Shrieks and yells ring out as we are enjoying coffee and snacks at a cafe in Nyungwe National park in Rwanda. A cheeky Colobus monkey has snatched a sugar bowl from those of us snacking on the balcony and races up a tree to have a feed off sugar and then drops the bowl. He comes back for a bread roll from another punter.
We have just come back from the tree tops canopy walk and enjoying a quick lunch before the drive to see the colobus monkeys.
These arboreal primates have long been a mainstay at Melbourne zoo. The opportunity to see them in the wild does not disappoint. We are driven out to the edge of the rainforest and have a sometimes slippery walk to the trackers at the edge of the canopy. At first what action there is occurs high up and made for poor photography. Eventually they come lower and gain in confidence allowing for better photography and a much better experience.
