UNFPA Madagascar fundraiser – please give!

TLDR: We got to see first-hand some of the amazing work UNFPA Madagascar is doing to help some of the country’s (and world’s) most vulnerable women and children. Please donate to help serve some of their most critical needs! Link to donate here and thanks in advance! (More detail below as to where your money…

Visiting the Anja Reserve and Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar!

We had an amazing time exploring Isalo National Park and now we were off to our next national park in Madagascar – Ranomafana National Park (see our full Madagascar itinerary here if you’d like a reminder!). But, before we got to Ranomafana National Park we stopped at a very special place, and one of my favorites in all of Madagascar…

Our two days in Isalo National Park, Madagascar (with a stop at Zombitse on the way!)

After our time in two of Madagascar’s primary cities (Antananarivo and Tulear) we headed off for our road trip through the southeast of the country (you can read about our full Madagascar itinerary here and I put a picture of it below as well)! We started off by driving about 150km northeast to Zombitse national park, and as we…

Our second stop in Madagascar – the southern beach town of Tulear (aka Toliara)!

After spending an amazing few days in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, we were ready to be off to our next stop – Tulear (aka Toliara). We had planned to spend a day and a half there with the UNFPA, and then to launch into our driving tour (for fun!) from Tulear back to Antananarivo. But, we hit a slight hiccup…

Our first stop in Madagascar – the capital city of Antananarivo!

Like I wrote about in our last post, our first stop in Madagascar was the capital city of Antananarivo, nicknamed “Tana”.  Tana is a city of ~1.5 million people, but is quickly growing because more and more people are moving from the countryside to Tana in search of safer living conditions. The city itself is in the center of…