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The Dent’s Mona Monkey living in Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda

Dents mona monkey NyungweThe Dent’s mona monkey is an Old-World-monkey belonging to the Cercopithecidae family. It is not a very common monkey but can be seen in Rwanda, the D.R Congo, Central African Republic and in western Uganda.

In Rwanda, the best place to see them is in Nyungwe National Park which is home to various other primates including the chimpanzees, Red tailed Monkey, baboons, blue monkeys plus so many others.

Nyungwe forest National park is located in southwestern and it’s the largest National Park in the country and most renowned for having the largest variety of primates in the country.

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