Exploring Madagascar
At first impression, the name “MadaCamp” may come across as having something to do with camping in Madagascar. However, this is far from the only topic covered here. Instead, MadaCamp is a metaphor for everything about Madagascar presented within one campsite, so to speak. Anything about Madagascar can be published here as well as edited by anyone.
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Madagascar is located in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa. It is the world's fourth largest island, covering a total area of 587,295 square kilometres.
The country is divided into six provinces, each named after its capital: Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Mahajanga, Toliara, and Toamasina also known as Tamatave.
The continent separated from Africa 165 million years ago, and since then its flora and fauna have evolved according to its own fantasy, like nowhere else in the world: Lemurs are known worldwide, but the red island (on account of its vividly coloured soil) is home to several endemic species of chameleons, fossas, frogs, birds, snakes, jumping rats, baobabs, carnivorous plants, orchids and many more strange "living beings"! With the lemurs, 80% of its flora, 40% of its birds, 98% of its reptiles being endemic, Madagascar is a naturalist's promised land! The same is true for the Malagasy people, about 20 million: A unique blend of African and Asian, whose culture resembles no other worldwide. The population is divided in 18 ethnic groups. The nomad Vezo fisherman swears only by the sea, the zebu is everything to the Bara of the desertic south, while land is the greatest wealth for the Betsileo of the Malagasy "altiplano". The relative isolation of the island due to geography and recent history, kept the traditional way of living, rites and the ancestral beliefs, very lively and genuine. For the traveller avid to find something different, a dream! Madagascar has it all: Deserted beaches, tropical forests, mountains, spiny forests, rice-terraced highlands.
Madagascar in Numbers
- Capital: Antananarivo
- Population in 2013: 21,842,167
- Area: 587,295km²
- Length from north to south: 1,600km
- Width from west to east: 570km
Politics and History
Newspapers
Newsfeed
Below is an automatically updated list of articles via Google News using the keyword Madagascar:
- A Crew of Young Female Surfers Are Breaking Barriers in Remote Madagascar - Surfer
- 15-Jun-2024 19:00
- ‘Dwarf’-like creature found sleeping ‘upside-down’ on branch. It’s a new species - Miami Herald
- 13-Jun-2024 21:02
- Madagascar: Authorities Must Immediately Release Member of Parliament Arbitrarily Arrested After Denouncing Voting ... - Amnesty International
- 07-Jun-2024 14:15
- ESA - Earth from Space: Madagascar jellyfish - European Space Agency
- 31-May-2024 08:15
- Madagascar ruling party loses parliament majority - Africanews English
- 12-Jun-2024 10:49
- Connecting Over Geography in Madagascar - Peace Corps
- 16-Jan-2024 08:00
- Highlights and best moments of Madagascar 0-0 Mali in 2026 World Cup Qualifiers - VAVEL.com
- 11-Jun-2024 15:05
- Sustainable and fair water management in Madagascar - Gret
- 10-Jun-2024 17:52
- Madagascar Compact - Millennium Challenge Corporation
- 18-Dec-2023 18:03
- 220000 Urgently Need Humanitarian Aid After Devastating Cyclone in Northeast Madagascar - International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- 09-Apr-2024 07:00
- NextSource inks $91m mandate letter to fund Madagascar graphite expansion - Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
- 13-Jun-2024 13:46
- Increasing Fire Resilience in Madagascar | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - US Fish and Wildlife Service
- 05-Jun-2024 12:00
- UC Irvine scientist helps link climate change to Madagascar's megadrought - UCI News
- 09-Apr-2024 07:00
- Identifying risks of human flea infestations in plague-endemic areas of Madagascar - Emory News Center
- 30-Apr-2024 07:00
- Southern Africa – Regional Drought Fact Sheet #1 Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 (June 7, 2024) - Madagascar - ReliefWeb
- 11-Jun-2024 22:37
- URI Coastal Resources Center Receives $13 Million for Marine Conservation in Madagascar through USAID Initiative - The University of Rhode Island
- 07-Jun-2024 18:00
- Madagascar Foundational Skills for a Better Future (USAID LOVA) - FHI 360
- 20-Mar-2024 05:39
- Letters from Madagascar: Nothing here is easy - Lewiston Sun Journal
- 28-Apr-2024 07:00
- Madagascar - European Commission - European Union
- 25-Apr-2024 07:00
- ‘Cryptic’ creature found snoozing on a twig in Madagascar forest. It’s a new species - Miami Herald
- 14-Jun-2024 17:33
