Comprehensive living display of arid Malagasy plants, particularly 'spiny forest' species; attractively landscaped on a level sandy site. All plants labelled, informative display boards, wealth of native fauna living and breeding in the arboretum - lizards, birds etc used to people, so easy to photograph.
Our guide Fara spoke excellent English, was very familiar with the plants and animals and...
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Arboretum d'Antsokay, Toliara
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The Antsokay arboretum is a botanic gardens with a collection of over 900 plant species from the southwest of Madagascar, 90% are endemic to the......
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The Antsokay arboretum is a botanic gardens with a collection of over 900 plant species from the southwest of Madagascar, 90% are endemic to the region and 80% have medicinal properties. Among these many succulent species are recognized as endangered.Visit also include opportunity to see creatures you can see no where else in the world. Not just chameleons, boas, tenrecs or birds but also other endemics such as the mouse lemurs which are the main night visit attraction of the arboretum.
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The Antsokay Arboretum was founded around 1980 by Swiss amateur botanist, Hermann Petignat. The land was reclaimed from an old limestone quarry and brick-making area. We were able to see plants here that have largely disappeared from the wild.
Although there are a few guest cottages on site, it is an easy taxi ride from Toliara which is 12 km...
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