Mischievous monkeys

Most safaris stop for a picnic lunch near the Mara River, and the local residents always come out to play; vervet monkeys. 

Over the years they’ve learnt that if they see humans here, food is close behind; the cheeky, nimble little pests have become skilled at creeping up behind an unsuspecting picnicker, and grabbing their lunch. 

Oranges and bananas seem the favourite snacks (they don’t eat meat), and the monkeys can be quite brazen – Carrie’s picnic box was marauded by a particularly audacious monkey, who snatched an orange virtually out of her hands! 

Luckily, brandishing a long stick in their direction usually is enough to keep these cheeky monkeys at bay.