Madagascar is famous for its tropical rainforests and lemurs. Unfortunately, because of the economic situtation, Madagascar has been largely deforested. Ecologists believe 80% of the original primary forest is gone and the rest is heavily threatened. Parc national de Ranomafana was created in 1991 to face these problems. One of the best remaining examples of Eastern Lowlands Rainforest in the country, the park really took shape after zoologists discovered two new lemur sepecies in the area. In fact, the greater bamboo lemurs wasn't discovered until 1987. We had a chance to explore the park and had very good luck spotting 5 lemur species (the common mouse lemur, the brown lemur, the greater bamboo lemur, the golden bamboo lemur, and the black-and-white ruffed lemur), multiple chameleon species, and some cool insects.
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| A mouse lemur at night. |
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| A brown lemur eating some fruits. |
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| Someone got himself some snacks. |
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