Best Places for Golden Monkey Tracking or Trekking …
Best Places for Golden Monkey Tracking Or Trekking are Uganda & Rwanda where you can see the endangered Golden Monkeys in the wild of which there are only about 5000 remaining in the Virunga Volcanoes Chain.
Dr. Congo too Does offer Golden Monkey Tracking but We Don’t go there – for safety reasons.
The two safest and Best Places for Golden Monkey Tracking or Trekking are Uganda and Rwanda. The prime destinations for Golden Monkey Trekking are Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda where you you can do a Golden Monkey Trek where you spend one hour with the Golden Monkeys or on a Habituation Experience where you are with the Monkeys for four hours along with researchers and trackers and your personal guide from Uganda Wildlife Authority.
The golden monkeys, are a rare primate species, but they have been given more attention by researchers and by Visitors to Mgahinga Gorilla Park in Uganda and Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda who love tracking them.
Golden monkeys are small in size, get their name from the long golden hair on their backs, and move around the bamboo fores like they are court jesters.
They have been declared an endangered species and even protected their number seems to be declining.
Golden Monkey Tracking or Trekking in both Uganda and Rwanda takes a bit of effort but is a lot easier than Gorilla Trekking and you will enjoy your Time with the charismatic Monkeys of Uganda and Rwanda.
Golden Monkey are simply attractive looking monkeys with color, their playful ways, and since these have been habituated – they are used to Humans and do not scamper off as you arrive – a bit of advice is in picture-taking – they move rather quickly and you will need to set your camera on fast shutter speed and due to the bamboo forest on low light setting.
