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Saskia Besseling reacted on our promotion video with the adoption of Orchid. Orchid comes from the San Nicolaas area and gave birth to a son 2 days after she came to live with us. Her son is Gismo. Thank you Saskia!
Back in 2011 The Vleeming family adopted Primrose, now they chose Bringamosa a.k.a. Smiley as their adoption donkey. They decided to help us out during the Corona crisis....
Jan-Marc Gozeling & Ria de Jonge adopted our naughtiest donkey. Her name is Tica, as soon as she sees her chance she will try to go outside. Not that is better there, just because she can. This is a picture of her and Juanito many years ago. We were painting all the red doors and gates, guess who helped us out?
Ab & Thea Tuinman adopted Maartje, not to be confused by Maartje their daughter who came to Aruba in March and is helping out at the sanctuary as a volunteer for a couple of days a week. How big is the chance that we have a donkey with a Dutch name? Maartje the donkey is BFF with Gerardo, both are the least dominant donkeys we have. They live in a separate area where they have a bigger chance to eat.
Sanne Klein was a trainee at one of the Aruban Hotels last year. In her free time she volunteered with us. During that time she cuddled a lot of donkeys and one of them was Simba, the donkey in the picture. Needles to say, she adopted him. Thank you Sanne.
Take Route 4a from the hotels and follow this road for 14 km, pass all the circles/roundabouts until you see a sign for the French Men’s Pass. Make a left turn onto the French Men’s Pass, then 1st left, 2nd right. On that dirt road you will find the Donkey Sanctuary after about 200 meters.
If you have a GPS device, navigate to these coordinates: N 12°48.974’ W 069°96.642’ This will bring you to the entrance of the Donkey Sanctuary.
Or use Google Maps Directions
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