Expert Reviews of Bemaraha National Park (1 Reviews)

Bemaraha National Park (Parc National des Tsingy de Bemaraha) is unlike anywhere else on the planet and wouldn’t be out of place in a Star Wars movie or a Salvador Dalí painting. I love walking and climbing between the serrated limestone towers that form the strangest of labyrinths in the Grand Tsingy section of the park. I also enjoy drifting through the Manambolo River Gorge in a pirogue (traditional wooden dugout canoe) in the park’s Petit Tsingy section. But the park also shelters 11 different lemur species and over 100 types of birds. It was here that I first saw the Decken’s sifaka. And the promise of fat-tailed dwarf lemurs or Cleese’s woolly lemurs just keeps calling me back. There are many birding prizes that can be difficult to see elsewhere. I spotted my first Madagascar fish eagle in the park. Birders come here specially to see the crested ibis, grey-throated rail and Henst’s goshawk.

But it’s the overall package that I love, the combination of scenery,

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birding, wildlife and adventure activities that makes this one of my favorite parks anywhere in Madagascar.