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Madagascar: an unsuspected destination

Madagascar: an unsuspected destination


“Big Island”, “World Island”: the immense Madagascar has disproportionate potential which goes well beyond the beaches and the lemurs… and its some 300,000 visitors in 2023. It is a destination of discovery, carved especially for hiking, where the human aspect takes on its full dimension.

VFrom a cockpit, the passage into territorial waters then the foam fringe of the coastline is disturbed by the brown-blue fog spewed by scattered volcanoes. “Not volcanoes, but forest fires,” corrects the pilot, who confides his fears of seeing a magnificent island go up in smoke, slowly.

“And there, the red, are the watercourses which pour their laterite into the sea: it is no longer retained by the trees. » To be unforgettable, and undoubtedly change your life like a trip to India, entry into the world of Madagascar has its counterpart, the famous deforestation, due to the lack of agricultural land and the price of fuel: too much charcoal is still used for cooking, despite efforts to promote cheaper domestic gas, but whose distribution remains uncertain.

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