SAIDA BOTANICAL PARK

The road to achieve this is already a journey in itself. You cross beautiful fields of rice fields, you cross beautiful granite mountains on the left, and then you enter the heart of the villages. We admire parents working in the rice fields and the gentle pretty of their children around. For the rest, rice production in these artisanal farms is in the order of one and a half per hectare, compared with eight to ten tonnes in industrial production. This park of 40 hectares today houses the latest vestiges of primary forest forest throughout the region. There is a walk (with no difficulty) between water plans and typical lush vegetation: Trièdres palms, raffia palms, palms, elephant ears, orchids, tree ferns, bamboo, népenthès, carnivorous plants, beautiful goyaviers, eucalyptus and niaoulis… A perfect introduction to the fragile ecosystems with Saint-Louis peak. On the wildlife side, there are three diurnal lemurs species: the marron marron (fulvus collaris), maki (ruffed tif) with his black and white tail, and bamboo (hapalemur) and two nights (microcèbe and chirogale), a crocodiles farming of the Nile that will join Croc farm as soon as they reach 5 to 6 m, des turtles, the endemic green gecko of Fort Dauphin, and quantity of birds… And for amateurs: canoeing rides. A beautiful half day in green.