Bradt Guides Reisgids Madagascar 14

This thoroughly updated 14th edition of Bradt’s Madagascar remains the leading and by far the most detailed guidebook to this unique African island nation – a place like nowhere else on Earth. Its authors are both established Madagascar connaisseurs: Hilary Bradt, who first visited in 1976 and has returned roughly 35 times, and Daniel Austin, who has visited 30 times across 20 years and continues to spend several months a year there. The world’s oldest – and fourth-largest – island, Madagascar is fascinating not only zoologically and botanically, but culturally, linguistically, historically and geologically too. Evolution has transformed the country into an unparalleled hotspot for biodiversity, with four-fifths of its flora and fauna occurring nowhere else on the planet. More than a fifth of the world's 533-odd primate species exist only here, and Madagascar is the sole country to harbour wild lemurs. Offering itineraries to suit all interests and money wallets, with Bradt’s Madagascar you can visit tropical rainforests to seek out the country’s remarkable animals and plants (including a thousand species of orchid); explore otherworldly eroded limestone spires, famously at Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park – Madagascar's most striking landscape; discover beach-fringed islands around Nosy Be with their fabulous scuba diving, snorkelling, kayaking, whale-watching and fishing; and make the most of a host of adventuring and sporting possibilities, including surfing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, rock climbing, tree climbing, caving, river trips, mountain biking, distance running, quad biking and hiking.