Today we went to Isalo National Park with tour guide Tody. As we trotted along the cliffs, we sighted some interesting man-made stone walls. Tody explained that these were different…
Published August 3, 2016 by wunderre
Published August 3, 2016 by wunderre
Tomorrow we’ll be arriving at Bezá Mahafaly Special Reserve. This is a protected area within the National Park system that contains 4600 hectares of spiny forest. Spiny forests are endemic…
Published August 3, 2016 by wunderre
Today as we continued heading south, we made a surprisingly fun stop at Parc Anja. Our tour guide, Jocelyn was very knowledgable about the park and all of the species…
Published August 3, 2016 by wunderre
Today we visited a Mitsinjo, a turly community based protected park focused on ensuring the longevity of the 400 endemic frog species in Madagascar. The park was esablished in 1999…
Published July 24, 2016 by wunderre
Today we went to the protected area Tampolo, a littoral forest. Only 10% of the forests left in Madagascar are of this type. What is so unique about it is…
Published July 19, 2016 by wunderre
We spent all of the morning and a good part of the afternoon at the University of Tana listening to lectures by Dr. Joelisoa Ratsirarson (the Vice President of the…
Published July 19, 2016 by wunderre
For our second day in the rainforest at Parc Ivoluina, we got a tour and lesson on Agro forestry. We walked all through the park and then out to…
Published July 18, 2016 by wunderre
For our second day in the rainforest at Parc Ivoloina, we got a tour and lesson on Agro forestry. We walked all through the park and then out to a…