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• Explore the impressive national parks and nature reserves. In Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve, undisturbed forests, lakes and mangrove swamps are home to a variety of rare and endangered birds and lemurs. Rocky landscapes and limestone uplands are cut into large peaks with a mass of limestone needles.
• Don't miss Ampefy, a volcanic region with spectacular waterfalls and geysers or Perinet, a nature reserve that is home of the indri (a tail-less lemur) and many species of orchid.
• Find more orchids and lemurs at Montagne d'Arbre (1,500m/4,900ft), a national park famous for them. More wildlife awaits in the Ivolina Zoological Park and Botanical Gardens, which contains every kind of vegetable species from the eastern forests.
• Go diving at the main centres of Nossi Bé, Nossi Lava, Toliara and Ile Ste-Marie. Many offer beautiful white sand beaches and coral reefs. Scuba-diving centres are located on the north and west coasts.
• Try waterskiing or sailing at Ambohibao (Lake Mantasoa), Antsiralse (on Andraikiba Lake) and Ramona. River-rafting can be done in the Highlands and on the East Coast.
• Explore Nossi Bé and its neighbouring islands of Nossi Mitsio, Nossi Radama and Tanikely. Exotic perfume plants such as ylang-ylang, vanilla, lemongrass and patchouli are grown here.
• Relax on some of the excellent beaches. Antseranana is a cosmopolitan seaport overlooking a beautiful gulf at the northernmost tip of the island with many lakes, waterfalls and grottoes. There are more fine grottoes at Anjohibe.
• Dabble in the macabre and visit the fascinating Amabalavao, said to be the ‘home of the departed', where antemore paper and lamba aridrano silk are made. Whilst there, see the Ambondrome and Ifandana crags (the site of a mass suicide in 1811), where the revered bones of exhumed ancestors lie.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
• Don't miss Ampefy, a volcanic region with spectacular waterfalls and geysers or Perinet, a nature reserve that is home of the indri (a tail-less lemur) and many species of orchid.
• Find more orchids and lemurs at Montagne d'Arbre (1,500m/4,900ft), a national park famous for them. More wildlife awaits in the Ivolina Zoological Park and Botanical Gardens, which contains every kind of vegetable species from the eastern forests.
• Go diving at the main centres of Nossi Bé, Nossi Lava, Toliara and Ile Ste-Marie. Many offer beautiful white sand beaches and coral reefs. Scuba-diving centres are located on the north and west coasts.
• Try waterskiing or sailing at Ambohibao (Lake Mantasoa), Antsiralse (on Andraikiba Lake) and Ramona. River-rafting can be done in the Highlands and on the East Coast.
• Explore Nossi Bé and its neighbouring islands of Nossi Mitsio, Nossi Radama and Tanikely. Exotic perfume plants such as ylang-ylang, vanilla, lemongrass and patchouli are grown here.
• Relax on some of the excellent beaches. Antseranana is a cosmopolitan seaport overlooking a beautiful gulf at the northernmost tip of the island with many lakes, waterfalls and grottoes. There are more fine grottoes at Anjohibe.
• Dabble in the macabre and visit the fascinating Amabalavao, said to be the ‘home of the departed', where antemore paper and lamba aridrano silk are made. Whilst there, see the Ambondrome and Ifandana crags (the site of a mass suicide in 1811), where the revered bones of exhumed ancestors lie.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.