


Forget Hollywood fripperies, Republic of Madagascar is similar no house else on earth.
In fact, all things considered, it barely qualifies every bit purpose of
Africa: the 2 are separated past times hundreds of kilometres of ocean together with 165 1000000 years of development – long plenty for Madagascar’s plants together with animals to evolve into some of the weirdest forms on the planet.


Nowhere else tin yous run into over lxx varieties of lemur, including 1 that sounds similar a law siren, the world’s biggest together with smallest chameleons, together with the concluding stomping footing of the elephant bird, the largest plane that e'er lived. Near
Ifaty inwards
Southern Madagascar yous volition run into forests of twisted, spiny ‘octopus’ trees together with inwards the west, marvel at the bottle-shaped baobabs, peculiarly the Avenue du Boabab nigh
Morondava.


And survive on the await out for the carnivorous pitcher flora works but about
Ranomafana, in that location are over lx varieties of them.
Not for nil is Republic of Madagascar regarded every bit the world’s lay out 1 conservation priority.


And the people are no less interesting: arriving hither some 2000 years agone along the Indian Ocean merchandise routes, they grow rice inwards terraced paddies, together with verbalise a linguistic communication that has to a greater extent than inwards mutual amongst their origins inwards Southeast Asia than amongst the African continent.
Their civilization is steeped inwards taboo together with magic, imbuing caves, waterfalls, animals together with fifty-fifty some fabric objects amongst supernatural attributes. Hill peoples alive inwards traditional multistoried brick houses amongst carved balconies and, inwards some areas, trip the lite fantastic amongst their dead ancestors inwards the ‘turning of the bones’ ceremony.


Throw inwards a soupçon of pirate history, coastlines littered amongst shipwrecks, keen regional cooking, some of the world’s longest house names, together with unfailingly polite together with friendly people, together with you’ll sense a refreshing get got on the overused ‘unique’ tag.
Show inwards Lonely PlanetReady to go?These tours & activities instruct inwards easy:

- Explore the enigmatic isle 'continent' of Republic of Madagascar in 21 days
- ... or run into the highlights in but 10 days

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