Madagascar Lemur Trek

Overview

Madagascar has been on its own evolutionary path for 88 million years, and you hear it before you see it: at dawn in Andasibe-Mantadia the indri, the largest living lemur, begins a territorial song that swells through the rainforest like whale-song crossed with a siren. Over two weeks you can stack up the island's greatest hits - night walks for mouse lemurs and chameleons, sifakas bounding across open ground, the razor-limestone labyrinth of the Tsingy de Bemaraha in the west (crossed on ladders, cables and swaying bridges), and sunset at the Avenue of the Baobabs near Morondava. More than a hundred lemur species live nowhere else, and neither do most of the reptiles, frogs and even trees you will meet. Distances are the catch. Roads are slow and internal flights unreliable, so a fortnight honestly covers three or four regions at most, and a driver-guide is the standard, sanity-preserving choice. The dry season from May to October is best, with September and October adding baby lemurs; the Tsingy is only accessible roughly April to November. Around £2,500 for 14 days with driver, park fees and the compulsory local guides, excluding international flights.

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