Masoala Forest Lodge - tents on the beach

'treehouse tents' set along the beach

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - 'sea deck'

the sea deck seen from the ocean with primary rainforest in background

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - 'beach house'

the beach house - dining and lounge

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (George Vlad)

Masoala Forest Loge - tent exterior

one of 7 'treehouse tents' hidden in the coastal forest

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (George Vlad)

Masoala Forest Lodge - tent interior

tent with beach and sea views

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - tent interior

maximised airflow and open air living

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - tent deck

'roll out of bed' views from your tent

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - sundowners

evening sundowner get together on the beach in front of the dining room

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - lunch menu

lunch menu for beach house meal

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - traditional dinner

weekly traditional dinner in the beach house

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - breakfast

breakfast on the sea deck

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - secret, private beaches

hidden coves where the rainforest meets the sea

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - snorkelling

snorkelling the tropical waters right off the beach

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Masoala Forest Lodge)

Masoala Forest Lodge - 'beach and chill'

the beach in front of camp

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - forest walk

forest walk in search of lemurs, birdlife and other endemics

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - night walk

night walk in the private coastal forest reserve

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - cultural exposure

Betsimisaraka culture in local village of Ambodiforaha

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - sea kayaking

sea kayaking along the coast of golden beaches and rainforest

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - freshwater pirogue

freshwater canoeing using local pirogue on Tampolo River

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - sunset cruise

sunset pirogue cruise on the ocean

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - lemur viewing

local endemic red ruffed lemur found only on the Masoala Peninsula

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - helmet vanga

the Masoala Peninsula is the stronghold for the endemic helmet vanga

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Lee Fuller)

Masoala Forest Lodge - lowland streaked tenrec

Madagascar's tenrec family is a great example of the bizarre adaptive radiation on this island continent

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Chris Roche)

Masoala Forest Lodge - Masoala woolly lemur

some two thirds of Madagascar's lemurs are nocturnal

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Chris Roche)

Masoala Forest Lodge - aye-aye

the bizzarely adapted aye-aye is the holy grail for lemur watchers

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Chris Scarffe)

Masoala Forest Lodge - white-fronted brown lemur

a partly diurnal species, the white-fronted brown lemur occurs in the coastal forest around the lodge

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - Madagascar pygmy kingfisher

bird watching in either the coastal forest or inland in the primary forest produces many endemic species

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Gabi Fehr)

Masoala Forest Lodge - climbing mantella

the electric blue spots and bright yellow back make this mantella species unmistakeable

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - blue coua

several species of the endemic coua family occur at Masoala

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - panther chameleon

some of the world's largest and smallest chameleons occur at Masoala

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Chris Scarffe)

Masoala Forest Lodge - Broookesia chameleon

some of the world's smallest and largest chameleons occur at Masoala

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Hans Pumpel)

Masoala Forest Lodge - leaf-tailed gecko species

zoom in - one of the best exponents of camouflage

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (George Vlad)

Masoala Forest Lodge - humpback whale

large numbers of humpback whales migrate annually in order to calve in Antongil Bay

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Masoala Forest Lodge)

Masoala Forest Lodge - ring-tailed vontsira

one of the charismatic carnivores of the island

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Chris Roche)

Masoala Forest Lodge - primary rainforest

idyllic scenes within the primary rainforest

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)

Masoala Forest Lodge - red ruffed lemur

perhaps the most emblematic mammal of the Masoala Peninsula

Photographer credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)