I went to Madagascar to see lemurs and other wildlife not found anywhere else on the planet—and that’s exactly what happened! Below is a gallery of a few of my photos from the trip.
A gangly Verreaux’s sifaka stretches out in Kirindy Forest. Staying overnight in a tent on a wooden platform in this forest was a highlight of the trip. The lemurs were in the trees right above our camp!
At La Mandraka Nature Farm, we observed chameleons close-up and watched their sticky, jet-propulsion tongues snare prey.
Giraffe-necked weevils march through Ranomafana National Park.
We encountered this young woman in a coastal fishing village.
Vakona Forest Lodge in the Perinet Reserve was beautiful. During a morning hike near the lodge we heard the eerie cries of Indri lemurs–and then we saw them!
A habituated black-and-white ruffed lemur waits for a snack on Lemur Island.
Watching the sunset over Baobab Alley was timeless. (Editor’s note: This shot was published in the New York Times’s Why We Travel Section.)
During our overland drives, we’d come across ordinary Malagasy people in the countryside who were very warm and friendly. This was so enriching.
