点评:Monkey Island in Cat Ba would not be on my recommendation list. We were taken here on a cruise package during our time on Cat Ba island (just a note it was not in the itinerary so we were unaware we would be stopping here) - we went with serenity cruises day trip but I think a lot of the cruises actually do stop off here so keep that in mind when booking tours. The macaques on this island were not native to the island - they were moved from Thailand to Vietnam (Cat ba) for tourism purposes which ethically is quite questionable. The island itself does not have the resources to sustain the number of macaques on the island and they rely heavily on the tourism to maintain numbers of 60+ without tourism (the tour guides and tourist feeding them) the numbers drop to 20-30 (we were told this by the guides as well, I don’t think he realised the impact of this). The tour guides take cookies and things to feed the macaques and there was a lot of teasing, chasing, splashing the macaques which again really isn’t ethical. It causes the animals to first not be afraid of humans, therefore not having any personal space and also showing a lot of aggression towards the guides and visitors once the food is no longer available. We were really disappointed to see this happening and we refused to go onto the island. Reading reviews there have been quite a few injuries caused by the macaques to people - needing hospital visits and rabies treatment. We were just hoping the this review discourages anyone from taking the risk and also helps hopefully prevent the ongoing unethical treatment of the macaques on this island. The guides hopefully will learn that this is not an ethical way of interacting with wildlife and this is unsafe for visitors.
翻译:吉婆岛的猴岛不在我的推荐名单上。我们在吉婆岛游玩时参加了游轮套餐来到了这里(需要注意的是,这不在行程安排中,所以我们并不知道会在这里停留)——我们参加了宁静号游轮一日游,但我认为很多游轮实际上都会在这里停留,所以在预订旅行团时请记住这一点。这个岛上的猕猴并非原产于该岛——它们是为了旅游目的从泰国搬到越南(吉婆岛)的,这在道德上是相当值得怀疑的。该岛本身没有资源来维持岛上猕猴的数量,它们严重依赖旅游业来维持 60 多只的数量,如果没有旅游业(导游和游客喂食它们),猕猴数量就会下降到 20-30 只(导游也告诉了我们这一点,我认为他没有意识到这一点的影响)。导游带着饼干和其他东西去喂猕猴,他们不停地戏弄、追逐、泼水猕猴,这再次表明它们是不道德的。这导致这些动物一开始不怕人类,因此没有任何个人空间,而且一旦没有食物,它们就会对导游和游客表现出很大的攻击性。我们对此感到非常失望,所以拒绝上岛。读到评论,猕猴对人造成了不少伤害——需要去医院就诊和接受狂犬病治疗。我们只是希望这篇评论能阻止任何人冒险,也希望有助于防止岛上继续发生对猕猴的不道德对待。希望导游能够明白,这种与野生动物互动的方式是不道德的,而且对游客来说是不安全的。