Ifaty Beach Club Resort

Time for some rest and recuperation, and what a stunning place to do that. This resort is the definition of on the beach, with the warm, shallow waters of the Mozambique Channel running to the distant shores of mainland Africa. Here the food was good, the pools were cool and the beds were the size of a small country. Even with the relaxation time we still found the time to visit the local spiny forest. Here we were greeted by scores of Three Eyed Lizards (Chalaradon madagascariensis), Madagascan Collared Iguanas (Oplurus cyclura) and yet more Standings Day Geckos (Phelsuma standingi). We also got to see Hedgehog Tenrecs, not an actual hedgehog, but a unique species that has evolved to fill the same niche as hedgehogs do elsewhere in the world. This would be the spiritual end of our amazing trip, as we only have the long journey home after this. Madagascar has been all that I had hoped for, there were times that the poor roads and theRead more