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Masoala Birding Camp

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'''Within Masoala National Park, about an hour's walk from the village of [[Ambodiforaha]], lies Masoala Birding Camp. This camp is for those who wish to be as close to the nature as possible without unecessary conveniences and facilities offered by other camps.'''
Officially opened in 2017, the camp is run by PatriquePatrick, a local guide and Masoala birding expert from Ambodiforaha. Patrique Patrick and his team will prepare lunch, breakfast and dinner of your choice and will guide you to various bird watching spots in the surrounding forest while helping and help you identify various speices of plants flora and fauna along the way.
Masoala Birding Camp can be booked for day and lunch visits as well as overnight stays for one of more nights in combination with other lodges in the area. Additionally, we offer various extended trekking packages, which can of course be modified and tailored to your specifications.
Classic circuit: Visit Masoala for three nights while staying at Masoala Birding Camp with small or large group.
Day 1: Depart in the morning from your hotel in [[Maroantsetra]] with speed boat directly to Masoala. The boat ride takes between 1.5 and 2 hours. Arriving at the beach of Tampolo and walk approxately 30 minutes to the camp.
Overnight stay at Masoala Birding Camp. In the afternoon, start guided bird watching walk. In the evening, we will go for a night walk to see different species of lemurs and various other night active animals.
Day 2: Red ruffed Lemur path. This is a 3 to 4 hours walk to spot the Red Ruffed Lemurs in their regular habitats. Thereafter, before dinner in the evening, we take another night walk and to discover nocturnal species, such as the mouse lemur, dwarf lemur, sportive lemur and other animals...
Day 3: Water fall circuit. Get ready for more bird watching in the morning, to see the famous species such as ''Helmet viangavanga'', ''Bernier's_vanga'', ''Short-legged ground roller'', so on.... Continue In the afternoon, continue with a river trip on a traditional pirigue (traditional wooden canoe) in the Tampolo River in afternoon with a local fisherman from the village of Ambodiforaha. In evening it’s , there will be time for another night walk.
Day 4: Take the speed boat to [[Nosy Mangabe]] for picnic and thereafter return to [[Maroantsetra]]
Day 3: Leave Farankaraina Tropical Park for Masoala National Park (by speed boat?) to reach Masoala Birding Camp. Start a short afternoon bird watching walk. In evening, take a night walk to discover different species of lemurs and various other night active animals.
Day 4: Red ruffed Lemur path. This is a 3 to 4 hours walk to spot the Red Ruffed Lemurs in their regular habitats. Thereafter, in before dinner in the evening, we take another night walk and to discover nocturnal species, such as the mouse lemur, dwarf lemur, sportive lemur and other animals...

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