TSINGY OF ANKARANA NATIONAL PARK
- 90 km south of Antsiranana and 4 hours drive
- 182.5 km² of eroded limestone fortress of sharp ridges, patches of dense tropical jungle, deciduous forest, caves and deep canyons and rushing rivers
- Makes it the largest underground network in Africa
- Most visited especially among hikers
- The classic 6-hour tour from Mahamasina
- Departing from Matsaborimanga, several half-day routes of medium difficulty will include the cages of Milainteny and Andrafiabe, the "Cathedral", the Green Lake and the great Tsingy.
- A three-day excursion will combine the Matsaborimanga circuit with the Mahamasina or Amboandriky circuit.
- Simple hotels: camping.
- Mid-range hotels: Relais de l'Ankarana.
- Upscale hotels: Ankarana Lodge, Iharana Bush Camp
- One of the highest primate densities of any forest in the world
- Populations of crowned lemurs. Sanford's brown lemur, Perrier's black lemur, northern sportive lemur and dwarf lemurs, ring-tailed mongoose, fossa, tenrecs and Madagascar striped civet
- 100 species of birds, 50 reptiles (including some endemic and endangered snakes and geckos) and 10 frogs
- 14 species of bats, local endemic blind shrimp and the world's only known cave-dwelling crocodiles
- Nocturnal swarms of bats and flying foxes
- More than 350 plant species grow in Ankarana
- Some important species are "vazaha tree", pandanus, ficus and endemic
- baobab tree Adansonia madagascarensis.
