Gumbalimba Park
Gumbalimba Park
4.5
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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- nicole s251 contributionsGreat guideThis was an optional excursion on our Viking cruise. The experience is guided. Our guide was great. He was our guide from the time the Gumbalimba Park bus picked us up at our port, to the time we returned to the ship. On the way, he shared facts about the island and the people of Roatan. Once we arrived at the park, the first portion reminded me a little of an elementary school field trip but the second part was awesome. We were able to get up close with the monkeys and macaws. There were some handlers who took pictures of your experience. There were tip buckets where the birds and monkeys were and I was so impressed, I would have definitely left a tip, yet we were required to get a locker ($5.00) for our purses, which had my money in it, so I couldn't tip. This was required because of the fact that the monkeys may take your belongings. I understand that completely, but if I had it to do over again, I would take a little cash in my pocket. Also, watch out for ant hills. My mom didn't realize she was standing in one and it took three of us to get all the tiny ants out of her shoes and off her legs. Just watch where you stand. There is a small store on site as well as an open air café.Visited December 2023Traveled with familyWritten December 21, 2023
- LoveTravel5803321 contributionWonderful experience! Highly recommend!August our guide was amazing! He took his time with us, answered all of our questions and made sure every person on the tour felt included and got to do everything they wanted! In my son’s words “I really liked our tour guide, he should be a comedian!” He kept us laughing and not only showed us all the beautiful wildlife, he taught us all about the plants and their many medicinal uses. The animals were amazing and getting to hold macaws and capuchin monkeys was a dream come true! They are a wildlife preserve which makes it so much better knowing they rescue and take such great care of these animals!Visited December 2023Traveled with familyWritten December 27, 2023
- Cathy T1 contributionGreat experienceWe had a great time and highly recommend for people of all ages. The walk might be a little rough for seniors. August was our tour guide and he was fantastic. Couple of complaints. The air was out in the bus and that was miserable. The drive from the cruise port to the park was very rough. But over all we loved the trip.Visited January 2024Traveled with friendsWritten January 19, 2024
- Margaret CRaleigh, North Carolina34 contributionsMonkeying around!Fun tour with August. Delightful guide with lots of great information. He made our tour a lot of fun. We did a ship tour from the Celebrity Constellation and were lucky enough to have August assigned to us.Visited February 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten February 19, 2024
- Geoff K2 contributionsGreat VisitWe had a great time meeting the monkeys and macaws! Our tour guide, August, was fantastic. He provided a wealth of information. One caution is to avoid bringing a bag, as even our relatively small one was considered unacceptable for the tour.Visited January 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten February 19, 2024
- Jane PMinneapolis, Minnesota8 contributionsNature and animals up closeWe had a small tour with just myself and my 5 family members. Mario was our tour guide. He was knowledgeable and willing to answer all our questions. We learned about the trees, plants, and a little history of the early people who lived in the area, in addition to seeing some monkeys and macaws close up. There is a chance to have a picture taken with a macaw which we didn't care to do. I did have a pic taken with a capuchin monkey and that was a fun experience. I wasn't expecting the tail around the neck. Overall it was an affordable, fun afternoon.Visited February 2024Traveled with familyWritten February 19, 2024
- ronaldw703159 contributionsGreat tour on a small island!This tour was amazing for our 5 year old twins. The macaws were beautiful and the kids loved the monkeys. We were on a Princess cruise and this was my second visit to the park. Recommend for a day when you have several hours to spend.Visited February 2024Traveled with familyWritten February 21, 2024
- monica s1 contributionWonderful excursion, but not , repeat NOT EASY!We took this excursion off Regal Princess. Was a great excursion , monkeys, macaws gardens and suspension bridge. Only 2 things would have given it an excellent! The ride from the dock was 90minutes and late leaving. The main issue I have is that it is advertised as EASY! Wrong.... we had 2 1/2 hours of climbing rock stairs and going over rough terrain and tree roots. It was definitely not easy , especially for older folks. It should have been listed as moderate to strenuous in my opinion.If you have any mobility issues or are just older, beware!Visited February 2024Traveled with friendsWritten February 28, 2024
