Madagascar Travel Guide

Madagascar is the world's fourth-largest island. Madagascar is a high plateau separates the rain forests of Madagascar's eastern coast from the savanna and dry forest of the western plains. Scientists believe the chunk of land that became Madagascar broke from Africa about 100 million years ago.

This place is full of oddities and rarities. If you're partial to lizards, for example, you're in luck: You can find more than half of the world's varieties of chameleons there. You'll also find more than 250 kinds of frogs and some 40 species of lemurs (the wide-eyed, long-tailed relatives of monkeys) that are exclusive to the island. Every year scientists discover new species of plants and animals in its deserts and forests.

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