Stunning Natural

Madagascar is about 800 kilometers east of Mozambique, off the southeast coast of the African continent. Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo, Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world and about one and a half times as large as Germany.
13.7 million people from 18 different tribes inhabit the island, of which one million live in the capital, Tana (Antananarivo).
The island is surrounded by the Indian Ocean and is the one of hard bedrock, such as basalt and granite, on the other of volcanically formed islands (Nosy Be, Comoros) and landscapes (mountains around Antsirabé).






The flora and fauna of Madagascar is endemic to 80 percent by the isolated location of the island have evolved largely independent ways. It is the human settlement of foreign crops brought into the country. Today’s fauna and flora of the country still has strong resemblance to the original, so the island has been for decades a research station for biologists and botanists who are trying to discover each day new and classified.

The landscape of Madagascar

Even the landscape of the island is very diverse. For example, the plain on the east coast very fruitful. Here are grown in large scale vanilla, coffee, cocoa, cloves and other spices. Here flourish beautiful fan palms and orchids, and countless other tropical plants.





At the foot of the mountain begins the dense rain forest, which stretches from north to south of the island. The Central Highlands, which lies between 500 and 2000 meters above sea level, shaped rather the opposite. This plateau extends over several hundred miles with almost no trees and shrubs. On the seemingly endless grasslands, which feed only occasionally broken by fertile river valleys, often large herds of cattle.

The Wild (South) West Madagascar has its own characteristics. Since here the whole year hardly any rain falls, the region is fed by the rivers that spring from the mountains of the east coast. Here one finds steppes, which are overgrown with brambles, and sparse palm trees, densely vegetated river valleys and small groundwater fed oases.

To the west the central highlands is terraced up from the coast. Large areas are almost deserted and overgrown with tall grass. The coast is rugged and full of small coves, many uninhabited islands, some are offshore.





The beaches on these islands correspond to the classical holiday dreams, the South Sea beckons with endless white beaches and coconut palms far as the eye. But even under the water continues the diversity of Madagascar. Each dive promises to be a dreamlike and unique experience. Madagascar? Let’s go!

Culture

Life is preparation for life after death, from this belief, the Malagasy people celebrate their funerals also quite happy. Her faith is primarily determined by the nature of religion, but also has Christian influences. Due to the different races created a lot of different cultures, which are then presented in various art forms. One of the most distinctive art forms are the fabric painting, embroidery on cotton cloth hole and works from zebu (cattle) leather.