Dream island, paradise, pearl of the Indian Ocean – Mauritius has many exuberant names when you read the travel-agency ads. White sandy beaches, a turquoise sea, reefs, corals and magnificent islets with even more white sandy beaches, palm trees, and in one case a full-scale pro golf course designed by former German champion Bernhard Langer, […]
Schlagwort: Umwelt
Daraina & Loky Manambato
When we finally reached the edge of the dry deciduous forest, Amidou, our guide and somehow lonesome manager of Loky Manambato Protected Area, and his two friends, the Aye-Aye trackers, had already spotted the first group of Golden-crowned sifakas or Tattersall’s sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) up in the branches of a grove of trees. We followed […]
Andasibe
Because of its proximity to Tana and the good accessibility near the Route National to Toamasina (Tamatave), Andasibe National Park is the most visited in Madagascar. It is home to the famous Indris, the Eastern lesser bamboo lemur and other lemurs like the diadem sifakas that got translocated from nearby Mantadia National Park as well […]
Mayumba – The most beautiful beach in the world – Der schönste Strand der Welt
From Mouila, we took a shared taxi via Ndendé to Tchibanga in the south. There were three women and a man with us, and the youngest of the women was a shy adolescent without a decent passport. All she had was a permit to go from Mouila to her village. There was a direct way, […]