FOREST WALK IN SEARCH OF GOLDEN MONKEYS IN VOLCANOES
Indulge In a guided Forest Walk In search of Golden Monkeys – the other playful residents Of the Volcanoes National Park.
Spend the morning searching the lush vegetation at the foot of Mount Sabyinyo for one of two habituated groups of golden monkey, one of them a troop of more than 80 members. Spend an enchanted hour watching their lively & playful jumps amongst the slender bamboo stems & branches – it feels like being at a monkey circus.
Active, sprightly little creatures, the golden monkeys are incredibly entertaining as they amuse themselves swinging through the bamboo or racing after one other in circles around and above you. Blending in perfectly with the golden bamboo, they are very pretty, with shiny reddish-gold backs.
Unique to the Virunga Mountains range, which covers the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, these delightful golden monkeys are an endangered species. Rwanda and Uganda are the only two (02) countries where visitors have the chance of trekking to see them up close.
These fast-moving primates inhabit the bottom of the mountain range in the bamboo forest and the terrain here is relatively flat and easy to hike. The hike up to see the golden monkeys of Volcanoes National Park is probably the most leisurely trek Into Volcanoes National Park.
