Dear all
I am a Taiwanese woman who is going to Madagascar for birding this year. After a lot of searches, I come to two final options: ASISTEN Travel or FANOMEZANTSOA ANDRIANIRINA
Can anyone give any advices to help me make decision? Ex which agency is better for birding??
And how are these birding site? :
Andasibe
Maroansetra
ankarafantsika
Tsaratsaotra
Dauphin
Berenty
Andasibe
Analamazaotra
Ambositra
Ambalavao
Ranohira
I would appreciate very much for your kind reply.
Chen
are these travel agents only dealing in bird tours
do you need a bird tour specialist
you have to have a guide to take you in the national parks so you would be better to have the guide with bird knowledge in each area you go to
where you go may depend on the time of year you visit
Especially in rainforest parks, but also generally, birds are frequently difficult to find and observe. As #1 says, you need someone with local knowledge in each case, and that will be a (compulsory) guide accredited to the park you're visiting, and not someone based with a travel agency/tour operator in Tana (who will not be permitted to guide you in the parks anyway!)
My advice would be to make your own way to the parks concerned, tell the person at the park office what your specific needs are and ask to be assigned a guide who specialises in locating birds. You'll save money and still have the best chance of locating what you want to see.