CHIMPANZEES
It may be six million years since humans and chimpanzees shared a common ancestor, but you won’t need to spend long in their company to see the similarities between our species. Living in close social groups with a strict hierarchy, they display power, politics and tender parenting all at the same time. Their habitat is tropical Africa, with most tours visiting them in Uganda. Guests on Wildlife Worldwide’s new Uganda’s Unforgettable Wildlife tour will track a family of chimps in the Kibale Forest National Park, observing the rituals of their daily life over an hour spent in their company. And they won’t just see chimps, as Kibale is home to 13 types of primate, including colobus monkeys, baboons, two species of bush baby and quiet, slow-moving pottos.
Book it: Wildlife Worldwide’s 11-night trip, which starts at £4,995 including flights, also features gorilla trekking in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
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4 ORANGUTANS
Lock eyes with an orangutan, whether it’s an adorably wrinkly baby or a looming male with a face as wide as a dinner plate, and you’ll find recognition and intelligence looking back. The ginger members of the ape family spend most of their life in trees, which makes the destruction of their forest habitats in Malaysia and Indonesia a death warrant. While Borneo has until now provided the easiest access for UK visitors to orangutan habitat, a new Garuda Indonesia flight from London to Bali via Medan has brought less-developed Sumatra into play.
Book it: Exodus Travels’ 16-day tour, Primates & Dragons of Indonesia, takes travellers in search of wild orangutans on a jungle trek through Gunung Leuser National Park and Komodo dragons on the islands of Komodo and Rinca. Prices start at £3,199, including flights.
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PROBOSCIS MONKEYS
Few creatures have a funnier face than the proboscis monkey. Males develop huge, pendulous noses up to 10cm long, which sag like deflated balloons and amplify the volume of their honking calls. While these pot-bellied monkeys spend most of their time in the trees, they can actually swim quite well and can occasionally be seen splashing into rivers out of the branches to escape from predators.
Book it: Proboscis monkeys are endemic to Borneo, and Titan Travel’s 13-day Wild Borneo searches for them – as well as pygmy elephants and orangutans – along the Kinabatangan River, and visits Labuk Bay Proboscis
Monkey Sanctuary. Prices start at £2,699, including flights.
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