Madagascar

The 13th edition of Bradt's Madagascar is the leading and most comprehensive guide to this unique island nation, written by Hilary Bradt and Daniel Austin. It covers national parks and protected areas, itineraries, and details of around 1,000 hotels and restaurants. Madagascar is a hotspot for biodiversity, with a unique flora and fauna that is more than 80% endemic. It offers adventure and sporting possibilities, including surfing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, rock climbing, tree climbing, caving, river trips, mountain biking, distance running, quad biking, and hiking. The guide also covers the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ambohimanga, the Avenue des Baobabs, and birdwatching spots, with almost 300 avian species, including five whole endemic families.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 472 pages
\n Publication date: 05 November 2020
\n Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
\n

A new and thoroughly updated 13th edition of Bradt's Madagascar, the leading and most comprehensive guide to this unique island nation, is written by Hilary Bradt, who first visited in 1976 and has returned roughly 35 times, and Daniel Austin, who has visited more than 15 times and continues to travel there annually. Bradt's Madagascar is by far the most thorough guide to the country in English and is written and updated by established experts whose unparalleled knowledge of Madagascar combines with contributions from over 50 specialists in a book that has been the most authoritative guide to the country for three decades. It covers national parks. parks and protected areas and includes itineraries to suit all interests and budgets, plus details of around 1,000 hotels and restaurants. Madagascar is like nowhere else on earth. It is fascinating not only zoologically and botanically, but culturally, linguistically, historically, and geologically. This vast island is the fourth largest in the world and also the oldest, which partly explains why it has evolved into an incredible hotspot for biodiversity, with a truly unique flora and fauna that is more than 80% endemic to the island, and with new species being described virtually on a daily basis. Madagascar is also the only place where you can see wild lemurs. Almost a quarter of the world's 450-or-so primates exist only here. With Bradt's Madagascar, you can visit tropical rainforests and seek out their incredible flora and fauna; explore otherworldly eroded limestone spires, most famously at Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park - Madagascar's most striking landscape; discover the beach-fringed islands around Nosy Be with their fabulous scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, whale-watching, and fishing; and make the most of a host of adventuring and s.

\n Weight: 526g\n
Dimension: 138 x 215 x 26 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781784776657\n
Edition number: 13 Revised edition\n