Chameleon-Tour in Madagascar

[Mario]

Hi we are back from the Chameleon-Tour... it was an Amazing Tour and we see a lot of nice Animals... and i whant to share my Experience and the Pics
of this Tour.

First we went to the Andasibe Area... here we search first for Chameleons...

 

[SoCaliSon]

More Pics! More Pics!

Please.

 

[codiwatkins]

yea def more pics!!! What kind of cham is the first one??

 

[Mario]

ok... we see some nice animals in Analamazaotra... but out of these Forest are interestin Area like Antoinzazana

 

[Mario]

the First one is Calumma nasutum... and the geen one is Calumma furcifer (baby)
...tomorrow the Next pics will follow...here in "good old germany" its late... time to go in Bed
Veloma

 

[codiwatkins]

can you buy one in the states??

 

[MrCus]

we go there in November with same tour operator. Really looking forward to this journey

 

[SoCaliSon]

Calumma Nasuta was one of many species that were banned for export by CITES in 1995.

 

[AJA]

Heart attack!!! I was just looking at an Earthwatch Expedition to see how I can get to Madagascar and this came up...WOOOO HOOO. The website is in German....WAAAHHHHHH

More photos ! More Journals!

Edit: aha! found the website and translated.

http://translate.google.com/transla...zon.com/index.asp&sl=de&tl=en&history_state0=

 

[SSimsswiSS]

can you buy one in the states??

Probably, No.

 

[MrCus]

Heart attack!!! I was just looking at an Earthwatch Expedition to see how I can get to Madagascar and this came up...WOOOO HOOO. The website is in German....WAAAHHHHHH

just write them an email, they understand english and the tourguides too
Just join our trip in november

 

[Mario]

me again... the Touroperator put the next Chameleontour also in English...
little passions...
after the Visiting the Area of Andasibe we drive in the North... our next Destination was the Ankarafantsika Nationalpark... we see great Chameleons...
in the next day more Pics will folow...i promise ;-)

 

[Mario]

in ankarafantsika we find a lot of nice animals...the campground is great
the peoples are nice...and the landscapes are umbelievebel...
after some great days we go on direction Ambanja...

 

[Kent67]

Hi Mario. Thank you so much for sharing your photographs. They are truly spectacular. That F. rhinoceratus is unbelievable! And, it's amazing how much iron is in the soil in that picture from Ankarafantsika. Just, beautiful! Please, share as many more photos as you'd like. Ambanja is my favorite area for panther chameleons.

With the political problems there now, did you all feel safe while you were there? Did you experience any problems?

 

[Mario]

Hi Kent,
we dont feel any Problems about the Political crisis...
we have a very good feeling the complete Time.
Also about the Chameleons ;-) we saw a lot of nice animals...
i will share also these pics... little pasions

 

[Kent67]

That's very good to hear that you had no problems. I think the very last thing the country needs right now is for its ecotourism to die. Hopefully they can continue to make travelers feel safe and welcome until a stable, legitimate government is established.

 

[Mario]

Hi Kent,
i think Madagascar need Tourist very quick... the Tourism loose around 120 Million Dollars in the first 4 Month of this Year...

Lets have a look on Chameleons again ;-)
we drive from Ankarafantsika over mampikony to Port Berge and then over
Ankaramybe to Ambanja...

 

[rachelk]

in ankarafantsika we find a lot of nice animals...the campground is great
the peoples are nice...and the landscapes are umbelievebel...
after some great days we go on direction Ambanja...

What kind of cham is that in the 3rd picture?? Beautiful!!

 

[Mario]

Hi RachelK,
this is an Brookesia decari (earthchameleon)... we found it on the ground...
we have a lot of luck if you look on the colours...

 

[Mario]

In Ankify we saw very nice pardalis...
i like this colourmorph very much...and this male was around 55cm tall