- Steven AWoodbridge, Virginia3 contributionsA great nature preserve experience.A wonderful preserve. If you are fortunate you will get August as your guide. He was informative, polite, and incredibly helpful. The preserve is fantastic. The animals are rescue animals and not in cages. They roam freely and interact with tourists at their leisure.Visited February 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten February 28, 2024
- Navigator336127215161 contributionFun day in Roatan.We visited as part of a cruise excursion. We had an excellent guide (August) who was very informative and entertaining. His English was outstanding. We had plenty of time to take pictures with the monkeys and the McCaws. There was a bit of walking, some stairs, and a suspension bridge, but there was an option to take a golf cart. Really appreciated that we could rent a locker and that the picture package was reasonably priced.Visited March 2024Traveled as a coupleWritten March 15, 2024
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Tennessee Ridge, TN2 contributions
Jan 2020
While on vacation with our young grandchildren ages 9 and 10 we visited the park and while they and their mother, older sister walked the park we paid an extra $10 each to take a golf cart and tour the park. We held Macaws, played with the Monkeys and laid around the beach. The tour is limited and going to the park you travel some of the worst sites of Rotatan. I would do the tour again but considering the changes in Rotatan (been there 4 times before) not sure I want to travel to this port again. The bus is cramped and often crowed so not comfortable. I have both back and knee issues for this limits my appreciation for the park. My grandchildren loved it and they do have some hisotry and nature exhibits that you see as well. I believe for the money it was worth the visit.
Written February 3, 2020
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Sarah R
3 contributions
Dec 2022
We had a lot of fun at Gumbalimba Park. My husband uses a wheelchair, and so we paid $10 extra for the handicap accessible golf cart tour. The golf cart had a roof on it, which made it a great rainy day activity, which was what we were looking for.
Our tour guide Alexander was excellent. He was very interesting and smart (a law school student) and knowledgeable about the island's history and current conservation efforts. He was also funny and laid back.
We really enjoyed interacting with the animals. The monkeys would sit on your head and shoulders. We each got to have 5 parrots sit on our arms.
The animal caretaker (I can't remember his name) had a lot of interesting information about the individual animals, their diets, and their personalities. The animals are not caged, but they stick around because of the food.
My daughter and her friend did the zipline before we toured the park, and they said they had a lot of fun. The park gift shop had some beautiful items that were reasonably priced.
This was a great activity, especially for a rainy day.
Our tour guide Alexander was excellent. He was very interesting and smart (a law school student) and knowledgeable about the island's history and current conservation efforts. He was also funny and laid back.
We really enjoyed interacting with the animals. The monkeys would sit on your head and shoulders. We each got to have 5 parrots sit on our arms.
The animal caretaker (I can't remember his name) had a lot of interesting information about the individual animals, their diets, and their personalities. The animals are not caged, but they stick around because of the food.
My daughter and her friend did the zipline before we toured the park, and they said they had a lot of fun. The park gift shop had some beautiful items that were reasonably priced.
This was a great activity, especially for a rainy day.
Written January 15, 2023
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Susan S
7 contributions
Feb 2023
On my hotel staff's suggestion, I booked Gumbalimba Park for ziplining and a park tour, which includes visiting its animal sanctuary. The park itself is beautiful, lush with foliage and flowers. The bird sanctuary has the most colorful birds i've ever seen--red and green macaw. They're noisy and wonderful! The monkey sanctuary houses white face monkeys, who are so cute, timid, friendly and curious. The ziplining was so much fun! some lines take you as fast at 40 mph! being up in the canopy of trees is a wonderful experience. The zipline guides were great and held onto my phone and took photos for me. What a great time! It was $60 which includes transportation to and from the park, but obviously does not include tips. Make sure you bring cash to tip the bird trainer, the monkey trainer, the park guide, the zipline guide and your driver. JUST GO!
