Today we finished our trek. Last night we got a jungle rain as we were laying down to sleep, so the trails were a bit slippery. Since the trails were already somewhat treacherous, this made today’s trek a bit exhausting.
The day started out great with an early spot of an adult female oranguntan. She was at the top of our first hill we climbed. She posed and we got some good pics. From there, we did a bit more trekking and we saw our first good spot of a bird. Ash is trying to ID it as I write this, but it was spectacular bird, mostly black with some yellow on its wings plus a blue beak.
After lunch, we saw three more orangutans, bringing our total spotted up to five for the day and ten total. We did like seeing the two last night and this morning as they were fully wild. The ones we saw on the first day and today are often bribed by guides with fruit. They get dependent on humans for survival and in my mind are not really wild. But the one we saw last night and this morning seemed uninterested in us. To me that makes it feel more special.
We are so glad we did the trek. It was the most physically challenging thing we have done in years, but it was also very rewarding. The jungle here is magical and we feel so lucky to have gotten to visit it.
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