Madagascar: Endemics Galore, Lemurs, Whales and More!

Madagascar was always on my bucket list, and with the additional attraction of ‘monkey-type things’, the girls were also on board and keen to accompany me, at least for some of the time. It was effectively a three-week tour, with the others joining me for the last two. It was an amazing trip. Sure, I only saw 109 bird species, but 81 of these were new and an astonishing 78 of these were endemics. And let’s not forget the 20 lemur species, the whales, the 9 gecko species, the 5 snake species, the 3 lizards, the 2 scorpions, the spiders, the stick insects, the butterflies, the scenery, the beaches, the sunsets, the people, the hotels, the unbelievably bad roads… What a trip and what a country!