The most beautiful natural sites to discover Maroantsetra

A haven for many Dutch during the ^17th century, Nosy Mangabe was used to supply ships with food or slaves. In the following century, the French turned it into a trading post. Today, the "very blue island" is home to a 520-hectare special reserve. It is densely covered by secondary forest. The presence of mango and ravenala trees attests to human interference. You can observe 5 species of lemur, tenrecs, chameleons, snakes and fruit bats. An ideal day trip!

The park of Farankaraina with its 1 650 hectares protects in particular the aye-aye, a species of lemur rather rare. Four circuits allow to discover it: one goes to the beach of Vohilingoza, three others follow the river of Farankaraina. Note that this park is twinned with the zoo of Champrépus in France, in partnership with the NGO Antongil Conservation, which works to protect the biodiversity of the bay of Antongil, in collaboration with the 10 villages along the shore. Accessible by pirogue from Maroantsetra. Lodge and camp on site.