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Home  /  Wildlife  /  Primates

Primates

Gorillas, chimpanzees and the monkeys of the Albertine Rift forests.
Trekking to mountain gorillas in Bwindi and the Virungas, tracking chimpanzees in the forests of Uganda, and finding golden monkeys on the volcano slopes — the great apes and primates are a journey on foot into the forest.
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Where to see Primates

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Snow monkeys · Nagano, Japan

Jigokudani
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Ancient cedar forest · Japan

Yakushima
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Capital & gateway · Japan

Tokyo
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The greatest biodiversity · Peru

Manu National Park
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Macaw clay licks · Peru

Tambopata National Reserve
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Wilderness rainforest · Guyana

Iwokrama Rainforest
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Amazon biodiversity · Ecuador

Yasuni National Park
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Flooded Amazon · Ecuador

Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
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Primates journeys

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10 Days · 9 Nights

Snow Monkeys & Winter Wildlife
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14 Days · 13 Nights

Japan Wildlife Complete
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16 Days · 15 Nights

Wild Japan Ultimate
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15 Days · 14 Nights

Yakushima & Hokkaido
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5 Days · 4 Nights

Tambopata Wildlife
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8 Days · 7 Nights

Amazon Wildlife Explorer
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12 Days · 11 Nights

Cloud Forest & Amazon
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14 Days · 13 Nights

Birds of Ecuador
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Primates

A silverback in Bwindi
Mountain gorilla family
Chimpanzee in the canopy
Golden monkey
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