We have a road! Overnight most of the water on the road disappeared meaning more of the park would be accessible! After a good breakfast ( still cooked on a wood fire as the generator was not on yet and neither was the electricity) we set off for another locally managed park. The national park was to be closed for a week due to the cyclone but we were happy to go to this one as the income goes straight to the local community.
We were treated to an array of wildlife - including more Indri who even came down to the ground to eat soil as they had upset tummies, paradise fly catchers in their nest, a Pygmy kingfisher and the elusive and large mossy bark gecko almost impossible to see (and has almost grabbed top spot from the satanic faced leaftail gecko).
After lunch we visited the local village and church before embarking on our night walk (the electricity finally came on too!). There we finally saw a woolly lemur and got a great view of Goodman”s mouse lemur as he munched away on a cricket. We happened upon a rather unusual elephant ear chameleon plus many frogs and Morgan’s moth ( a rather drab little fellow!)
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Sounds like you spotted lots of interested wildlife. It's a shame those Morgan's seem to bring down the sight, wherever they are found....
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