The indris of Andasibe-Mantadia
About 150 km east of Antananarivo, this 155 km² rainforest park is home to eleven lemur species. Its Analamazoatra Reserve is best known for the indri, Madagascar’s largest lemur.
Key facts
Before you go.
- Starting point
- Antananarivo: about 3 hours on the paved RN2Andasibe-Mantadia National Park (Wikivoyage)
Good to know
Three things to remember.
By taxi-brousse towards Toamasina, get off at the Andasibe junction, then walk 2 km to the park.
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park (Wikivoyage)It rains on about 210 days a year.
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park (Wikipedia)Guide fees come on top of the entrance fee.
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park (Wikivoyage)
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- Andasibe-Mantadia National Park (Wikipedia)
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park is a 155 square kilometre protected area, located about 150 km east of Antananarivo […] Average annual precipitation is 1700 mm, with rainfall on 210 days of each year. […] including 11 lemur species. The park's two component parts are Mantadia National Park and Analamazoatra Reserve, which is best known for its population of Madagascar's largest lemur, the indri. (coordinates -18.93583, 48.41472)
- Andasibe-Mantadia National Park (Wikivoyage)
[…] can be reached via a 150 km-drive from Antananarivo via the paved RN2 that should take approximately 3 hours in a good vehicle. You can also hop on any Taxi-Brousse heading to Toamasina and get off near Andasibe at the junction in the road, from there walk 2km to reach the park. […] Guide fees are an additional charge.
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