Written February 18, 2023
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Hibiscus P
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Oct 2022 • Family
We were here two times already. For the first time (october 2020) it was fine, we saw And was in contact with the animals and heard about the history with great guide. Second time (october 2022) was terrible, they counted 100 % more for person, we had bored guide who running And in the end spend more time to asked for tips. Informations about history was totally different then at first time we were there. So I don't know where Is true. 😅 Informations about plants zero. Only one think was good, the parrots. Monkeys looks they are not happy. It all looks, they only cares about how to get the money instead of protect plants And animals. Sad experience.
Written March 23, 2023
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Thomas R
14 contributions
Dec 2019 • Family
We went through ncl excursion as my wife did this last year and said we all had to go. So she was right( hopefully she doesn’t read this 😁). Guide was knowledgeable professional and helpful. The animals are so so much fun. There are macaws everywhere. They will sit in your arms for a picture. The reserve is on top of a hill/small mountain and is beautiful. The monkeys hop from person to person and are playful. Highly recommend this activity
Written January 11, 2020
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Katie Fern
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Jan 2022
I visited this park while we were in Roatan, and I had the same reservations; I very much don't like to support places that profit off of animals in any negative way. But I really enjoyed the park! I didn't see a single animal in cages or pens; they were all roaming freely and looked very healthy, and the park is very large and well kept.
Some were obviously trained to interact with humans, like a few of the parrots, but they were fed nuts that the trainer explained were natural for their diet as rewards for hanging out with us tourists. None of them had leashes or cut wings or anything that I could see. One parrot did have an obviously bad wing; our guide explained he was found tangled in barbed wire a while ago and the park had rehabilitated him. Since he can't fly any more, the monkeys like to torment him when the trainers aren't around, so he had a pen to sleep in at night to protect him. Us tourists weren't allowed to interact with him either.
The monkeys came down to hang out with us completely by their own choice and got sunflower seeds from the trainer. We were specifically told not to touch any mothers with babies hanging on them so as to protect the babies.
I was very impressed and really enjoyed the park! The ziplining was the best I've done too, so that was a bonus! Our guide, Joy, was also extremely knowledgeable and pleasant.
Some were obviously trained to interact with humans, like a few of the parrots, but they were fed nuts that the trainer explained were natural for their diet as rewards for hanging out with us tourists. None of them had leashes or cut wings or anything that I could see. One parrot did have an obviously bad wing; our guide explained he was found tangled in barbed wire a while ago and the park had rehabilitated him. Since he can't fly any more, the monkeys like to torment him when the trainers aren't around, so he had a pen to sleep in at night to protect him. Us tourists weren't allowed to interact with him either.
The monkeys came down to hang out with us completely by their own choice and got sunflower seeds from the trainer. We were specifically told not to touch any mothers with babies hanging on them so as to protect the babies.
I was very impressed and really enjoyed the park! The ziplining was the best I've done too, so that was a bonus! Our guide, Joy, was also extremely knowledgeable and pleasant.
Written January 31, 2022
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Rossana
25 contributions
Jun 2021 • Friends
We were picked up at our hotel and went straight to the zip lines. It is 13 lines going from the top down to the beach. Our guides were great in strapping us and taking videos and pictures of us! We then went to the park where we spent a good amount of time with the parrots and monkeys. We also saw iguanas who gather in 1 spot to feed. Alexis was wonderful with the animals and answered all our questions while we took pictures. We then headed to horseback riding which took us out to a beautiful beach which began in a wooded trail first. We highly recommend this tour for what it offered and the awesome guides who made it even better!
Written June 8, 2021
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Robin642
Vancouver Island, Canada60 contributions
Feb 2020 • Couples
Beautifully landscaped with different plants. Had different kinds of iguanas. Good pictures and fun interactions with parrots and monkeys. The man in charge of monkeys was nice enough to set monkeys up on us and took lots of pictures for us.
