Africa - Eastern Africa - Madagascar
An island roughly the size of Texas or France, Madagascar is home to more than 250,000 species, of which 70 percent are found nowhere else on the globe. Here live over 70 varieties of lemur, including one that sounds like a police siren, the world’s biggest and smallest chameleons, and the last surviving elephant birds, the largest bird that ever lived. Near Ifaty in Southern Madagascar, visitors can see forests of twisted, spiny ‘octopus’ trees; in the west, they can marvel at the bottle-shaped baobabs, especially at the Avenue du Boabab near Morondava. Equally compelling is the carnivorous pitcher plant — there are over 60 varieties of them — found around Ranomafana. The people are no less interesting: Arriving here some 1500 years ago along the Indian Ocean trade routes, they grow rice in terraced paddies and speak a language that is most closely related to the Maanyan tongue spoken in southern Borneo. Their culture is steeped in taboo and magic, imbuing caves, waterfalls, animals and even some material objects with supernatural attributes. Hill peoples live in traditional multistoried brick houses with carved balconies and, in some areas, dance with their dead ancestors in the “turning of the bones” ceremony. Throw in a soupçon of pirate history, coastlines littered with shipwrecks, and great regional cooking – and it’s plain that Madagascar offers a multitude of rare rewards.
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Our 13-Day Madagascar safari is tailor made for nature lovers. Tour the island's famed parks & rain forests including Perinet... [more]
Duration: 13 days
Months offered:
- Year Round
Activity types:
- Culture, History & Ruins
- Sight-Seeing
- Animals & Safari
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Madagascar’s incredible biodiversity is on display on our small group expedition to one of the last untouched ecosystems on earth. [more]
Duration: 14 days
Months offered:
- September
- July
- June
Activity types:
- Sight-Seeing
- Photography
- Animals & Safari
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Forget about what others have done before. What do you want to do? Tell us your interests, give us your... [more]
Duration: 1 days
Months offered:
Activity types:
- Animals & Safari
- Art & Architecture
- Backpacking
- Canoeing & Sea Kayaking
- Climbing
- Cuisine
- Culture, History & Ruins
- Fishing
- Helicopter Touring
- Hiking
- Leadership Training
- Mountain Biking
- Mountaineering
- Outdoor Skills
- Photography
- Private Air Touring
- Biking
- Sailing & Small Boats
- Sight-Seeing
- Skiing & Snowboarding
- Small Ship Touring
- Snorkeling & SCUBA
- Trekking
- Tundra Exploration
- Walking
- White Water Rafting & Kayaking
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