Madagascar: Nature reserves

Madagascar Boa

On our second week in Madagascar we got picked up in the morning by a guide named Aina. He drove us to a nature reserve where we got to feed lemurs, chameleons, and some Tenrecs which are small mammals that look like hedgehogs. We got to hold chameleons, snakes, the tenrecs, and geckos. There were also flying foxes and a crocodile.

Leaf Tailed Gecko

On our second day we went on a walk and saw two rainforest scops owls, and the biggest, loudest lemur: the indri. That day my mom got sick and we went back early. Later that day we went on a night walk. We saw tons of nocturnal animals: three different species of lemur including the mouse maki, pygmy leaf chameleons, and some spiders. Unfortunately, we did not spot any boas or foosas. On the third day we went to the primary forest. It had never been cut down and there were lots of huge, old trees. We saw a wood snake, Black and White Ruffed Lemurs, Mantadia Frogs, and got leeches on us. After that we went on another walk to a swimming hole and were "attacked" by more leeches. On that walk we saw one lemur and many frogs. When we got back to the hotel lemurs came into our yard and we fed them wild guavas. The lemurs even got into the room while my mom was sleeping and ate a banana.

Common Brown Lemur

Indris