Kirindy Forest Travel Guide: Top Sights in Madagascar, Tours & Travel

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Kirindy Forest- Travel Tips What to See, How to Plan & Tours: Natural Scenery; Madagascar; 5 Reviews

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Suggested Duration: 4 hours

Kirindy Forest Reserve, nestled on Madagascar's western coast, is a biodiversity hotspot that enchants adventurers and nature lovers with its unique ecological wonders. This captivating destination offers an extraordinary glimpse into the lives of the island's remarkable wildlife, including the elusive fosa, Madagascar's largest carnivorous mammal, and various lemur species like the charismatic Verreaux's sifaka, known for its distinctive movements, and the tiny, nocturnal mouse lemur, the world's smallest primate. Here, conservation and exploration intertwine, creating a compelling experience for all who visit.

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Reviews of Kirindy Forest Reserve

Ang Jia Cong

5
Reviewed: 2024-08-06

Beautiful forest teeming with wildlife. Here, we saw various plants, five different species of lemurs, a fossa, and various birds (sleeping at night and) going about in the day once the sun came up. Each group is typically accompanied by a guide from the campsite, who will take you on either the day or night tours(or both). Some guides are able to mimic the calls of specific lemur species, and they do so, which sometimes attracts the attention of the lemur to look in the direction. Guests can let guides know if they don’t want this.
María Palacios

4
Reviewed: 2024-05-09

Our guide was lovely. He tried to get us to see the greatest number of animals on the routes (night and day) but nature is not always there. The worst part of the visit, as always, the tourists sticking their cameras with telephoto lenses almost up to the poor lemur's face.
Alena Farkova

2
Reviewed: 2024-05-08

The guides were rather aggressive in their behavior towards the animals - they clearly know where the lemurs are, so feels like a zoo. They go around trying to wake up the sleeping lemurs during the day and lure them out just for a picture. Can not recommend
Ithabeleng Moreke

3
Reviewed: 2023-11-19

Best to visit in the morning when the lemurs are still on the ground. Maybe after catching the sunrise at Baobab Avenue.
John

5
Reviewed: 2023-07-12

Amazing park, which deserves to be a national park but isn't just yet. This is one of my favorite places in Madagascar. The forest is teeming with wildlife: birds, lemurs, insects, ... Access is very easy compared to other parks and the staff is extremely skilled. They work closely with researchers from Germany and the park is being closely monitored. Since it isn't a national park though, it's in dire need of funding so please go visit this park so it doesn't disappear!