Andohahela National Park

Coordinates: 24°36′3″S 46°41′58″E / 24.60083°S 46.69944°E / -24.60083; 46.69944
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Andohahela National Park
Madagascar National Parks Association

The Andohahela National Park is situated in Anosy in the south-east of Madagascar. It is remarkable for the extremes of habitats that are represented within it. The park covers 760 km2 (293 sq mi) of the Anosy mountain range, the southernmost spur of the Malagasy Highlands and contains the last humid rainforests in the southern part of Madagascar.

The Park was inscribed in the World Heritage Site in 2007 as part of the Rainforests of the Atsinanana.[2]

Access

This park can be accessed by the unpaved Provincial road RIP118[3] from Soanierana.

History

Andohahela has been a protected area since 1939 but did not become a national park until 1998.[1]

Geography

Andohahela National Park is 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-west of

spiny forest characteristic of southern Madagascar.[1][4]

Several circuits within each of the habitat types of the park can be accessed by road from the town of

Flora and fauna

A view over the transitional forest of Andohahela National Park

The variety of habitats within Andohahela is mirrored in the richness of species that are found there, and the park is the richest place in Madagascar for

geckos, turtles and snakes are among the 67 species of reptiles found in the park, 130 species of birds and fifty species of amphibians. The Triangle palm is found only here.[1]

List of lemur species found in Andohahela National Park[5]
Location Habitat Type Species
Malio (Parcel 1) Rain forest

Day viewing:

Night viewing:

Ihazofotsy (Parcel 2) Spiny forest

Day viewing:

Night viewing:

  • Southern Woolly Lemur

(Avahi meridionalis)

Tsimelahy (Parcel 3) Transitional forest
  • few lemurs (not documented)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Andohahela National Park". Travel Madagascar. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Nomination of natural, mixed and cultural properties to the world heritage list - Rainforests of the Atsinanana". UNESCO World Heritage. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  3. ^ PROJET DE REHABILITATION DE LA RIP 118
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