Vakona Lodge

Through the hustle and bustle of Antananarivo and out into the rural areas. There was no shortage of sights and sounds to take in. From City to Village, everyone is busy. Passing terraced paddy fields as we wind our way towards Andasibe. We met our guide for this section, Dimasy, at the park gates. A short drive and we got to stretch our legs and take a hike through Villageois, a community owned reserve. Here we were lucky to see day gecko's, skinks, snakes and a small group of Indri. Further into the trail we had a group of Common Brown Lemurs run up to meet us, they sat mere inches from us expectantly waiting, we do not know what they were waiting for though.
After checking into our Hotel and grabbing a snack we headed back out for a night walk. Here our first surprise was a Cat Tailed Dwarf Lemur walking the wire over the road. After this, with the sounds of frogs and crickets we explored the forest. Mouse Lemurs were our next discovery, small and grey brown and resembling a Furbee, we watched them licking the sap from trees. A number of juvenile Nose Horned Chameleons were see too. Then, within 10 feet of our pickup point we found a Mossy Leaf Tailed Gecko.
After a beer to celebrate we retired for some much needed rest.
Day 2 gave us 2 more hikes, in 2 different reserves. Today would be Lemur day it seemed. Firstly we came across another family of Indri, who treated us to a display of their territorial call, ear splitting and haunting but wonderful to witness. After leaving the Indri in peace we headed higher up the slopes and met a group of Diademed Sifaka that we watched feeding contentedly for a while. The morning walk was rounded off with a Grey Bamboo Lemur, barely glimpsed through the foliage.
After Lunch we headed out once more, and this time had the incredible experience of hand feeding some IndriRead more