Monkey Forest in Ubud
By YoghurtGal
@flapiz (22403)
United Kingdom
September 28, 2018 7:53am CST
Ubud is my favourite place in Indonesia because of good and cheap food, and the sacred monkey forest. For only 10$ you can go and see free roaming cheeky monkeys.
Some rules: Don’t stare eye to eye with a monkey. It’s a form of challenge; Do not bother baby monkeys they are harmless but mommies are not; lastly hold on to your belongings as these monkeys are known for snatching things.
Inside the forest there are vendors that sell bananas to feed the monkeys with. So you can take cute monkey photos. Sometimes you get lucky and the monkeys will approach you without food.
Photo is mine.
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@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
28 Sep 18
Wow I thought they are Australian monkeys. LOL They are pretty amazing.
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@flapiz (22403)
• United Kingdom
28 Sep 18
They’re Indonesian. If they can speak, it would be Bahasa 
@flapiz (22403)
• United Kingdom
28 Sep 18
@Mavic123456 I think they have their own monkey language. I just wonder if it’s universal among every monkey around the globe.
@Mavic123456 (21898)
• Thailand
28 Sep 18
@flapiz Maybe they won't understand each other.
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@arunima25 (85328)
• Bangalore, India
4 Oct 18
I have a lot of monkeys visiting my apartment on a daily basis. And we have to follow the same rules as you mentioned
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@flapiz (22403)
• United Kingdom
4 Oct 18
@arunima25 Oh these are naughty monkeys. Well they are by nature. So there’s no way to protect your veggies?
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@arunima25 (85328)
• Bangalore, India
4 Oct 18
@flapiz Yes I am from Bangalore, India. These monkey damage a lot of veggies in my terrace garden and I do not like it.
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
29 Sep 18
Thank you for the heads up. I am going to hide my belongings in a secure bag.
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@moffittjc (118459)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Sep 18
Just south of where I live--about a 30-minute drive--is a huge population of rhesus monkeys living in the forest. Many years back in the 1960s a Tarzan movie was filmed nearby, and the monkeys they used for the movie escaped into the forest. Although authorities have tried capturing the monkeys many times over the years, their population continues to grow, and now they are well established in the area. They have no natural predators here, so their population continues to expand.
There are also squirrel monkeys in south Florida in the area west of Miami, that were accidentally released into the wild when Hurricane Andrew struck Miami in the early 90s and destroyed the zoo.
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@flapiz (22403)
• United Kingdom
29 Sep 18
@moffittjc I just washed my hands with running water. It wasn’t a deep wound. Speaking of rabies shots, my mum is a veterinarian so I am fully vaccinated against it. I also used to work as a research assistant for rabies research.
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@moffittjc (118459)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Sep 18
@flapiz No, I rarely see the monkeys. I would have to drive down to the forest where they live. But maybe someday in the future I'll see them in my area, as they are starting to spread as their population grows.
I can't believe you got bit by a monkey!!! Did you have to get a rabies shot as a precaution?
I got bit by a dog when I was little, it just about tore my foot off!
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Holidays in Asia is really cheap. And it is very enriching to the soul.
@flapiz (22403)
• United Kingdom
29 Sep 18
I have been bitten by a monkey when I was younger. I tried to feed it flowers, it but my hand instead. I’m surprised I don’t have a phobia.
@Missmwngi (12927)
• Nairobi, Kenya
28 Sep 18
Sounds like a great adventure to go there.
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@flapiz (22403)
• United Kingdom
28 Sep 18
It is! The food is great. The hostels are traditionally designed. And plenty of stuffs to see.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Sep 18
Dealing with monkeys sounds similar to dealing with some people.
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