Mandrare River Camp

At 10:15 the night before, we were advised that our flight had been changed from 6am to 9:20am! So we departed on time to Fort Dauphin and arrived in time for lunch at the local restaurant and then began our 4+ hour drive to Mandrare River Camp, in Ifotaka . We had been warned about the roads and they certainly lived up to our expectations!! On our way to the camp we had ring-tailed lemurs cross in front of us.

Upon arrival at the camp, we quickly settled into our tent and enjoyed the majestic views over the Mandrare River while having a gin and tonic. The camp, situated under Tamarind Trees along the banks of the Mandrare River, is in the grounds of an old colonial sisal plantation and is three kilometres from the village of Ifotaka and opposite the sacred ancestral forest of the Antandroy Tribe.Read more