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1. Kakazo-Be
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
2. Sainte Luce Reserve
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
Part of the last remaining absolute coastal forest in the south east of Madagascar, the reserve is managed as a non-profit social enterprise to protect flora & fauna in consultation with local people. Rich in wildlife, you can encounter lemurs, reptiles, and more. Our forest is primarily exotic and rare ebonies and other rare woods. Simple cabins like camping in a shelter, crisp white linen on a mattress on a traditional mat on the floor, inside a mosquito net. You can explore the 17km of beach and endless forest full of wildlife either with or without a guide.
Reviewed By 1997Domanello-27 - Richmond, United States
My experiences included: -Designing observational research methods for collared brown lemurs and teaching the Malagasy staff to gather data. -Creating educational resources and presenting information to villagers primarily focused on sea turtle conservation. -Planting and maintaining a fruit farm to increase the reserve’s sustainability. -Gathering propagules and planting mangroves to regenerate depleted riverbanks. -Relocating native seedlings from forest trails into the plant nursery and then back into the main forest. -Mapping land to plan for future reserve projects such as: a bamboo plantation to be used as supplies, thereby reducing the reserve’s reliance on lumber. -Building a new enclosure for a pair of rescued radiated tortoises. As a student, I was hesitant to make the investment, but this experience was well worth it. It has opened many doors for me and helped me to earn two funded field positions later this year. If you are a student considering volunteering here at the reserve, it really does help. For everyone else, if you are considering coming, then come! Camp lies between the windy reserve and the pristine stretch of littoral forest that is home to seemingly endless biodiversity. 4 lemur species, chameleons the size of your little finger, beautiful birds of all kinds, tenrecs, nile crocodiles, boas, and rare plant species. The experience is entirely immersive and this is part of what makes it so great. I stayed with the Malagasy staff at the reserve a vast majority of my staff. The guide speaks English, but everyone else speaks Malagasy and this makes learning the language come more quickly. I was able to use over 200 words by the end of my stay. I could write a book on my time at Sainte Luce, but the point is that there is no better way to see Madagascar than to live with the people, and work on this beautiful reserve. So go to St. Luce!
3. Analamazaotra Special Reserve
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4.5 based on 91 reviews
Reviewed By Rainforests_Rollerco
We visited this park whilst staying at Vakona Lodge. Out guide purchased the tickets and arranged the local park guide for us, to start with we found it quite busy with lots of other people all trying to watch and follow the same lemurs. However as our walk progressed everyone seem to head off in different directions and the second half of our walk was much quieter. We spent around 3.5-4 hours in the park & saw numerous types of birds, Sifaka lemurs, brown lemurs and Indri lemurs. Hearing the indri song up close was amazing and by this point it was just us and our guides! We also had a young lady with us that was a trainee guide, she lives in the local village and is training to be licensed as a national park guide - great to see and hear about the initiatives in place to introduce and teach the new generations about the wildlife around them.
4. Domaine de la Cascade
5. Kirindy Forest Morondava Madagascar
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4.0 based on 192 reviews
Reviewed By shiraziwine - Shiraz, Iran
Need to mention that there are two parks named “ Kirindy” in Morondava One is “kirindy Mitea national park”, this park really does not worth a visit AT ALL, IT IS WASTE OF TIME. During my visit i saw just two parrots and one snake. Thats all The office of this park is located in Belo sur mer village just right next to the church. The second park is “Kirindy Forest” which you can visit with Avenue of Baobabs in one day. This park is amazing and we saw many kind of birds and Lemurs just in our 2 hours walking. Our guide was also a perfect man. You can book a tour via your hotel I highly recommend this park
6. Vohimana must be VOIMMA
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3.5 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By Polsnt - Darmstadt, Germany
We spent a full day visiting Vohimana Park. The life and the landscape of the park was amazing. You start by crossing the railroad to arrive to the Vohimana Visitor Center, where you can actually stay overnight. The views from there are amazing, sorrounded by a waterfall and a very beautiful valley. Then, we continued the trek from there spotting different chamaleons and a lot of birds. We even had the chance to see the beetle giraffe. We would recommend this park to everyone and of you have the time, to spend a night there.
7. Makira Natural Park
Makira Natural Park is Madagascar's largest terrestrial national park covering 372,470 hectares of rainforest. Along with spectacular scenery, the park is a naturalist's heaven with more than 60 species of mammals, including White-fronted Brown Lemur, Common Brown Lemur, Red-bellied Lemur, Western lesser bamboo lemur, Indri and Red-ruffed Lemur.
