General location: Eastern: Longitude 48°24 ' and latitude 18°46 '
Location and Access: 145 km east of Antananarivo on Madagascar's best road, RN2. The drive generally takes 3-4 hours, depending on the number of car accidents and traffic around Tana. Several hotels are right around the park entrance.
Climate: Cool and wet.
Average temperature: 18°C
Elevation: 900-1250 m
Precipitation: 170 cm
Description: The park consists of two protected areas, the special Reserve of Indri d' Analamazaotra and the National park of Mantadia. Analamazaotra, better known as Perinet, is world famous for its population of Indri lemurs which are the largest living lemur. There are a couple habituated groups of Indri found within easy walking distance of the park entrance and seeing this lemur is almost a sure thing for visitors willing to walk a couple of miles on the park's maintained trails. Anyone within a mile of the park is sure to hear the haunting call of the indri in the morning from day break to around noon and then again in the late afternoon. More advanced trails can be hiked in the nearby park of Mantadia where you may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of diademed sifaka and black and white ruffed lemurs. Both Perinet and Mantadia are exceptionally rich in frogs and reptiles.
Additional notes: Just opposite of the entrance to Andasibe-Mantadia National Park is a local initiative by Association Mitsinjo who manages the Analamazaotra Forest Station. Here's what Rainer Dolch had to say: "Their forest is in an excellent state, you see indri (one group of which has been habituated by an extraordinary guy called Joseph), and it seems you have a much better chance to see Uroplatus and Parson’s chameleon in the Mitsinjo forest than in the national park. Also, Mitsinjo are the only guides that offer nightwalks in the forest (and not the usual walk along the road that most Andasibe visitors are used to). Tours to the Mitsinjo forest are cheaper than tours in the national park, and your money will be used for community projects in agriculture and health for the people living around the forest managed by the association."
Web links for
Andasibe Mantadia
Carbon Finance at the World Bank: Project Portfolio
http://carbonfinance.org/Router.cfm?Page=Projport&ProjID=9638
Madagascar: Andasibe-Mantadia Biodiversity Corridor (BioCarbon Fund) ...Private Forest and Mantadia National Park complex in east-central Madagascar.
An MBendi Travel Profile: Parc National d'Andasibe-Mantadia ...
http://www.mbendi.co.za/travel/attr/8/f092.htm
Parc National d'Andasibe-Mantadia / Perinet: game reserve near Mahambo. Search fornearby: Accommodation | Attractions | Event Venues | Restaurants
All Madagascar Travel
http://www.allmadagascar.com/default.asp?id=58&mnu=58
Forming part of the central Highlands, the National park of Mantadia - Andasibeis on the Trunk road 2, at 3 hours of road with the co-ordinates Longitude
Wildlife Tours to Madagascar
http://www.nickgarbutt.com/tours/madagascar.htm
Berenty Reserve x 3 days; Ifaty Spiny Forest x 2 days; Andasibe-Mantadia NP x 3days; Anjajavy Eco-Reserve x 3 days. Approximate Price £4185 SRS £330
Madagascar Tour MG1 Itinerary - Adventure Tours
http://www.adventures-abroad.com/tours/htm/MG1.htm
Overnight in Andasibe-Mantadia. Breakfast and dinner. ... Andasibe - Mantadia -Antsirabe Today we depart from Analamazaotra and travel towards Antsirabe.
Madagascar & South Africa Tour MG2 Itinerary - Adventure Tours
http://www.adventures-abroad.com/tours/htm/MG2.htm
Antananarivo - Andasibe-Mantadia National Park (Perinet) Today will transfer tothe popular ... Overnight in Andasibe-Mantadia. Breakfast and dinner.
Mantadia National Park - Madagascar
http://laszlobolgar.tripod.com/travelalbum/id12.html
...see more pictures · more pictures about Andasibe Andasibe is a small town betweenMantadia and Perinet parks. see more pictures
NewMadagascar.com - The official Portal - National Parks.
http://www.newmadagascar.com/site/en/travel.places2go.national.php/
Parc National D’Andasibe Mantadia (west of Tana) Easily accessible from Antananarivothis popular park is probably the best place tosee the indri
NewMadagascar.com - The official Portal - Facts per mouseclick.
http://www.newmadagascar.com/site/en/travel.places2go.explore.php
Park d’Andasibe-Mantadia - Maroantsetra - Masoala Peninsula - Nosy Mangabe -Canal des Pangalanes ... National Park: Parc National D’Andasibe Mantadia
Restore the Earth Project - Sample Project in Madagascar
http://www.restore-earth.org/restearth.samproj01.html
Catalysing Rainforest Restoration in Madagascar: Andasibe-Mantadia Corridor ...The region around the project site, Andasibe-Mantadia, is possibly the most
Cox & Kings - Tour + Andasibe - Mantadia National Park (Perinet)
http://www.coxandkings.co.uk/ home/tours/regions/africa/southern%20africa/escorted/A%20Madagascar%20Adventure/extensions/Tour%20+%20Andasibe%20-%20Mantadia%20National%20Park%20(Perinet).aspx
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BBC - Holiday - Destinations - Madagascar
http://www.bbc.co.uk/holiday/destinations/madagascar/
Craig visited the Andasibe Mantadia park, home to the largest species of Lemur -the Indri-Indri. After three hours in the park, the inimitable sound of the
VISIT MADAGASCAR - About Madagascar: Regions
http://www.visitmadagascar.org/about/region3.php
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