Tolagnaro (Fort Dauphin)

Tolagnaro, also known by its French colonial name Fort Dauphin, is Madagascar´s southernmost city, built on a peninsula at the south-eastern tip of the island at the place of the former settlement Tholongar. After a brief visit of Portuguese castaways in the Antanosy region at the beginning of the 16th century, it has been the […]

Moramanga

Moramanga, `the place of cheap mangoes´, is a junction town with around 60.000 inhabitants along the RN2 running from Tana to Toamasina at the east coast. From here, you can either go to Lake Alaotra in the north, visit nearby Andasibe-Mantadia National Park or one of the associated protected areas like famous Mitsinjo reserve, or […]