A late start,0930,as we were heading back to Antananarivo today but not before visiting Vakona Lodges lemur islands and the crocodile farm. Five small islands are home to rescued lemurs; they stay on the islands as they don't like getting wet and therefore won't cross the water. After a quick briefing to say don't worry if the lemurs jump on you - they won't bite and will jump off again - we headed the short distance,by canoe, to the first island. As we got out ...

We were collected at 0730 for our morning looking for lemurs in the secondary forest and main national park. The forest was a mix of endemic Madagascan trees and imports i.e. eucalyptus and pines from Australia. This area is much more accessible so there were far more tourists visiting which meant sightings could have upwards of 20 people watching. That said it didn't cause any problems except for the rather large german guy,with a matching large camera, who was...