Both animals and human beings thrive on emotions, self awareness, intelligence, humour and culture.
I am not the biggest monkey fan but I am open to learning. Recently we visited Monkeyland Primate Sanctuary which is a very lush and green (perfect for monkeys!). It was beautiful to see how the different monkey species interacted with one another. I was particularly drawn to the Ring tailed Lemur, Squirrel and Spider Monkeys. These monkeys all had distinct appearances and mannerisms, which was very intriguing! The squirrel monkey is referred to as one of the most intelligent species of primate. It has the largest brain to body mass ratio of all the monkey species in the world.
Our guide mentioned that one of the monkeys fell in love with him, or it was more like an infatuation, I thought it was really cute, Time was limited so we could not visit the sanctuary for a very long period to fully grasp everything that takes place there. On our way out of the sanctuary the Spider monkey was there to bid farewell to use in style, this monkey literally maneuvres like a spider and it sure was a little frightening. What a great way to end off our time there!
Right next to Monkeyland is the World of Birds Wildlife sanctuary where we had stopped for a few minutes. It is the largest bird park in Africa and hosts over 3000 birds. This parks' layout is topical and filled with numerous trees, very green indeed. I love the bridge walkways leading to the various corners of the park and enable you to see the free roaming birds. The birds tend to fly away when you start taking too many pictures, it sucked as I tried to get the right angle! A few of my favourite birds here were the white and black Swans, Flamingos, Ducks, Cranes, Guineafowl and Lorikeets.
If you're into birds and monkeys, this sure is an ideal addition to your bucket-list / wish-list whatever you would call your list.
Till the next write up!
