Le Paradisier hotel, Ifaty
April 26, 2018 in Madagascar ⋅ ⛅ 10 °CWe have had 2 full days of relaxation here at this wonderful hotel. It is very hot here beside the Indian Ocean.
We have had 2 full days of relaxation here at this wonderful hotel. It is very hot here beside the Indian Ocean.
Another cute lemur and other animals all found within the grounds of the hotel.
Very early walk amongst the baobabs, pachypodia and octopus trees. Sighted a long-tailed ground roller, a tenrec and a baby white-footed sportive lemur.
A walk amongst fascinating varieties of local trees and vegetation. And of course we photograph the animals.
First view of baobab trees along with more sifakas and our first sportive lemur. He is resting because he is nocturnal.
Today we hiked up to the top of the park to view the sandstone rock formations. We also saw ring-tailed lemurs, a jewelled chameleon and a grass snake but have run out of photo slots.
Lovely hike along a canyon in Isalo NP. We saw Verraux's sifaka (just the one) and many more ring-tailed lemurs. At the end there was a lovely rock pool for a swim.
A very small reserve entirely owned and run by the local community to protect the ring-tailed lemurs.
We were not allowed to visit the part of the park originally planned due to recent problems with bandits in the area! We were lucky to have another dry day (it rains 290 days a year). We wereRead more