This centre, on an island in the Dong Nai River, is a rehabilitation centre hosting golden-cheeked gibbons, pygmy loris (both endemic to Vietnam and Cambodia), black-shanked douc and silvered langur that have been illegally trafficked. The eventual goal is to release the primates back into the forest. You can view gibbons in a semi-wild environment and hear their incredible calls.
Hundreds of native fruit-tree saplings were planted on the island to provide the primates with foraging territory, and encourage them to learn the necessary skills to move around the forest canopy.
The centre's current focus is preserving the pygmy loris from extinction. Several of the rescued animals may never be released into the wild, as hunters tore out their poisonous teeth, without which they can't fend for themselves. The Dao Tien website allows you to 'adopt' individual animals.
