Madagascar Expedition 2012: Mr Cornish in Madagascar Days 4-5

The Madagascar 2012 Expedition will follow 14 years of world travel and community projects organised by The Coopers' Company and Coborn School. In 2012 a group of 34 year 12 and 13 students will spend one month in Madagascar, with the aim of completing the building of a secondary school block in the Merina village of Andranosoa. Pupils will also spend time experiencing the vulnerable wildlife, people and landscapes of what is a unique country by travelling to the west coast via a 3 day canoe journey along the Tsiribihina river, visiting the Tsingy de Bemaraha, Kirindy Forest and the Avenue de Baobab. As a team, we are hoping to raise £20,000 to cover costs for the charity project. The aim of this blog is to provide information about Madagascar, the team and the fund-raising project. Please visit the pages shown on the right to learn more about the expedition.

Tuesday 12 April 2011

Mr Cornish in Madagascar Days 4-5

As I had the car, I decided to drive to Andasibe, Madagascar's most accessible area of rainforest.
This will be our first stop after arriving in Antananarivo. 3 hours dive to the east, it contains one of the highest levels of biodiversity of any area of rainforest in the world. Thankfully it wasn't raining- and stayed virtually cloud-free all day! I have made arrangements for accommodation, transport and guides for 2012. We will be staying in Hotel Feno-ly- Ala in chalets overlooking the forest.

I spent this morning walking in the forest to carry out a risk assessment. I was fortunate to see a wealth of animals including four species of lemur, chameleons, geckos, frogs and many birds. The walk was completed by a very quick swim in a freezing natural swimming pool.