- What Elder Christofferson told Madagascar Latter-day Saints – Church News - Church News
- 21-May-2024 07:00
- Madagascar's forgotten crisis: poverty and hunger on the front line of climate change - European Union
- 24-Apr-2024 07:00
- Fighting poverty with education: Why school reforms are urgently needed in Madagascar - World Bank
- 29-Feb-2024 08:00
- Powering Healthcare in Madagascar: Market Assessment and Roadmap for Health Facility Electrification - SEforALL
- 04-Apr-2024 07:00
- Madagascar president's former aide jailed for offering mining licence for bribes - Reuters
- 10-May-2024 07:00
- Madagascar must repeal the legalization of chemical and surgical castration of rapists - Amnesty International
- 08-Feb-2024 08:00
- UNSDG | For UN Madagascar, Sustainable Development is the Surest Way Out of Crisis - United Nations Sustainable Development Group
- 21-Mar-2024 07:00
- El Niño and climate crisis raise drought fears in Madagascar | United Nations - Welcome to the United Nations
- 02-Feb-2024 08:00
- Madagascar Wildlife Discovery | Trips | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
- 19-Dec-2023 22:03
- Fishers in Madagascar adapt to deadly seas due to climate change - UN News
- 13-Apr-2024 07:00
- Angola, Madagascar, Mozambique, Uganda win | CAF qualifying - FIFA.com
- 07-Jun-2024 20:37
- A world of learning: Madagascar · News · Lafayette College - Lafayette College - News
- 19-Mar-2024 07:00
On the Trail of Essential Oils with Homeopharma
Come and discover with Homeopharma Madagascar's biodiversity, the country's wealth of endemic flora with its aromatic and medicinal plants of an estimated 12,000 species.
Ferry cycling Madagascar
Ferry, a Dutch cyclist, discovered Madagascar on wheels in 2014. On MadaCamp he wrote an article about his experience including practical advise and plenty of photos.
Tampolodge
Tampolodge is an eco-lodge located in Antongil Bay on the Masoala peninsula in the northeast of Madagascar, surrounded by one of the last primary forests on earth.
Fara's Guest House
The newly opened guest house close to Antananarivo's city centre offers rooms to visiting tourists as well as to long-term guests on business trips to the capital.
Waiters Race
The 4th Waiters Race (Course Garçons de Café) took place in the centre of Antananarivo where service staff of various hotels and restaurants in Antananarivo competed in running against each other.
Le Country Club
Le Country Club is a classy tennis club located in Ilafy, about 7 kilometres north of Antananarivo along the road towards Ambohimanga.
Tsaranoro
The spectacular rock walls of the Tsaranoro Massif and the mindblowingly beautiful Tsaranoro Valley offer numerous climbing routes and hiking trails in a fairytale-like setting. The more adventurous can participate in paragliding or even base jumping.
Diego Suarez
The town of Diego Suarez is located in the north of Madagascar in the world's second largest natural bay with the picturesque Nosy Lonja (Sugarloaf island). The sourrunding area of Diego Suarez, officially known as Antsiranana, is one of the most beautiful locations in Madagascar.
Gemcutter Georges Andrianonison
Georges Andrianonison is a Malagasy gemcutter in the second generation. Born and grown up in Antsirabe, he learned the skills of gem cutting from his father. Today, with more than 25 years of experience, he is one of the best gemcutters in Madagascar.
Madagascar's Chocolates
Madagascar is a high quality cocoa producing nation boasting two major bean-to-bar chocolate factories, making especially dark and delicious chocolates from naturally organic cocoa grown along the Sambirano river in the Ambanja province.
Madagascar's Vanilla
Madagascar is the world's leading producer and supplier of hand-pollinated natural vanilla. The trade is centered in the northeast SAVA region of the island.
Andafiavaratra Palace
Andafiavaratra Palace is located north of the Queen's Palace in Antananarivo. It functioned as the palace of the prime minister during the reigns of the last queens and houses today an exhibition of precious royal items.
Anakao, an idyllic Vezo fishing village
Anakao is a small beautiful Vezo fishing village situated on a long stretched beach about 40km south of
Tulear, where life can be very relaxed.
Ambalavao, a charming town in the highlands
Ambalavao is a town with the largest zebu market in Madagascar and where herdsmen come to sell their cattle after walking with their zebu herds from virtually all parts of the country.
Kimony Beach - Morondava
Kimony Beach is a nice long stretch of sandy beach just seven kilometres north of Morondava. Fishermen come and go in their pirogues, whilst their wifes and kids await their return in the shade of the few bushes along the beach.
