Wildlife of Madagascar Expedition

Last year’s trip left the group completely spellbound. We saw 18 species of lemur, 12 species of chameleon (including the world’s smallest, the Brookesia chameleon), 4 species of leaf tailed gecko, tenrecs, many amazing snakes, numerous mantids, hissing cockroaches, several owls and nightjars, crocodiles, day geckos, tortoises and giraffe beetles. The plant life was no less mind-blowing; from carnivorous pitcher plants (Nepenthes madagascariensis), four species of ancient baobabs, Alluaudia (Octopus trees) to Pachypodium, Euphorbia, and many orchids. We explored rainforest, dry spiny forest, gallery forest and semi-desert, with adventures to the incredible Tsingy, rock tower pinnacles carved in sandstone or limestone).