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BROWN LEMURS

by DAO

Brown Lemurs are friendly and cuddly. These friendly guys are actually 'Red-Fronted Brown Lemurs' or Eulemur Rufus. It’s a little hard to tell the difference between the males and females because they are the same size. A give-away that it’s a female is when they are carrying a baby (last picture). These cute little guys live for up to 30 years and they definitely love bananas. They also eat fruit, flowers, leaves, bark, sap, soil, insects, centipedes and millipedes. Obviously they are not picky eaters. They live in mixed groups of 13-18. Females have a gestation period of 130 days and give birth to 1-2 babies between August and October.

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THE FRIENDLY REPTILE CENTER

by DAO

Ok, reptiles may not be for you, but this place is a natural wonder. The MADAGASCAR EXOTIC (REPTILE FARM) actually breeds a variety of reptiles and insects. This means you can see great examples of truly exotic fauna all in one place very quickly. You would need months to see all these varieties in the wild. Some of the chameleons are truly exceptional and unique. Some are brightly coloured, others blend in with the environment. You would truly miss out on seeing half of the natural diversity of Madagascar without a visit to this remarkable place.The center is also knows as Réserve Peyrieras, after it's founder, Mr. Peyrieras. They are open 7 days a week from 7 am to 6 pm and it costs less than $5 (US) to get in. Please click on the photos for a better view!

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Madagascar Tour

by ken.h

Hello,Madagascar is one of best place to visit on Indian Ocean , this island is unique , rich for the wildlife , culture, beaches resort and so on...If you will be there on December , it's rain season so east part is not best place to visit because it's wet area and too much rain so the south part is best place for you or north.If you lead to the south follow the national road 7 , visit Ranomafana park, Anja reserve, Isalo park and after you long journey , you could relax at Anakao beach before you will fly back to Tana.For the north start in Ankarafantsika then continue to Majunga then extend your tour to Diego Suarez visit Ankarana and Montaigne d'ambre then drive back to Ankify where you will catch the boat to Nosy Be , one of best place for relaxing .About the Tour Operator you have to compare the price and best option, justez hire car for your trip and it's enough you can arrange...

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Mantadia-Andasibe NP (Périnet)

by tompt

The first park we visited was the Mantadia- Andisabe National Park, also known by its colonial name Perinet. In every park you must hire a guide to go with you on your hike. In this case we had a very good one (especially compared to the others during this trip). He was specialized in birds and found the crested nightjar, a rare endemic nocturnal bird, for us. He also showed us a girafnecked beetle. But like most visitors here we came to see the Indri-Indri, the largest of all lemurs. Judging to the calls (you can hear the whale-like call for 5 km) they were around. After going into the hills we soon found several familygroups. One mother jumped from one tree to another and dropped the young in the proces. The baby dropped at least 4-5 meters. We all held our breath. The female Indri-Indri came down slowly, the youngster was crying for her on the ground. She picked it up very carefully...

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Ranomafana NP

by tompt

The second rainforest we visited was Ranomafana. Ranofamana became a NP after they discovered the golden bamboo lemur in this area. Ofcourse we had to book guideservices. As we were with 18 people we had several guides and the group was devided in smaller groups. One group decided to do a 3 hour walk, while the other groups wanted a four hour walk. At this point the guides started to talk us into taking a 4 hour walk because we wouldn't see anything on a 3 hour walk........ Ofcourse this was not the point, the point was they get payed less for a shorter walk. We sticked to the plan, but the guide was not interested in showing us anything special after this discussion. There goes the tip...... no good guide, no good tip.We did manage to see some bamboo lemurs though. The only down point being we had to walk down (or up) the hills, without any tracks, to end up under a tree with lemurs in...

