Drakensberg
The Dragon Mountains
Addo Elephant National Park
South Africa’s elephant park
Katavi National Park
The wildest park in Tanzania
Arusha National Park
Mount Meru, giraffes and a crater
Mikumi National Park
The nearest big-game park to Dar es Salaam
Mahale Mountains National Park
Chimpanzees on the shore of Lake Tanganyika
Tsavo East National Park
Red elephants on the Galana River
Mount Kenya
Africa’s second-highest mountain
Isalo National Park
Isalo National Park in the south is a landscape of huge sandstone massifs, canyons and canyon pools, rising above golden grassland. It looks more like the American West than the Madagascar of rainforests, and it is one of the most spectacular places in the country. Walks lead to natural swimming pools, such as the Piscine […]
Tsingy de Bemaraha
Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, in the west, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the strangest landscapes on earth. Tsingy means walking on tiptoe in Malagasy, and the park is a forest of razor-sharp limestone pinnacles, up to 100 metres high, split by deep canyons and gorges. Walkways, ladders and suspension bridges […]
Andasibe-Mantadia National Park
Andasibe-Mantadia is the most visited rainforest in Madagascar, about four hours’ drive east of the capital, and the easiest place to meet the indri, the largest living lemur. Their haunting, whale-like calls carry for kilometres through the misty forest at dawn, and with a guide you can often get close to a family group in […]
Ranomafana National Park
Ranomafana National Park, in the south-eastern highlands, is a UNESCO-listed rainforest of steep hills, rivers and hot springs. It was created in 1991, soon after the discovery of the golden bamboo lemur, and is one of the best places in Madagascar for lemurs and birds. The name means hot water in Malagasy. Walks lead through […]