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| Phelsuma sp. Gecko |
Andasibe is a small national park about 3 hours east Antanarivo famous mainly for the Indri, Madagascar's largest lemur. On arrival in Tana we headed straight out to Andasibe stopping for a brief lunch at a Chinese restaurant where we sampled Min Sao for the first time and saw the first endemic bird species; the Souimanga Sunbird.
The drive was through very pretty hills, very windy and lots of hairpin bends and of course lots of traffic; so pretty hair-raising!
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| Indri breakfast |
Once we reached the park we set out on a night walk along the road, we managed to pick up a few frog species like the Boophis sp. seen in the first post along with a huge Leaf tailed Gecko and Parson's Chameleon. Mouse lemurs were fairly plentiful as well as a few other lemurs that were pretty high up in the trees and difficult to get clear views of.
Next morning we started off with breakfast; or rather Mirjam did and I was out looking at birds; Mirjam refused to budge without something to eat!
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| Indri |
As you walk down the road to the park entrance you can hear the Indris calling; this morning calling is often referred to as 'the song of the Indri'. It is an incredibly haunting sound and something I think can be most likened to the sounds recorded of whale song. An incredible sound! The Indris themselves are really fascinating and we spent a long time with them; that said photography was some of the most difficult ever for me; the combination of low light and craning your neck up into the trees makes for pretty difficult conditions and by the end of the day one's neck and shoulders are protesting!
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| Blue Coua |
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| Golden Sifaka |
We set off back for Tana just before lunch and had an interesting drive back through the terraced rice fields to the capital.
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