Berenty Reserve

A private reserve amidst sisal plantations, with habituated ring-tailed lemurs, ‘dancing’ Verreaux’s sifakas and beguiling brown lemurs seen from wide, easy trails in gallery (riverine) forest near the reserve lodge.  Sightings are guaranteed, giving ample scope for good photographs. Fruit bats nest in the area and bird life is exceptional with over 100 recorded species. A night walk in the eerie spiny forest should reveal mouse lemur, sportive lemur, chameleons and owls. 
Andohahela National Park

Lying between Fort Dauphin and Berenty, it protects a surprising range of habitats for its 760 sq kms. Rainfall patterns over the Anosy mountain range have led to eastern rainforest at one extreme, and lower rainfall in another section has given rise to dry spiny forest at the other.  The area in between is the unique transitional Ranopiso forest, characterised by the locally endemic triangular palm. A wide variety of animal species including  rare birds such as red-tailed newtonia and running coua, fifteen species of lemur, fosa, fanalouc and striped civet all live in the reserve, where camping is currently the only accommodation.