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Masoala Forest Lodge - tents on the beach
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
'treehouse tents' set along the beach
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Masoala Forest Lodge - 'sea deck'
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
the sea deck seen from the ocean with primary rainforest in background
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Masoala Forest Lodge - 'beach house'
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (George Vlad)
the beach house - dining and lounge
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Masoala Forest Loge - tent exterior
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (George Vlad)
one of 7 'treehouse tents' hidden in the coastal forest
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Masoala Forest Lodge - tent interior
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
tent with beach and sea views
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Masoala Forest Lodge - tent interior
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
maximised airflow and open air living
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Masoala Forest Lodge - tent deck
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
'roll out of bed' views from your tent
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Masoala Forest Lodge - sundowners
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
evening sundowner get together on the beach in front of the dining room
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Masoala Forest Lodge - lunch menu
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
lunch menu for beach house meal
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Masoala Forest Lodge - traditional dinner
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
weekly traditional dinner in the beach house
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Masoala Forest Lodge - breakfast
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
breakfast on the sea deck
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Masoala Forest Lodge - secret, private beaches
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
hidden coves where the rainforest meets the sea
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Masoala Forest Lodge - snorkelling
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Masoala Forest Lodge)
snorkelling the tropical waters right off the beach
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Masoala Forest Lodge - 'beach and chill'
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
the beach in front of camp
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Masoala Forest Lodge - forest walk
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
forest walk in search of lemurs, birdlife and other endemics
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Masoala Forest Lodge - night walk
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
night walk in the private coastal forest reserve
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Masoala Forest Lodge - cultural exposure
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
Betsimisaraka culture in local village of Ambodiforaha
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Masoala Forest Lodge - sea kayaking
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
sea kayaking along the coast of golden beaches and rainforest
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Masoala Forest Lodge - freshwater pirogue
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
freshwater canoeing using local pirogue on Tampolo River
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Masoala Forest Lodge - sunset cruise
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
sunset pirogue cruise on the ocean
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Masoala Forest Lodge - lemur viewing
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
local endemic red ruffed lemur found only on the Masoala Peninsula
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Masoala Forest Lodge - helmet vanga
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Lee Fuller)
the Masoala Peninsula is the stronghold for the endemic helmet vanga
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Masoala Forest Lodge - lowland streaked tenrec
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Chris Roche)
Madagascar's tenrec family is a great example of the bizarre adaptive radiation on this island continent
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Masoala Forest Lodge - Masoala woolly lemur
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Chris Roche)
some two thirds of Madagascar's lemurs are nocturnal
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Masoala Forest Lodge - aye-aye
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Chris Scarffe)
the bizzarely adapted aye-aye is the holy grail for lemur watchers
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Masoala Forest Lodge - white-fronted brown lemur
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
a partly diurnal species, the white-fronted brown lemur occurs in the coastal forest around the lodge
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Masoala Forest Lodge - Madagascar pygmy kingfisher
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Gabi Fehr)
bird watching in either the coastal forest or inland in the primary forest produces many endemic species
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Masoala Forest Lodge - climbing mantella
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
the electric blue spots and bright yellow back make this mantella species unmistakeable
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Masoala Forest Lodge - blue coua
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
several species of the endemic coua family occur at Masoala
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Masoala Forest Lodge - panther chameleon
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Chris Scarffe)
some of the world's largest and smallest chameleons occur at Masoala
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Masoala Forest Lodge - Broookesia chameleon
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Hans Pumpel)
some of the world's smallest and largest chameleons occur at Masoala
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Masoala Forest Lodge - leaf-tailed gecko species
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (George Vlad)
zoom in - one of the best exponents of camouflage
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Masoala Forest Lodge - humpback whale
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Masoala Forest Lodge)
large numbers of humpback whales migrate annually in order to calve in Antongil Bay
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Masoala Forest Lodge - ring-tailed vontsira
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Chris Roche)
one of the charismatic carnivores of the island
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Masoala Forest Lodge - primary rainforest
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
idyllic scenes within the primary rainforest
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Masoala Forest Lodge - red ruffed lemur
Credit: Wild Expeditions Africa (Louise Jasper)
perhaps the most emblematic mammal of the Masoala Peninsula