Category: Madagascar

Madagascar holds six of the world's eight baobab species and all six grow here and nowhere else. The largest is Adansonia grandidieri, the species lining the famous Avenue of the Baobabs near Morondava, reaching thirty metres with a trunk three…

Eastern Madagascar is where the rainforest is, and where the indri lives. Andasibe-Mantadia sits three to four hours from the capital on the best road in the country and delivers the most reliable lemur viewing in Madagascar. Beyond it lie…

Isalo National Park is Madagascar's leading hiking destination, built around a Jurassic sandstone massif cut by deep canyons, spring-fed pools and palm-shaded gorges. Walks range from a two-hour canyon route to multi-day treks across the plateau, all of them guided.…