Ranomafana National Park- Flora & Fauna

Ranomafana National Park. Click on the wiki link to learn so much about this place.


Wow!  worth the 10 hr  trek on long winding sometimes pothole ridden roads through dirt path to experience. I highly recommend a visit to this national park of Madagascar, on of their treasures, one that has species of great significance, being studied all over the world. For a list of the lemurs and other wildlife and their endangered status and more, click here

start of the day hike through the rain forest of Ranomafana

view at the height of our hike. you can see if you look close, where we began on the other side.

This is the plant Ravenala madagascariensis or "Travellers Tree" that was part of King Julian's headdress in animated movie Madagascar

this is what the night hike looked like, shining flash lights on the nocturnal animals

View of the national park and rain forest from our lodge

Flora of Ranomafana

ICTE's research campus, Centre ValBio (CVB), is located adjacent to Ranomafana National Park, a 41,601ha protected area in Madagascar's south-eastern rainforest. RNP was established in 1991 and declared a World Heritage Site in July 2007. Dr. Patricia Wright, Founder and Executive Director of ICTE/CVB, has been conducting research in the area since 1986. Learn more.

View of national park from valbio balcony