as infants and sold as pets. Often drugged and domesticated, we need to teach them how to be monkeys again. Through our three-stage rehabilitation and socialization program, our ultimate hope is to repatriate them to their natural habitat.