点评:Okay; picture the scene. You’re in Ubud, Bali. You’ve seen the cute monkeys, watched the TikToks, and seen the monkey selfies posted online. You think, this might be fun - and it is, but not without some issues.
The sanctuary is quite small. It is essentially a small forest, with pathed areas, and the monkeys are encouraged to stay within the grounds with vast piles of food placed at strategic locations.
What you get, for your money, is the chance to see monkeys doing what monkeys do best; eat, climb, fight, and steal things from tourists. (I witnessed an entire DLSR camera being stolen from a closed rucksack, whisked up a tree, and dropped to likely destruction, by an inquisitive monkey).
What you don’t get is any sense of conservation or even education. The only signs in the whole place give basic information about certain temples. There was also some signage about some monkeys (held captive in cages) due to them being blind or in need of rehabilitation.
Outside food and drink is not allowed. There is only one small café on site.
Due to the trees, it is very humid and quite uncomfortable to walk around after a couple of hours.
There are far too many people at the location. People outnumber the monkeys 2-to-1 so everyone is jostling for photographs (mainly of the cute baby monkeys). There are only a few thin paths. One of these is very picturesque, near a bridge, so expect the crowd to come to a standstill whilst people take photographs. To be fair, this is to be expected, but in the heat it feels claustrophobic and suffocating.
The back end of the sanctuary also feels barren and quite run down.
And finally, the dreaded ‘influencer’ / instagram trap. If you dare to risk the chance of rabies, you can pay an extra 50,000 IDR per person, to join a, let’s call it a cluster, because queue is far from accurate. This money buys you a wrist band so you and the ‘throng’ can wait in the heat for up to 30-40 minutes, for one of the guides to coax a monkey from the trees, with peanuts. The guid will then use your phone to take photographs, on 0.5f wide lens, to make it look as if the monkey has taken a selfie with you.
To be fair, it is fun. The end results are questionable. It can make your forehead look MASSIVE due to the focal length.
Overall, it’s hard to say don’t do this attraction. If it’s your first time in Ubud, you absolutely SHOULD visit. But the appeal quickly wears off and I would suggest it’s a one-and-done sort of attraction.
翻译:好了,想象一下那个场景。你身处巴厘岛的乌布。你见过那些可爱的猴子,看过相关的TikTok视频,也见过网上流传的猴子自拍照。你心想,这应该会很有趣——确实如此,但也存在一些问题。
这个保护区相当小。它本质上就是一片小森林,有一些铺设好的小径,人们会在各个显眼位置堆放大量食物,以此引导猴子们留在保护区内。
花上钱后,你能得到什么呢?在这里,你有机会看到猴子们做它们最擅长的事:吃东西、爬树、打架,还有从游客手中抢东西。(我就亲眼见过一只好奇的猴子,把整个数码单反相机从拉上拉链的背包里偷走,然后带着它爬上树,最后相机无疑就摔得粉碎了。)
不过,这里没有任何自然保护的意识,甚至连科普教育也见不到。整个景区里仅有的几块指示牌,也只提供了关于某些寺庙的基本信息而已。这里还有一些标识牌,上面写着有些猴子因为失明或需要康复而被关在笼子里。
禁止携带外部食物和饮料进入。园内只有一个小咖啡馆。
由于树木繁多,园内湿度很高,走几个小时后就会感觉相当不适。
游客人数实在太多了。人数是猴子的两倍,大家都争着拍照(主要是拍摄那些可爱的小猴子)。园内只有几条狭窄的小路。其中有一处风景极为优美,就在一座桥附近,因此可以预料到人们会停下来拍照,导致人群寸步难行。说实在的,这种情况也在意料之中,但在酷热的天气里,那种拥挤感真是让人窒息、喘不过气来。
圣地的后方区域则显得荒凉又破败。
最后就是那个令人头痛的“网红/Instagram陷阱”。如果你不惜冒染上狂犬病的风险,就可以每人额外支付50,000印尼盾,加入所谓的一群人当中。因为排队系统根本不准。付了钱后你会得到一个腕带,这样你和“一大群人”就能够在酷热中等待30到40分钟,等着导游用花生把猴子从树上引诱下来。之后导游会用你的手机在0.5英寸的广角镜头下拍照,营造出猴子和你一起自拍的假象。
说句公道话,这挺有趣的。不过最终效果就难说了——由于广角镜头的原因,它可能会让你的额头显得特别大。
总的来说……很难说这个景点不值得去。如果你是第一次来乌布,绝对应该去参观一下。不过它的吸引力很快就会消失,我觉得它属于那种“只去一次就够”的景点。