Reviews: Golden Monkey Trekking

"It would be a real shame not to do this as well as the Gorilla Trek.

The monkeys are more easily accessible and interesting to observe. We almost cancelled this trek in order to save time for Kigali on our last day but we are very glad we did not miss it (and we did all we wanted later on anyway)." Read more about this whole safari

"Great." Read more about this whole safari

"Easy hike and a good way to aclimate oneself to the altitude. We were pleasantly surprised as to how close the monkeys got." Read more about this whole safari

"Delayed flights from states resulted in missing this day in Rwanda. Oh well needed another night in Nairobi as buffer and the two days of gorilla trekking more than made up for it." Read more about this whole safari

"Do this before you visit the gorillas - you don't get as close, the photos won't be as good but the monkeys are well worth the visit and somehow the more different groups of primates you get to watch, the more you will get out of each group. We got to see vervet ad baboons (Akagera) chimps, colobus and mountain monkeys (Nyungwe) and the golden monkeys before seeing the gorillas. It gives a perspective ...." Read more about this whole safari