60 kilometers north of the city of Morondava is the Kirindy Forest, the best place in Madagascar to study animals that are nocturnal. Rare species of mammals and birds play in the forest, three unique species of baobabs grow. This forest, occupying over 12, 5 thousand hectares, was founded in the 1970s. Today is one of the most visited places in Madagascar.

How to get

In Kirindi it's easiest to get on your own car, or by taking a shuttle in Morandava, which goes to Belo-sur-Tsiribikhin (Belo -sur-Tsiribihina). It is worth to warn the driver to stop at the road to the forest, which is about 5 km from the entrance gate.

Kirindi's entertainment, excursions and attractions

Here there is a rare dwarf mouse lemur - the smallest representative of primates, which weighs about 30 grams, and the length of his body is not more than 20 centimeters, of which 10 falls on the tail. It was first described in 1852, but because of its small size and nightlife, this species could not be re-discovered until 1993.

Tourists who stay here for a couple of days can be rewarded with a unique sight of a very rare animal - fossa. This predatory mammal of the family of Madagascar predators, is the only representative of the genus Cryptoprocta, but in appearance it looks very much like a small puma. In 2000, the status of fossa in the international Red Book was changed from "vulnerable" to "dying out", as there were no more than 2500 of them. Fossa lit up and in the famous cartoon "Madagascar", alive it can be seen in the forest of Kirindi, in October.

Fossa, Kirindi

Silvery Cheglock, Kirindi

Mouse Lemur, Kirindi

Sifaka, Kirindi