Neptune Toamasina (Tamatave)

... to get involved in logging each sighting, taking soundings, pictures and videos and generally building understanding of whale life. In the evenings there are films and talks on everything connected with Baleine a Bosse. And yes, its all in French - like everything on Madagascar - so its good for whales and good for whale enthusiasts and very educational. The sea was so rough when I ...

... isle and the mainland is narrow and deep there so the whales pass close enough to shore to see them from the beach (by naked eye) Amazing sight. PHOTO_ID_L=8_e.jpg] <br><br>You could see them from bungalow with a telephoto lens <br><br>Sadly while I was there the see was too rough to go out and follow but see pix Whale Watching' next entry....[

... was evidenced by the burnt out town hall. When the president was overthrown, all the local mayors were too - democracy rules! (not). In July there was no sense of danger - just a lot of confusion and people having to make it up as they go along - like the impact of no tourists is closing hotels, and flight cancellations. <br><br>

Visiting the Palmarium, http://www.bushhouse-madagascar.com/pal marium.html across the lake from Bush House, was an opportunity to see and photograph lots of different kinds of lemurs, orchids and other plants and animals.

Bush House is a lodge on the shores of Lake Ampitabe which can only be reached by boat, and it was my destination. The tourist season starts in April and by July there should be a steady stream of visitors. I knew that tourism was suffering in Madagascar but I didn't realise just how much until we ...

Mantadia is a much larger area of primary forest than Andasibe, wilder and more interesting in some ways, but being bigger you have less chance of seeing the lemurs. We werent particularly lucky but the mass of ferns and palms of every description were wonderful

Its welll worth taking an evening stroll after dark to see what you can see. Without a guide almost nothing. With a guide all this and more. Also worth going out just to see the night sky. There is so little light pollution there seem to be a lot more stars than there are at home

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... started with an early morning getting a taxi-brousse at 7 am from Tana to Tamatave. Of course we didnt leave at 7 since the taxi-brousse never leave on time, but we had our favourite front seats beside the driver, so we didn't mind. The trip started out quite pleasantly, listening to music and making our way out of the city. I'm not sure when things changed...one second I was marevelling at the difference in the scenery of eastern Madagascar - rising from the ...