{"id":79,"date":"2018-05-04T11:18:17","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T09:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.ambogdan.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2020-11-03T19:04:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T17:04:47","slug":"macaques-of-monkey-forest-ubud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambogdan.com\/macaques-of-monkey-forest-ubud\/","title":{"rendered":"The Macaques of Monkey Forest in Ubud"},"content":{"rendered":"

The macaques rule over the 12.5 hectares of the The Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud, Bali. It’s the kind of place where you can spend a full day without getting bored. And how can you get bored when there are hundreds of naughty macaque monkeys of all ages,\u00a0jumping all around always looking for something to do?<\/p>\n

The Temples of the Monkey Forest<\/h2>\n

As one can imagine, The Monkey Forest is one of Ubud’s main attractions. The local Balinese refer to the site as the\u00a0Padangtegal Wenara Wana<\/em>\u00a0or the\u00a0Padangtegal Monkey Forest<\/em>. \u00a0The Balinese have been using this sacred site for over 700 years.<\/p>\n

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Located in the village of Padangtegal, the Monkey Forest is an important spiritual, economic, educational, and conservation center for the village. The Ubud Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary consists in three temples (referred to as Pura), the Pura Dalem Agung, Pura Beji, and Pura Prajapati which are surrounded by forests. Balinese people pray in the altars of these temples in the Monkey Forest and give offerings to the gods.\u00a0The Monkey Forest is considered sacred among the Balinese people, as are the macaques that live at forest.<\/p>\n

Around 700 monkeys and 186 species of trees<\/h2>\n

As currently estimated, there are around 700 monkeys living in The Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary. \u00a0They are divided into 6 groups, each one of them consisting of 100 \u2013 120 monkeys:<\/p>\n