After our trip to Antsirabe we took the Mad(a)bus further South to Fianarantsoa, the route was fascinating, long windy roads through mountain passes and paddy fields. After the 5hr trip we did arrive safely at Fianarantsoa or Fianar for short. Fianar is notable mainly for its old upper town and we stayed in the Tsara guest house, an old colonial...

Nous séjournons au Setam Lodge à Ranomafana, en amont du village. Confort, belle vue, accueil chaleureux, bons petits plats et bonne situation pour la visite du Parc le lendemain matin. Et justement, nous y voilà, nous nous levons tôt et rejoignons notre guide pour notre ballade dans le Parc. Sur le coup, nous sommes déçus car nous ne voyons pas...

Today was our first proper rainforest walk. The weather today has improved and we were all looking forward to spotting a lemur or two.

We set off early to meet our park guide, Theo. He was very knowledgeable and passionate about the wildlife in the rainforest.

We split into smaller groups and headed into the forest. Theo sent some ...

We drove past the local brewery this morning on our way to the gem factory. Everyone has sampled the local Three Horses Beer and have rated it quite highly. At the gem factory we were greeted very warmly and given a small polished stone as a gift and encouraged to choose more stone chippings to take home. As always at these sorts of places we we...

We saw 6 different kinds of Lemur in one day! It was great, we also saw some mini cameleon and a bark geeko. I really enjoy my day there. There is cheap accomodation in the town but go for dinner early as everything tend to close quite early.