Flights to Madagascar from South Africa

Andohahela Madagascar

Andohahela
(60 km away from Fort Dauphin)

Andohaela, in the region of Fort Dauphin, is a key national park, reason why it was honoured and awarded the Loutre d’Argent Trophy at the World Travel Market 99 in London. Its specificity lies in the extraordinary variety of its ecosystems due to the proximity of the mountainous chain of Anosy.
The eastern tropical and humid forest changes into a dry forest to the west and south with, in between, an intermediate area with little rainfall but with the benefit of several rivers from the mountains. More than 90% of the plants from Andohaela are used in traditional medicine, like the Jabihy which is used for the quick recovery of young mothers as well as for embalming corpses!
The triangular palm tree Dypsis Decaryi exists only in this part of the world. The types of iguanas found here are only encountered in America, which, if need be, is a proof of the continental drift, and the park shelters 13 species of lemurs, of which the “sifaka”, well -known for its jumps. Lastly, geology of the southern tip of Anosy has very specific features, especially due to its metamorphic rocks and the magic effect of their colours and shapes carved by erosion.