点评:For me a holiday isn’t complete until I’ve been able to see some local wildlife, so our visit to see the wild Japanese Macaque’s at Arashiyama really was a highlight of my trip to Kyoto.
I have to mention the walk up the mountain (at 160m’s it’s not a hill). The younger members of the group sped up to the top, whilst I joined several visitors who needed to sit and get their breath back every so often. I found it hard work. If you’re fit you won’t.
The climb was more than worth the view of Kyoto (and we managed to pick a perfectly sunny clear day), but of course the real stars are the monkeys. Yes it was pretty crowded but the monkeys just got on with wandering by, and mostly seemed to ignore everyone unless you were feeding them from inside a grilled building where you buy peanuts or chopped apple very cheaply. It’s a lovely way to interact. There are people employed to watch and monitor the monkeys and intervene if any behaviour starts to escalate. We also saw a gentleman who was observing the monkeys behaviour for research purposes. In my opinion the monkeys were not being exploited and were free to leave any time they wanted. Visitors could only stand in certain areas so the monkeys could be left alone if they wanted. This was a far cry from the majorly exploitative animal cafes, and a rather wonderful experience.
翻译:对我来说,如果没能看到一些当地的野生动物,假期就不算完整。所以,这次去岚山看野生日本猕猴的经历,绝对是我京都之旅的一大亮点。
不得不提一下上山的路(海拔160米,不算小山坡)。我们团里年纪小的几个人轻快地爬到了山顶,而我和其他一些游客一样,时不时需要停下来喘口气。我觉得挺累的。如果你体力好的话,应该不会觉得累。
爬山之后,京都的景色美不胜收(而且我们运气不错,赶上了一个阳光灿烂的好天气),当然,真正的主角还是那些猴子。没错,那里人很多,但猴子们只是悠闲地四处游荡,似乎对周围的人视而不见,除非你走进一个烤架小屋喂它们,那里可以很便宜地买到花生或切碎的苹果。这是一种很棒的互动方式。那里有工作人员负责观察和管理猴子,如果猴子的行为开始失控,他们会进行干预。我们还看到一位先生在观察猴子的行为,似乎是为了进行研究。在我看来,猴子们并没有受到剥削,它们可以随时自由离开。游客只能站在指定的区域,这样如果游客想让猴子们独处,它们就可以不受打扰。这与那些剥削动物的动物咖啡馆截然不同,这是一次非常棒的体验。