[KateKirkpatrick, 18/11/2005] The Sacred Monkey Forest in Ubud was one of my favourite places we visited during our four-week stay in Bali. It is very accessible, within walking distance of most hotels in downtown Ubud, and easy to visit with a car, as we did.
There are over two hundred macaques residing in this forest, and it seems like we probably saw nearly all of them w
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In her review about Ubud, where she has spent 4 weeks on her honeymoon, KAjung highlits The Sacred Monkey Forest, which was one of her "favorite places". She says that it is "very accessible" and "within walking distance of most hotels in downtown Ubud", but also "easy to visit with a car".
There are "over two hundred macaques", most of them " b
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In this review, the author remarks that the monkeys in the Monkey Forest were "very friendly". They live in three tribes, and often when a monkey from one tribe trespasses on another tribe's land, fights ensue. "Not surprisingly", the males were generally more protective of land than the females. There were lots of young monkeys, who were "very fri
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In this blog, Alex recounts the story of his visit to the Monkey Forest. He describes the scenery as 'leafy-green and cool' where he was 'mugged' by monkeys... they tried to exit the park as quickly as possible, but they realized that the only way to get where they needed to be was to turn it around and go back through. On the way they met a nic
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