On our second day we took the golden monkey trek. The logistics were basically the same with a briefing at the park headquarters and then a drive to start the hike. In this case the monkeys are lower and once we crossed the farmlands into the park the hike was entirely in the bamboo forest with not much elevation gain. Again, you get an hour with them and then hike back. We were done and back by around 11:15, had lunch, packed up and drove back to Kigali for our evening flight.

While interesting, this experience doesn't compare to the gorilla visit. They are up in the trees, mainly just munching on leaves, and hard to see. You need a big zoom or binoculars. But they are certainly cute!