A few kilometres west of Tolagnaro lies vast lake Vinanibe which is rich in prawns and connected to the Indian ocean by a small channel. There is a small islet at the northern side where Vinanibe river enters the lake, and on the islet is the so-called Portuguese Fort, the oldest surviving building in Madagascar. […]
Kategorie: nature
Saiadi botanical garden
North of Tolagnaro and just across the road from Nahampoana, Saiadi botanical garden is its counterpart with an emphasis on the botanical side, although there are also tame ring-tailed lemurs as well as brown lemurs, chameleons and many birds. The neatly laid-out park is protected since 1938, but in 2025 we found it quite deserted, […]
Nahampoana Reserve
Situated only a few kilometres north of Tolagnaro, Nahampoana Reserve protects a small patch of rainforest as well as some bamboo forest and mangroves along an overgrown channel crossing the reserve. Originally, it had been founded as a botanical garden around 1900, but later it was used for forestry before it became a reserve after […]
Lokaro peninsula & Evatraha – Die Lokaro-Halbinsel & Evatraha
Evatraha is a beautiful, small coastal village at the north end of the vast bay starting at Tolagnaro peninsula. The best way to reach it is by boat via lake Lanirano north of Tolagnaro, from where one must cross the stunning mangrove landscape of the lake and its channels before passing the sluice leading to […]
