Madagascar postponed until 2011
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About This Trip:
The world’s fourth largest island is home to an increasingly threatened population of unique, rare and endangered plants and animals. This 600-mile long island has been separated from the African continent for the last 165 million years and 80% of the plants and animals that evolved in this isolation are found no where else in the world. Madagascar’s most famous mammals are its lemurs – 33 species of primates that range in size from the tiny nocturnal mouse lemur to the huge black and white Indris. Lonely Planet says: “Madagascar's forests are a shimmering, seething mass of a trillion stems and dripping leaves and slithering, jumping, quirky creatures out of nature's bag of tricks: lemurs, periwinkles and baobabs, aloes, geckoes, sifakas and octopus trees. Sadly, they are threatened by aggressive deforestation.”
This deforestation was done by humans who arrived in Madagascar only 1000 years ago. And they did not come from Africa but rafted west from Malaysia! I spent over two months exploring this country. Our itinerary includes most of the best-preserved areas where our chances of seeing the diversity of bizarre baobabs, changeable chameleons, leaping lemurs, and bodacious birds are best. This trip is limited in number, which makes wildlife spotting (lemurs!) in the dense forest much easier for everyone.
COST: $6200 land costs and internal air (same price as in 2008!)
Date Range: 09/16/2010 - 10/02/2010
Price: $6,200.00
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