Eastern Madagascar
Betsileo Country Lodge
A great option to break the long (nine hour) journey between Isalo National Park and Ranomafana. Betsileo Country Lodge is located just five minutes from the Anja Community Reserve, with its high concentration of ring-tailed lemurs, the primary attraction here. The interesting town of Ambalavao, home to the country’s largest zebu market, is less than a ten minute drive away.
Betsileo is in a wonderfully picturesque setting with a lovely atmosphere, boosted by the friendly and welcoming staff. Standard rooms are in the main building, with detached bungalows available also. The bungalows have two bedrooms and a private veranda. All room options are simple but comfortable, and have en suite bathrooms. There is complimentary Wi-Fi and an outdoor swimming pool. Refreshing drinks and tasty home-cooked food are served in a bar and restaurant in the main building.
Facilities
Small outdoor swimming pool, bar and restaurant. There are eight cabins and three standard rooms, with two VIP cabins to be completed this year.
Room options available: Bungalow room - double, Bungalow room - triple, standard room - double, Standard room - family, Standard room - triple.
Local Wildlife
Ring-tailed lemur, lowland streaked tenrec.
Madagascar girdled lizard, Barbour's day gecko, Dangalia lizard.
Malagasy coucal, Madagascar harrier-hawk, bee-eaters, grey-headed lovebird.
Claire Pote
Area Specialist
If you have any questions regarding our Madagascar tours, please feel free to contact me on +44 (0)1803 866965
Having recently returned from a truly memorable 3 weeks in Madagascar we wanted to express our sincerest thanks to you Helen, and all at Reef and Rainforest for arranging such a superb wildlife viewing experience.
As you are aware, we were particularly keen to see and photograph the fosa. At Kirindy forest we actually encountered 3. Despite the rather challenging accommodation we would highly recommend the Kirindy experience to all those wanting an exceptional primate viewing experience.
Overall our lemur species/subspecies count was 22 and other notable sightings included 2 species of mongoose, giant jumping rats, a huge Madagascar ground boa, humpback whales and the Madagascar fish eagle.
Every detail of the trip from start to finish was superbly well arranged and managed, which cannot be easy in a country with such complex problems. Well done Helen.
All aspects of the trip were outstanding. Wildlife, people, culture and geography. We will certainly return again to visit the north of the island and return to paradise, Anjajavy.
This was our second trip with Reef and Rainforest and I cannot speak highly enough of your company. I would recommend your services to any natural world/wildlife enthusiast. Thank you again.
