Here is the main page covering our visit to the island of Madagascar, plus a slide show of pictures at the end.
For journal postings from Madagascar, CLICK HERE.
We had no set Itinerary other to start with the capital of Antananarivo and visit the national parks in the north and the south of the island. But we worked out an itinerary that delved deeply into the amazing places of this island.
- Antananariva (Tana)
- Andasibe-Mantadia National Park
- Lake Tsarasaotra, Tana
- Lake Tritriva
- Marojejy National Park
- Daraina Reserve
- Ankarana National Park
- Nosy Komba & Nosy Be
- Ambodimanga forest
- Antsohihy
- Ankarafantsika National Park
- Antsirabe
- Ranomafana National Park
- Anja Reserve
- Isalo National Park
- Ifaty
- Kirindy reserve
- Bekopaka/Tsiribihina River
- Tsingy of Bemaraha
You can also browse the map below for where we’ve been in Madagascar, and posted an article. Click a pushpin to find posted articles from the marked locations.
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SLIDE SHOW HINT: If you’ve already seen the earlier pictures in the slide show, use the dot placemarks below the slides to jump around.
Overlook high atop Antananarivo 
A turn of century mansion on Tana streets 
Hip street art, Isoraka district 
View from Andohalo over Lake Anosy and Tana’s plains 
The (bad) queen’s palace 
Street musicians, Tana 
Blvd de la Independance 
At the market 
Amber brick building on the Tana streets 
Lake Anosy 
Open air Hall of Justice 
Overlook from Queen’s Palace 
Splendid church at Queen’s Palace 
Palace of the (good) queen’s Prime Minister 
Old railroad station at Blvd de la Independance 
City transport: a full taxi-brousse 
Imposing entrance to Ambohimanga rova 
Queen’s summer residence inside the complex 
First king’s Malagasy style wood house 
View from the top, once fully forested 
Principal gate of Ambohimanga, with villager 
Royal tombs 
One of the gates, with the stone wheel 
Diademed sifaka 
Village children near Andasibe park 
Giraffe necked weevil, craning its neck 
Horned nose chameleon on a wet day 
Eastern wooly lemur 
Tiny frog in our night walk 
Chameleon awaiting food at night 
Indri lemur, the largest 
A mouse lemur, the smallest 
Rare red-bellied lemur 
Marojejy rainforest 
White-faced brown lemur 
Down valley from Marojejy 
Villagers near Marojejy 
White, or silky lemur, at his work 
Our cook with one of his salad creations 
Cabins, camp one, Marojejy 
Bamboo lemurs 
Marojejy mountain from the ascent 
Silky lemur on the move 
Cascade de Humbert, named for Marojejy botanist 
Marojejy palm 
Male silky lemur, with characteristic blackened chest 
Cookhouse, camp 1 
Fern tree, Marojejy 
Rice paddies in the valley below Marojejy 
Vanilla pods on the vine 
Vanilla pod etched with its growers’ mark 
Curing vanilla pods by sunlight 
Vanilla-orchid vines twist around tree stubs 
Vanilla pods nearing harvest 
Easing through ditches made by trucks 
Rutted RNN 5a 
This part needs a ferryboat in the rain 
Daraina – why we take RN 5a 
The rutted RN 5a 
Very endangered Silky, or Golden-Crowned Sifaka 
Golden-Crowned Sifaka, Daraina 
Golden-Crowned Sifaka, Daraina 
Golden-Crowned Sifaka, Daraina 
At Ankarana’s tsingy bridge 
Rare crowned lemur, female, Ankarana 
3 rivers flow into this sinkhole and continue 25 kilometers underground 
Chabert’s vanga 
Tsingy of Ankarana 
Exit from bat cave, Ankarana 
Sanford’s brown lemur 
Crowned lemur eating 
Sharp surface of Ankarana tsingy 
Grand Tsingy chasm 
Grand Tsingy chasm 
Grand Tsingy trail 
Stepping carefully on the trail 
Descending into a rift 
Prickly pachypodium trees 
Greetings from the Tsingys of Bemarah 
Limestone cliffs of Bemarah 
Colorful limestone cave entrance 
Climbing out of cave 
Stepping on footholds, Grand Tsingy Bemarah 
Suspension bridge, Grand Tsingy trail 
Stick insect with six legs, well hidden 
Sandstone cliffs of Isalo 
Souimanga sunbird 
Tiny scorpion under rock, with a bad sting 
Descending into Isalo’s grand canyon 
Rare, endemic forest rock-thrush 
Sandstone mountain within the broad savannah grass, Isalo 
Searching for tiny blue sapphires, Ranohira 
Multi-hued caterpillar, a few centimeters long 
Sandstone cliffs, Isalo 
Algae contrasts with the sandstone 
Cliffs of Isalo 
Ustalite chameleon, the largest here 
Sandstone cliffs, Isalo, sunset 
Selling sapphires, Ranohira 
Savannah from the bluffs of Isalo 
Oasis, Isalo 
Sandstone cliffs, Isalo, sunset 
Hammering the mash, Ambalavao paper making 
Spreading the mash in tray 
Drying note cards 
Another papyrus product, all natural 
Applying flower petals 
Canyon floor 
Fody bird 
Sunset, Mangily, west coast 
Paradise flycatcher 
Blue legged chameleon, night walk 
Ring-tailed lemur, symbol of the national parks 
Mme. Berthe lemur, the smallest 
Baobob alley to the west 
Driving the highlands 
Busy streets of Sambava in the north 
Graduating tour guides, American Association, Belo 
On board, Nosy Be 
Village market stall 
Village nestling under Tritriva volcanic lake 
Village street scene 
Kids on the Tsiribihina ferry 
Rough landing for ferry, Madagascar 
Mora mora on the ferry boat