– JUNE 07, 2015
The best thing to do in Ubud is to visit the Monkey Forest! This is a protected conservatory for the Balinese Long Tail Monkey. This site has a population of approximately 600 monkeys. The following pictures capture this amazing experience.
The city streets beside the site walls are filled with curious monkeys that steal from wandering tourists and have no fear in sitting right on the road so traffic has to steer around them.
The city streets beside the site walls are filled with curious monkeys that steal from wandering tourists.
The walking path in the park is well maintained and constantly swept clean by the staff.
The monkeys sleep right on the path. You step around them and they don’t even stir.
Groupings of monkeys are constantly grooming each other.
Groupings of monkeys are constantly grooming each other.
This guy was pretty curious about us!
Just chilling and people watching.
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
This character figured out how to bite through the food bag and chew on the corn through the bars. Smart!
This character figured out how to bite through the food bag and chew on the corn through the bars. Smart!
The park had an area fenced off for Timor Deer. These deer are native to South East Asia, specifically to the dry sun dappled forest and open savanna or grassland.
A seating area for performances and monkey play time.
A seating area for performances and monkey play time.
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
The young monkeys had a ton of fun with this swimming pool.
Balinese Long Tail Monkey.
Monkey Forest
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey Family
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkeys eating sweet potatoes
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
A friendly little critter!
Jill’s making a friend
He likes the water bladder hose from Jill’s backpack
A great picture
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Monkey Forest grounds
Monkey Forest grounds
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Monkey Forest grounds
Monkey Forest grounds
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Komodo sculpture
Komodo sculpture
Komodo sculpture
Komodo sculpture
Monkey Forest bridge
Monkey Forest bridge
Monkey Forest Koi fish pond
Monkey Forest River
Monkey Forest River
Monkey Forest River
Monkey Forest River
Balinese Long Tail Monkey
Balinese Long Tail Monkey Cemetery
Balinese Long Tail Monkey feeding spot
It was a very cool experience and well worth the trip to Ubud. This was one of the best experiences in Indonesia thus far.
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For more photos of our adventure go to our flickr account here.
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