Ended tour with a snack at store and swim in pool. Wasn’t expecting to pay $35.00 each Website said $25.00 park entrance fee. Walked around ourselves 2nd time here. Didn’t need tour guide. Has lockers here.
Ended tour with a snack at store and swim in pool. Wasn’t expecting to pay $35.00 each Website said $25.00 park entrance fee. Walked around ourselves 2nd time here. Didn’t need tour guide. Has lockers here.
Written February 19, 2020
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ericamontressor
Brighton, MI12 contributions
Jan 2020
My group has decided that this is one of our favorite excursions, so glad we signed up. The tour starts with a guide but after the guided portion, you're free to explore on your own and return to any sections you choose. The highlight of the park are the monkeys, all the animals in the park are allowed to roam free, and there are 2 areas for interactions. The bird area where you can have interactions with some of the Macaws and the monkey area. Upon walking into the monkey area, you'll be greeted by several members of the troop. We returned to this area after the guided portion and spent about 20 minutes with the monkeys. There's also a lovely beach area, pool, restaurant and hiking paths. Its a really great place to spend a day!
Written February 6, 2020
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LoveTravel580332
1 contribution
Dec 2023 • Family
August our guide was amazing! He took his time with us, answered all of our questions and made sure every person on the tour felt included and got to do everything they wanted! In my son’s words “I really liked our tour guide, he should be a comedian!” He kept us laughing and not only showed us all the beautiful wildlife, he taught us all about the plants and their many medicinal uses. The animals were amazing and getting to hold macaws and capuchin monkeys was a dream come true! They are a wildlife preserve which makes it so much better knowing they rescue and take such great care of these animals!
Written December 27, 2023
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Planning on going to Roatan on a future cruise. Since my wife has trouble walking long distances I was wondering if there is transportation available at the park and if so what is the cost.
Written October 7, 2024
JeffR
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
I am arriving on the allure of the seas in june and I have this excursion already booked. The website does not tell me if transportation is included to park. Is it?
Written April 16, 2023
We did have a shuttle bus that they provided.
Written April 30, 2023
What food options are available there? Traveling with 3, 5, and 10 year olds, an 18 month old, 3 adults & 2 seniors.
Written January 23, 2023
What food options are available there? Traveling with 3, 5, and 10 year olds, an 18 month old, 3 adults and 2 seniors.
Written January 23, 2023
How much is park entrance fee don’t need a ride there?
I have visited here once before want to walk around by ourselves
But want pictures with monkeys and parrots
Written January 22, 2020
This is a good question, because admission cost information is not easy to find on their official Website. After searching the Internet I found this information:
The cost of visiting the park will vary depending on the kind of tour you choose. Tours range from: $30 for general admission into the park and on up to $55 for a tour including a zip line adventure (Or $45 just for the canopy).
I hope this helps you!
Written January 23, 2020
So if only a couple in our party wants to zip line can we all still enjoy the rest of the park? We will be traveling in February. Thanks
Written November 30, 2019
Yes, however the amount of time to enjoy the rest of the park is slightly limited due to the zip lining. This was feedback from Cruise passengers that did the zipline tour with the park together.
If you are not limited to time then you should be okay.
Written January 1, 2020
How long did the tour of the park take? My husband is disabled and struggles walking is there lots of rough terrain and stairs? Are you able to stop and take a break at your convenience? Any help would be great. TIA
Written November 29, 2019
About an hour but it is not easy walking. Lots of steps, some in narrow passages. The paths are dirt or uneven cobble stones.
Written January 25, 2020
hi, did you organise your tour through your cruise ship? or did you get on a bus at the port?
Written September 10, 2019
We asked the front desk of our hotel and they had a van pick us up and drop us off
Written November 3, 2019
How did you book this trip? We taking a cruise and wondering should we book through the cruise line or book independently.
Written September 2, 2019
We booked it through the cruise line.
Written September 2, 2019
Es recomendable el parque para visitar con una niña de 16 meses?
Written July 29, 2019
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