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- Mona monkeys in the villages: These are the stars. Troops of Campbell’s mona monkeys wander the lanes of Boabeng and Fiema, drop onto tin roofs and sit on compound walls. Locals treat them as sacred kin, so nobody chases them. Bring a few bananas from the village and you will have monkeys on your shoulders fast.
- Black-and-white colobus in the forest: The sanctuary’s second primate is far shyer and far more striking, with long white tail tassels and a white fringe around a black body. Guides know the leafy stretches where they feed, and a slow, quiet approach often puts them directly overhead.
- The monkey cemetery: When a monkey dies, the community buries it with a small funeral, and the graves sit in a marked area near the village. It explains the whole place better than any sign could, because
- Mona monkeys in the villages: These are the stars. Troops of Campbell’s mona monkeys wander the lanes of Boabeng and Fiema, drop onto tin roofs and sit on compound walls. Locals treat them as sacred kin, so nobody chases them. Bring a few bananas from the village and you will have monkeys on your shoulders fast.
- Black-and-white colobus in the forest: The sanctuary’s second primate is far shyer and far more striking, with long white tail tassels and a white fringe around a black body. Guides know the leafy stretches where they feed, and a slow, quiet approach often puts them directly overhead.
- The monkey cemetery: When a monkey dies, the community buries it with a small funeral, and the graves sit in a marked area near the village. It explains the whole place better than any sign could, because the taboo against harming monkeys is a living custom here.
- The guided forest walk: A short loop through the semi-deciduous forest patch brings you under tall canopy trees, over leaf litter and past climbers. Expect birds, butterflies and the crackle of colobus moving in the branches. The shade is welcome, and so is the guide’s sharp eye.
- The visitor center and its village story: A small information point explains how the two villages came to protect their primates for generations, and how the community now manages the sanctuary. Read it before you walk; the monkeys make more sense afterward.
- Boabeng and Fiema themselves: Two quiet farming villages with earthen compounds, goats crossing the paths and kids who grow up beside wild monkeys. Wander slowly and say hello. Evening is gentle, with cooking smoke and monkeys settling into the trees.
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