9-Nights Madagascar Explorer

Discover the Essence of the ‘Eighth Continent’

Among giant tree ferns and bromeliads, a flash of orange darts through the green shadows. Hoots and shrieks echo through the canopy. Intrigued, you look up and spy a red-ruffed lemur. Deep within the primeval rainforests of Madagascar, an astounding menagerie of unique animals thrives, from these ancient primates that hop upright to foot-long panther chameleons that change color to match their surroundings. These creatures live among a multitude of unusual flora found nowhere else on Earth, products of biological isolation over eons. Alone in the Indian Ocean, the island of Madagascar is sometimes called the planet’s eighth continent—more than 90% of its species, many of which are rare and endangered, exist only here. Our itinerary reveals a rich sampler of the country’s highlights, as we travel by chartered aircraft and private launch into wild places that evoke the dawn of time.