We spent three days exploring Isalo National Park. Three days is enough time to see most of the highlights of the park. There is also a "Grand Loop" which consists of 7 days of hiking and camping. We decided to stay in a hotel in town.
A bit of information about the pictures - the plant with the yellow flowers is the Pacapodium, or elephant's foot, a slow-growing plant endemic to Madagascar. It is similar to the boabab in that it can take up to 500 years to get full size - a plant that's a year old is about two inches tall. They only grow on rocky terrain.
There are also huge termite hills all over Isalo and the nearby areas. See my sunglasses for size comparison. People sometimes break them open and steal the termites to feed their chickens so they grow faster - the termites rebuild.
One of the pictures shows our guide, Bosco, with Patrick, our driver, and Caryl.
Various rock formations: the boot, the dog, the window at sunset, the queen.
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