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The main tourist asset of Madagascar lies in its exceptional flora and fauna that make it one of the 'spots' of biodiversity among the most valuable of the planet.

The rate of endemicity is particularly high and very often exceeds them 80%. Thus, you will often encounter in Madagascar's plants and animals that you'll never meet more elsewhere.

Lemurs are emblematic of the big island. Today, There are 102 species but... it is in view of news each year ! Chameleons appear everywhere, but each country has its completely endemic species, more colourful than its neighbour... The avifauna is one of the most remarkable in the world and 'birdwatching '. (bird watching) draws from many specialists or simple lovers of nature, people from all continents.

Coast flora, a big star : the Baobab Tree or more exactly the baobabs since all varieties of these spectacular Giants (with a single exception) flourish only in Madagascar. 166 species of Palms including a huge majority. 100% Malagasy., countless orchids (including the rare Eulophiella of île Sainte-Marie), cacti and euphorbias that constitute the great bush of the South, make up (without being exhaustive) sumptuous landscapes.

It should be noted that the village people who continue to live in close correlation with nature identify a multitude of medicinal plants including famous periwinkle of Madagascar who knew how to cure forms of leukemia, a quantity of sick.
This generous and valuable nature has seen several of its natural sites classified world natural heritage of the UNESCO.

It is within 50 national parks and more than 150 protected areas found the bulk of the most valuable representatives of the Malagasy flora and fauna.
National parks are all essential steps during your trip. Some of these protected areas remain very difficult accessible, but some of them travel easily and in all seasons.

The National Park of Ankarafantsika.
Ideally located along the national road 4 who travels with accommodation (bungalows and camping area), the National Park of Ankarafantsika must be visited (at least a day and a half) When one realises from Antananarivo to Mahajanga is approximately 90 km (good road).
The charm of this National Park is to provide circuits traced through different types of vegetation or natural sites. You will thus go to meet a rare species of baobabs (Andasonia Madagascariensis Boinensis) in the heart a dense forest dry semi-deciduous or observe a countless number of birds (including many species of herons) on the edges of the Ravelobe Lake. An impressive canyon, with multiple colors fairy chimneys, punctuates a Savannah crossing.
The circuit Coquereli, the name of a beautiful Sifaka ("sifaka" in Malagasy) found for sure, explore a dense forest on sand. 130 species of forest birds are observable and nocturnal and diurnal lemurs.

Bay of Baly – Tsingy de Namoroka.
120 km in the southwest of the accessible Mahajanga by "sporting" tracks which cross vast savannahs and along Lake Kinkony (the birdwatching Mecca), the Bay of Soalala is bordered on its West side by the Bay of Baly National Park.
A circuit that is sinking into the bamboo forest, immediately enters the spur or Angonoky turtle habitat, entirely endemic to the Bay of Baly. Wildlife that people the dense forest and dry is distinguished by its very diverse avifauna. Lake Sarika allows you to admire, between May and December, colonies of ibis can collect up to a thousand of individuals.
A succession of Lakes, separated from the Mozambique Channel by a few sand dunes, compose a magnificent landscape. The sharp peaks that draw in the sky of abstract and mysterious silhouettes... grow forests of baobabs ! Pachypodiums in flowers complement an indescribable array, It is original. Crystal clear water sources punctuate this decoration that would be one of the main sights in Madagascar if it was easier to approach.

by Hôtel★★★ Restaurant gourmand Coco Lodge Majunga.