Photography by

Miguel Steiner López

Come with me on a funny adventure with the playful Barbary Macaques from Gibraltar

Where monkeys dare

Barbary Macaques Experiences

Those who associate freedom with eagles can learn a lot from monkeys too. They don't read signs. Bureaucracy doesn't interest them either they rather jump around. They go their own way. Act Non Verba is theire Motto. If they sense an opportunity, they seize it, even if it sometimes means having them in your face 😉

barbary Macaques Stories

Little Rock

Cute but cheeky

This little fellow here only looks and acts innocent at first glance. When he's in a good mood, he'll jump right into your face, climb over your backpack, and look for food. The really small ones on car roofs are especially mischievous. As soon as you walk close, they take every opportunity 😉

Amigo Mio

Los guardias

Two monkey guards. Both were bossing around. As you can see in the video, as soon as one distracts you, the other one comes from behind. Me signaling with gestures, don't jump, it is a bad idea, with a solid body language... he looks at me like... yeah I know... he tried it anyways. Not like the little ones. The bigger ones, once they start, they are in it to win it. I looked at both like, i told ya... They walked away quite unbothered and learned, not with me 😉

The Family

Mommy shows Daddy who's the Boss

There is a lot of offspring. The very little ones are jumping around happily. One tourist lost his food, the male one was snacking it and wasn't giving his little rock but one bite... so as you can see at the video, the mother showed with strong impressions what his priorities are. She walked away with all the food and the little one snacked it happely after.