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Visit a montane rainforest!

by belgianchocolate

Montagne d'Ambre was the first of the national parcs visited by us. It is a montane rainforest - meaning that it is found between 800 and 1300 high. The difference between lowland rainforest? It has tree ferns , spectacular to watch , bamboo is common , leaves are smaller an tougher ...etc.Why we enjoyed montagne d'ambre?A guide is not obligatory here. We probably would have seen more with a guide , but since we were going to visit 2 other national parcs were guides are obligate we choose not too. We even decided to stay for 2 nights. Aren't we brave? Frederik gave himself the title of 'mister Madagascar adventure 2005'. The camping place here is a stunning location , an open area with shelters in the middle of the forest - 3 km from the entrance of the parc and 7 km from Joffreville - the nearest ex-colonial village.It is because of that village , that used to be a pleasure resort...

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Montagne d'Ambre (part 2)

by belgianchocolate

We found lemurs within the first hour of our visit. We climbed up , and I heard noices , like likke pigs...and there they were. The first lemurs spotted on Madagascar , in the wild , by myself. We also enjoyed bird life , the plants and the spectacular red chameleon that soaked up the un in the morning. Interesting insects too. The nights are long in Madagascar. Light goes out at six and then the forest seems to come alive. In october a strong wind sets up the minute the sun leaves and temperature that is already lower then in Diego (10°) takes another drop down , by the morning it becomes very chilly.If you are of the scared type....don't stay overnight. It seems like a lot of animals are waiting to come alive during nighttime. The loudest visitor we had was a fosa. They are rarely seen , but I can asure you that we could hear the largest predator in Madagascar loud and clear. And if I...

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Visit a dry decidious forest : Ankarana

by belgianchocolate

Let me take you to 'Ankarana special reserve' or 'réserve spéciale de l"ankàrana' in French. (if you want to pronounce it in Malagasy , leave the last a hehind and say something like Ankarn) This réserve is considered among the most adventurous of all. The réserve is very close to the rainforest of Montagne d'Ambre , but oh so different. About 100 km south of Diego Suarez is the Ankarana massif. The Tsingy of Ankarana - Tsingy are karst or limestone pinnacles This massif is about 30 km long and surrounded by dry forest. Trees and wildlife here are adjusted to a long dry period and periods of heavy rain. From mai to december is the dry season , but Jacques our guide told us that they first call to know when the season opens. We visited the western side of the parc , which is hard to reach and even not possible during the rainy season.Only 4x4 can make it here. But we choose to go that...

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National parks and nature reserves (esp. lemurs)

by Norali

This is the only way to see all species (or most of them) of fauna, especially birds, lemurs, chameleons... Madagascar forests are home to lemurs as well as gigantic chameleons and butterflies. Strange to believe that only there are lemurs. Elsewhere, their era ended hundreds of thousand years ago... Seeing them moving, making gesture, sitting just made me feel strange as they are so close to humans... Lemurs in Madagascar are about 15 sorts. * Vakona Forest Lodge (private) is in Andasibe, near Andasibe national reserve. This concept is I like most. One may rent a bungalow within the forest lodge and have activities to discover nature (horseriding, trekking) and other sport activities. http://www.madagascar-contacts.com/vakona/* Andasibe National Reserve is worth the visit as well. Located 150 km East of Tana, at an altitude of 1000m, it "offers" many species of lemurs (especially,...

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Charming Antsirabe, litte Europe in Madagascar

by Norali

While Toamasina and Mahajanga welcome great influxes of holidaymakers during winter holidays (well, they use to be the summer European and US holidays) from July to September, Antsirabe or Bira welcomes holidaymakers in Easter holidays. Go there to relax as the city is really calm, rather clean. Antsirabe is also the trade place of precious stones that are extracted in Southern Ilakaka. It is also known for its thermal springs (and produces our mineral waters "Visy Gasy" & "Ranovisy").Tritriva and Andraikiba lakes are worth seeing. Both have their own legend. Ask your guide to arrange a trekking there. Beware, a fady exists concerning Andraikiba lake: No pork meat is allowed.For it being 160km off Tana, it is a very affordable trip (transportation-cost wise: a taxi-brousse ride is around 5usd, Ar 13000). It has many hotels of different categories t choose from. Plus, the Tana-Antsirabe...

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