The monkeys we are named after

Long-tailed macaques live along the mangrove edge and on the rocky headland at Monkey Point. They have been there far longer than any of the tour boats.

Why we do not feed them

A fed troop stops foraging. It also stops being afraid of people, and a macaque that is not afraid of you will take a bag out of your hand and bite the hand that resists.

It is worse for them than it is for you. Bananas and crisps are not their diet, the troop grows past what the mangrove can support, and the aggression that follows gets animals killed.

What we do instead

We keep food in a closed box on the boat. We hold at a distance where the troop stays relaxed and carries on doing what it was doing, which is much better to watch than a scrum around a bag of fruit.

Bring a zoom if you have one. You will get better photographs of an animal that has not noticed you.

A word on the name

People assume the monkeys in our name are a gimmick. They are the reason the trip exists — the mangrove run was the first thing this company ever did.