Madagascar Sapphire Rush
Madagascar, the fourth largest island on earth, is well known for its unique nature and wildlife. Throughout the
country tourists have for long discovered the many amazing natural treasures aboveground, while the real treasures
can be found underground - precious stones.
Taxi-brousse, the Malagasy way to travel
An advantage in going by taxi-brousse is not only the low price, it is also getting to know the Malagasy people while sitting
squeezed next to each other and listening to the preferred music channel of the driver.
Towns, villages and islands of Madagascar
- Ambalaharongana
- Ambalavao
- Ambanja
- Ambatoharanana
- Ambatolaidama
- Ambatolampy
- Ambatondrazaka
- Ambenja
- Ambilobe
- Amboatany
- Ambobaka
- Ambodifinesy
- Ambodimanga Ramena
- Ambodipont
- Ambodisatrana
- Ambohibary
- Ambohimahamasina
- Ambohimahasoa
- Ambohimahery
- Ambohimandroso
- Ambohimandroso (Masoala coast)
- Ambohimanga
- Ambohimarina
- Ambohitralanana
- Ambositra
- Ambodikily
- Ambovombe
- Amdolidimaka
- Ampanefena
- Ampanihy
- Amparafaravato
- Amparafaravola
- Amparihy-Bejofo
- Ampasimanolotra
- Ampefy
- Ampitsikinana
- Ampokafo
- Ampombiantambo
- Anakao
- Analalava
- Analampotsy
- Andapa
- Andasibe (Masoala coast)
- Andavadoaka
- Andingozabe
- Andongozabe
- Andrakadilana
- Andranofotsy
- Andratany
- Androfary
- Anjahamarina
- Anjahana
- Anjanazana
- Anjozorobe
- Ankavandra
- Ankazomborona
- Ankiana
- Ankorikakely
- Ankorondravo
- Ankovana
- Anovandrano
- Antakotako
- Antalaha
- Antalavia
- Antanamandririna
- Antanamazava
- Antanambao
- Antananarivo
- Antanifotsy
- Antezampafana
- Antombana
- Antsahabe
- Antsahadinta
- Antsahambavy
- Antsahandriana
- Antsambalahy
- Antsefapiana
- Antserasera
- Antsirabe
- Antsiranana (Diego Suarez)
- Antsohihy
- Arivonimamo
- Bealanana
- Beankora
- Befandriana Nord
- Behenjy
- Belo sur Mer
- Bemanevika
- Bemaneviky
- Benavony
- Betroka
- Brickaville
- Canal des Pangalanes
- Diego Suarez (Antsiranana)
- Faleovan
- Fampotabe
- Fampotakely
- Farafangana
- Fenerive Est (Fenoarivo Atsinanana)
- Fenoarivo Afovoany
- Fianarantsoa
- Fiangonana
- Fizono
- Ifaty
- Ihosy
- Ilafy
- Ilakaka
- Itampolo
- Ivovono
- Maevatanana (Ambanja)
- Mahabo
- Mahajanga
- Mahalevona
- Mahambo
- Mahanoro
- Maharavo
- Mahatsara
- Mahela
- Maintirano
- Maintirano
- Mampikony
- Manakambahiny
- Manakara
- Mananjary
- Manantenina
- Mandena
- Mandritsara
- Manjakandriana
- Mantasoa
- Marambo
- Mariarano
- Maroantsetra
- Marofinaritra (Masoala inland)
- Marofinaritra (Masoala coast)
- Marofototra
- Maromandia
- Marovoay
- Merimandroso
- Port-Bergé
- Fort Dauphin (Tôlagnaro)
- Miarinarivo
- Moramanga
- Morombe
- Morombato
- Morondava
- Namantoana
- Navana
- Nosy Be
- Nosy Lava (Analalava)
- Nosy Lava (Mitsio Archipelago)
- Nosy Mangabe
- Ramena
- Ranohira
- Ranomafana
- Ratranavona
- Ratsianarana
- Sahanjahana
- Sainte-Marie
- Sambas
- Sambava
- Soalala
- Soalara
- Soanierana Ivongo
- Tanambao
- Toamasina
- Tsarafanahy
- Tsiroanomandidy
- Tulear (Toliara)
- Vangaindrano
- Vatomandry
- Vinanivao
- Vohemar
- Vontovorona
- Detailed overview of the Regions, Districts and Communes of Madagascar
- Malagasy to English dictionary
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