Today we got up, pretty sore, and hobbled our way to
breakfast. We left from there and drove about 1.5 hours to the site where we
would track the Colobus monkeys. The group we were looking for is thought to be
the largest remaining group in the world with a total number of 400-500. We got
to where the trackers said they saw them and made our way down off the trail
through thick ferns and other small plants down and down we went. Finally, we
got down to a spot where we could see tons of them running around, eating,
staring at us, and grooming. It was really cool to spend a good chunk of the
morning watching them interact and live. After that trek we had to climb back
up the hill which was very steep. We finally made it to the top and we had some
lunch. Following some lunch we hiked about 30 minutes down a path to the canopy
walk. The canopy walk is a large suspension bridge that is up at the tops of
the trees of the rainforest. Not being a fan of heights I was a little nervous.
It was a little nerve wracking to go across the largest part, but the views
were great and I’m glad I got to experience it. Then we hiked back out 30 more
minutes and we were done for the day. While hanging out at the visitor’s center
we saw a large group of mountain monkeys running around and we were able to
snap some pictures of them as they passed through. It was really cool to get to
see another type of monkey that we hadn’t gotten to see before and that we
hadn’t planned on seeing. Some people have cats running through their yards, in
Rwanda they have monkeys. Crazy!
