The Grand Tsingy – the ‘out of this world’ rock forest of Madagascar is on Western Madagascar. From Antananarivo, the capital city where your international flights land, there are two different ways of getting to the Grand Tsingy. The first option (and the most frequently chosen) is by flight. The other option is to travel...
Andasibe Matandia National Park is a popular wildlife protected area ‘closest’ to the capital city of Antananarivo. Created in 1989, the park is approximately 150 sq kms in size. Andasibe Matandia is a part of the last remaining eastern tropical rain forest belt of Madagascar. It is home to the largest living lemur – the...
Madagascar – the first thought that comes to my mind is the Lemurs, Chameleons and the Baobabs! While Madagascar has a lot to offer in terms of non-wildlife experiences as well, it is definitely a wild-life adventure first! Wildlife travel in Africa brings up the image of the quintessential safari that has come to define wildlife...
Madagascar, called the 8th Continent, can be maddeningly confusing while planning a trip. The lack of good infrastructure (both roads and hotels) makes it a quite difficult exercise – if you have limitations on costs and time (don’t we all have that!). With restricted time, you may have to make choices depending on your individual...
Nearly a 1/5 of the size of India, Madagascar is small region; albeit the 4th largest island in the world. Do you While listing down all the lovely places of Madagascar would make this a long discussion, some of the recommended places to visit in Madagascar would be: Antananarivo The capital city of Antananarivo (Tana for short) is...
The thought of travelling to Madagascar brings to memory the early geography lessons in school – the 4th largest island, separated from the African continent more than 60 million years ago resulting in a wide variety of endemic flora and fauna… To quote Sir David Attenborough: “Madagascar is a curious wonderland. It’s an unrepeatable experiment, a...
