Originally Posted by
onvacation59
So, one late afternoon (5:30pm) I am sitting on my porch (Ocean Suite #5) quitely reading the paper and all of a sudden out of the corner of my eye on the railing I see a cat--I thought--what is a cat doing here? I was partially blocked by the table and plant, when I looked around the table --it was a monkey!! A wild monkey(4-5 foot tail)--well, when he saw me he took off into a tree--I ran to get a camera figuring nobody would believe this and when I returned with camera and Ibu the monkey was no where to be seen--about that time here comes some new customers with porter and bags headed to their room and of course I said "there is a monkey down there!" pointing to where they were going--Ibu just stared at me. Anyway I guess it has been at least 5 years since they have seen a wild monkey on the property so this was a big event -- the theory is that because it has been dry the monkey came through to eat and drink--whatever--it will never be forgotten.
If you want to see Amanmonkeys, you should head to Amanwana. There a couple of troops of wild macaque monkeys that come out to hang out with their (supposedly) more evolved primate cousins paying good money to relax among them.
Monkeys hang out in families, so you'll see gramps and his adult children chilling out while the grandkids horse around. Sometimes you'll also see the adults "horsing" around, with the end result that later on there will be some more little monkeys running around. They'll use the canvas roof of your tent as a trampoline (starting at 7:00 AM), and they will stare longingly at the fruit basket visible from the outside, so watch out, the little feckers are quite wily!
All in all quite memorable.