MADAGASCAR | Sunday, 23 November 2014 | Views [261] | View Larger Image
My girlfriend and I jumped out of the taxi brousse at Park Headquarters with 3 boxes full of food and no idea what we were in for. After quickly organising our guide, cook and porters we headed off through the local village towards the park entrance.
We could see the looming shape of Mount Marojejy in the background, seemingly so close to the small village yet still a 3 day trek away. We knew that somewhere in the shadow of the mountain was the rare Silky Sifaka.
There was no sign of the Silky Sifaka on our trek to Camp one, apparently they favoured the higher altitudes closer to Camp two. However, we were lucky enough to see a group of brown lemurs on our trek to the first camp. This female lemur was surprisingly nonchalant given the history of lemur hunting that had occurred in the area in the past.
