The nursery is located in the city of Sukhum on the slope of Trapezium Mountain. Very beautiful scenic area, lots of greenery. The territory is large, but to climb high, a long staircase up, at least there are benches, you can take a break. The reserve itself seemed clean enough, there is no strong smell, of course there is something to fix, repair, but this is at every step in Abkhazia. Tickets are relatively inexpensive, you can buy food, but it's better to take your own. Monkeys are happy to ask for sweets, you just have to give them carefully, grab them hard. The nursery was originally built for the purpose of experiments on primates to study human diseases. Subsequently, a research institute was founded on the basis of the nursery in 1958, which in Soviet times became the center of primatology and a scientific base for combating oncological diseases. During the fighting, the nursery was severely damaged, but the material base and people managed to be preserved, even despite the lack of salaries. The monkeys were fed corn and products from their own gardens. Previously, there were about 2,000 individuals in the nursery, of which only 37 remained in 1994. This is one of the disadvantages of our visit, a small number of monkeys and all of them are practically only two species, macaques and hamadryas. The staff is quite calm about feeding, it is better to arrive before lunch, the primates are more active and funny. After lunch, they mostly rest, they can hide from the heat, you won't see. In general, the trip turned out to be quite interesting. One visit is probably enough for adults. If with children, then they will definitely be interested.

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Оксана Карлина

Level 5 Local Expert

I spent my childhood in Agudzery (a suburb of Sukhum) and we visited the nursery (from the memories of my parents more than once), but I remembered the nursery itself after visiting it with my son. And the current visit happened only after almost 25 years... And I got high). Yes, the nursery's infrastructure leaves much to be desired, but I followed the communication). It should be understood that the administration's own funds are barely enough to keep animals and pay employees. and despite the difficulties of the nursery, the monkeys are well-fed, the cages are clean, and the fact that they beg for food is their instincts. But how interesting it is to observe the habits of each individual, the way of relations in the pack, we received a lot of positive emotions! Come with real expectations and you won't regret it. And I wish the nursery strength for rebirth and prosperity!

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Раиса

Level 16 Local Expert

I really enjoyed the trip to the nursery.Clean, well maintained,large territory. Pets of different ages, from infants to adult large individuals.It's very touching to pull paws for treats.It was really cool to look at them so closely and observe them.It will be very interesting with children, I definitely recommend it.

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