Approximately 1000 miles long and 350 miles wide, Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world. Sometimes referred to as the eighth continent because of its extraordinary biodiversity, Madagascar is home to a truly amazing number of plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects that exist nowhere else on earth. Nearly 90% of all plant and animal species found there are endemic. We traveled from south to north and east to west, explored spiny and deciduous forests, hiked rainforest trails, slogged through mangroves, and scrambled along rocky desert paths. We shared water with Red-fronted Brown Lemurs, watched Sifakas leap and dance, heard the eerie call of the Indri, rose at dawn to find rare birds on their roost, and watched the sun set among the baobabs.

Madagascar is renowned for its wildlife riches but the people and landscapes are equally diverse and endlessly fascinating. Go slowly (mora mora), look closely, and discover the unexpected in marvelous Madagascar.

The South includes the Berenty Reserve, Reniala Spiny Forest, Zombies-Vohibasia and Isalo National Parks, Morondava, Kirindy Forest, and the Alley of the Baobabs.