Madagascar

The World’s Best Mammalwatching

I have to include Madagascar but really the entire island deserves a place here, both for the quality of the national parks, the spectacularly unique mammals, as well as some of the best local guides in the business. Guides who know where to find all of the mammals large and small. Finding a good ground agent can be trickier and unfortunately the brilliant Fano, who took me around in 2010 is no longer working. Go while you can because there is heartbreakingly little forest left in many areas. See more of the World’s Best Mammalwatching.

Community Reports

Madagascar, 2018: Romain Bocquier, 4 weeks & 43 species including Fossa, Narrow-striped and Ring-tailed Mongoose and a bunch of bats in a cave at Ranomafana (a cave that I wish I had visited!).

Madagascar, 2018: Royle Safaris, 3 weeks & 53 species including Aye Aye, Fossa and 26 species of Lemur.

Ranomofana, Isalo, Ifaty & Andasibe Parks, 2018: Naturetrek, 2 weeks & 22 species including 18 lemurs.

Madagascar, 2017: Keith Millar, 29 days & 55 species including Aye Aye, Fossa, Fanaloka & 37 lemur species.

Madagascar, 2017: Samuel Marlin, 3 weeks & 38 species including Fosa, Fanaloka, Ring-tailed & Narrow-striped Mongooses and (semi-wild) Aye-ayes.

Madagascar, 2016: Marie-Claude & Michel Gervais, 2 weeks & 24 species including some really nice ones like Aye Aye, Fanaloka and Voalavoanala.

Madagascar, 2014: Dominique Brugiere, 1 month & lots of good stuff including Fossa, Fanaloka, Ring-tailed & Narrow-striped Mongooses.

Madagascar, 2013: INDRI Tours, 16 days & 28 species including Milne-Edward’s Sifaka and many other lemurs, two tenrecs and great pictures.

Madagascar, 2012: Torbjörn Lundqvist, 3.5 weeks & 38 species including some unusual ones and – best of all  – Aye Ayes.

Madagascar, 2012: INDRI Tours, a great report of 19 days & 34 species including Fossa, Ring-tailed Mongoose and Narrow-striped Mongoose.

Madagascar, 2011: INDRI Tours, a , 12 days & 26 species including Ring-tailed Mongoose.

Madagascar, 2010/2011: Jon Hall, 12 days and 42 species including Crowned Sifaka, Narrow-striped Mongoose, Giant Jumping Rat and 3 Tenrec species.

Madagascar, 2010: Matthew and Maureen Hart, 2 weeks & 24 mammals.

Madagascar, 2009: K. David Bishop, 3 weeks & 30 mammals.

Madagascar, 2009: Coke Smith, 4 weeks & 42 mammals.

Madagascar, 2009: Phil Telfer, 3 weeks & 42 mammals.

Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion, 2008: Stefan Lither, 1 month & 47 mammals.

Around the World (Madagascar), 2003: Richard Webb, 2 weeks & 25 mammals.

Madagascar, 1998: Steve Anyon-Smith, 6 weeks & 32 mammals.

Also See

Greater Bamboo Lemurs at Ranomafana (September, 2017)

Aye Ayes at Farankaraina, on the Masoala Peninsula (Nov, 2014)

Last 50 Lavasoa Lemurs (Aug, 2013)

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