Berenty Reserve
Lemur catta
in Berenty ReserveBerenty Reserve is a small private reserve, near
spiny forest ecoregion of the far south of Madagascar. For more than three decades the late primatologist Alison Jolly (who started the research at Berenty),[1][2][3][4] other researchers[5][6] and students have visited Berenty to conduct fieldwork on lemurs. The reserve is also a favourite for visitors who want to see some of Madagascar's endemic bird species, which include owls and couas
.
The reserve has accommodation in the forest and a set of forest trails to explore. It attracts the most visitors of any Madagascar nature reserve. It is reached after a two-hour drive from
Tôlagnaro
on the southeast coast.
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See also
- List of national parks of Madagascar
- Madagascar spiny thicketsecoregion
References
- Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands, Sinclair and Langrand, 1998.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Berenty Reserve.
Media related to Berenty Reserve at Wikimedia Commons
25°00′33″S 46°18′08″E / 25.00917°S 46.30222°E
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