An exciting new home for our family of Siamang Gibbons is now open! Be one of the first to enter ‘Life in the Trees’ and get breathtakingly close our energetic apes.
Share the gibbons’ environment by wandering along the walkway before entering the native longhouse. With stunning views across a moat to the gibbons’ clearing, the longhouse provides an excellent viewing platform to watch the family explore their lush new 
surroundings.
Luang, the group’s dominant male and Marwell’s noisiest animal, can now display his authority by singing his distinctive songs from the top of a large tree. Whilst the rest of the family are more likely to be found relaxing in the clearing below or using their long arms to swing in the trees.
Bringing South East Asia to Hampshire, the 5,000 sq mtr exhibit also includes many plants from ferns and grasses to bamboo which the gibbons can explore and eat as they would in their natural environment.
The Siamang Gibbon family consists of Mum (Simone), Dad (Luang) and sons, ten year old Hale Bop and 5 year old Rosh. The family have never before had so much room to explore so get ready to be totally enthralled as the gibbons swing from vines and scale up trees.
The area will also be home to several other animals which originate from Asia including the endangered Lowland Anoa (the world’s smallest wild cattle), the beautiful Prevost’s squirrel and the curious looking Tree shrews. Asian small clawed otters can also be spotted swimming in around the moat and waterfalls.These other animals will be moving in shortly.
The Siamang Gibbon is the largest of the 12 gibbon species. Like many of the gibbon species, the Siamangs are threatened in the wild because their habitat is being destroyed by man as we increasingly encroach into their native rainforests. With the adults often killed, young gibbons are also sometimes taken from the wild to be used as photographers ‘beach props’.
Visitors to the Park and members of the public donated £417,000 towards the cost of the new home. The money was raised through a variety of fundraising events as well as a 10% donation on admission prices.See all our Latest News stories
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