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.

Monday 6 August 2012

Week 3: Mangily and Kirindy Forest

The boys play football on the beach while the girls watch- a common occurrence on this trip!

Setting up camp on the sand dunes overlooking an empty 2 mile stretch of white sand beach. 

A night walk in Kirindy forest gave the group an opportunity to observe at least four species of nocturnal lemur.  Most pupils were lucky to be able to see Madame Berthe's Mouse lemur, the smallest primate in the world. 


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