Tiwai Island on Moa River. In the morning local ranger took two of us for the walk through the jungle. Tiwai Island is descripted to have high concentration of the primates. But do not think it is a ZOO and that chimp monkeys are coming to your hands… They live in their natural habitat. We saw them jumping like in the circus some 15 m above the ground at the top of the high trees. Rare red colobus and Diana monkeys… They eat fruits and fresh leaves… The rainforest was lush, hot and humid and the paths very tiny… We saw also a lot of flowers , butterfies and fruits.
It is advisable to make clear at arrival what you will pay for. Most of Tiwai visitors are diplomats and NGO workers from the capital. They do not take care about the pennies. So the locals try to milk them as much as possible. Make sure what will be on your bill – what your meals and guide will cost!.
In the afternoon we took aboat from the island to the village (it is included). But there were no single car in the village. They called for the motocycles from Potoru. So it was for me another day on the motobike on the red, dusty african roads. We changed the transport twice. In the evening we reached Bo.
