Tour to Ranomafana National Park and to rainforest of eastern Madagascar

Ranomafana is a locality in eastern Madagascar ,home to a national park of the same name, home to a research center and an important habitat for many endemic species of lemurs and reptiles. Being a rainforest, of course it rains all year, the only difference is that during the "dry" season rains are slightly less frequent and abundant. In order to observe a greater number of animals (especially reptiles) it is advisable to make a Ranomafana during the rainy season (October to March), but keep in mind that moist heat can be overwhelming and that some trails may be closed due to flooding or streams in flood. In the remaining months of the year there is less variety of animals, but the walks are more enjoyable and risk-free to find some closed path.

A walk in the forest in a relentless rain anyway, but at least with a reasonably cool temperature, it allows me to observe the largest lemur in Madagascar (Milne-Edwards Sifaka).

A tour in Ranomafana at night allows you to see the many nocturnal animals that inhabit the forest, among them the tiny lemur Microcebus rufus.

Some large spiders that live in Ranomafana, and other regions of Madagascar.

Photos of chameleons. Some macro close (not so easy in the dark) better shows this interesting chameleon, Calumma nasuta, endemic to eastern Madagascar.

Photo of a chameleon. A few more images show a Calumma nasuta on two different focus layers.

Photo of a Calumma. Another tiny chameleon that can be observed in the Ranomafana National Park, is also this Calumma clinging to a few leaves.

Instead this other chameleon is about 20 centimeters long and has a brown side and a light blue side.

The sun slowly comes back and along the way I look at a beautiful green chameleon belonging to the genus Furcifer.