This forms part of a 4 part series on our recent trip to Madagascar, showcasing several parts of our trip.

We were privileged to visit Madagascar on an adventure tour in September 2024. We viewed this as a better option than having to deal with logistics, language and customs by ourselves. This also covered several internal flights across the country, which had a tendency to be delayed or even cancelled at short notice.

The first part of our trip included a brief city bus tour of Antananarivo (or Tana for short), the capital of Madagascar, which is also where the international airport is located.

We then travelled by road to Andasibe, east of Antananarivo, which took about 5 hours.

It is worth noting that you need to prepare yourself for very long hot days in vehicles whoever you go with. The roads are not well maintained (huge potholes) so a journey of 250km will take you approximately 6 hours if not longer.

The landscapes are quite contrasting. As you leave the city, there are a multitude of rice paddies and farms, then rock formations and mountains.

And then suddenly, there was a random pizzeria in the middle of nowhere for lunch.

In the late afternoon, we arrived at a small community-run nature reserve and headed out on our first guided walk. What a sight to see the first lemurs in their natural habitat!

Starting with the Common Brown Lemur.

Later we spotted the Diademed Sifaka, the Indris or teddy bear lemur and several species of chameleon.

We returned for a night walk we were lucky enough to spot one of the smallest lemur, the Mouse Lemur and other nocturnal creatures.

And then another guided walk the following morning before heading back to Tana.

Not bad for the first few days.

We all thought we had seen our fair share of lemurs, but it was just the beginning…..

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