Antsiranana Favorites

Favorite thing: I hired Cap Nord Voayges to take me to Ankarana. This is a first class operation, although the service does not come cheap. I was almost embarassed to have a staff of three at my disposal, driver, cook, and guide, but all did their work exceptionally well. The tent and food were excellent, and the guide cordial and relatively knowledgeable (like many Madagascar guides he was well informed about species names and medicinal plants but not about the ecosystems we visited). Everything went off on time and in good order. The firm's main web site is in French, although easy to follow even if you, like me, don't speak the language, and they responded well to e-mail in English. They can supply French, English, or German speaking guides (I communicated with my guide in German because he spoke it better than English), but his English was serviceable. We stayed in a new campground at the East Entrance to the reserve. Camp sites were first class and there was even a flush toilet. I especially enjoyed the very long walk across the park to Green Lake. There are lots of cute lemurs around the camp site and they set up quite a din at night.

Web Site: http://www.cap-nord-voyages.com/