Madagascar Birding tour
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Length of trip
Description
Top Birds
Malagasy and Banded Kestrel; Malagasy Pond Heron; Madagascan Ibis; Madagascan Grebe; Meller’s Duck; Red-capped-, Crested-, Running-, Coquerel’s-, Red-fronted and Giant Coua; Red and Forest Fody; Long-tailed, Short-legged, Pitta-like, Scaly and Rufous-headed Ground Roller; Cuckoo Roller; Subdesert and Brown Mesite; Velvet Asity; Helmet, Van Dam’s, Blue, Sickle-billed, Chabert and Rufous Vanga; Madagascan Sandgrouse; Madagascan Buttonquail; Madagascan Nightjar; Yellow-bellied Sunbird.
Top Mammals
Fossa; Indri; Aye-aye Lemur; Verreaux’s Sifaka; Ring-tailed Lemur; Golden Bamboo Lemur; Red-fronted Brown Lemur; Red-tailed and White-footed Sportive Lemur; Berthe’s Mouse Lemur; Coquerel’s Giant Mouse Lemur.
Highlights and top attractions
•Andatabo and Reniala forests – bizarre and endangered spiny desert habitat filled with Baobab trees and amazing avifauna
•Isalo National Park – dramatic sandstone formations, lots of interesting animals and more than 100 bird species
•Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park – transitional, dry habitat with top birds, rare mammals and bizarre smaller fauna
•Beautiful beachside fishing town of Ifaty
•Ranomafana National Park – UNESCO World Heritage Site; stunning tropical rainforest; home to 115 species of birds
•Andasibe-Mantadia National Park – beautiful forest reserve with top birds, Indri and another 13 species of Lemur
•Le Palmarium Reserve – 50 hectares of coastal littoral rainforest and provides a refuge for a good selection of native wildlife