Each country has its own "visiting cards" by which it is known all over the world. In Madagascar, such is the world-famous Avenue of the Baobabs near the city of Morondava. What do tourists want to see on Made? Lemurs, Tsingy and Baobab Alley.
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Alley of the Baobabs
Avenue of the Baobabs - Although in fact, if you dig deeper, this alley will turn out to be the best monument to greed, cynicism and human duplicity. Well, first of all, there used to be a forest here. Not very thick, like in Kirindi. A normal forest, with lemurs, chameleons, flocks of birds and all related activities. Where is he now? In the same place where other millions of hectares are - in the furnace of the Malagasy. Baobabs is listed low among local lumberjacks, besides, it is often sacred - you can’t cut it, and there’s no need to stupidly. Wood in Madagascar is an order of magnitude better: polysander, rosewood... So these two or three dozen giant idols remained standing among the many kilometers of clearing around.
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Secondly, in 2007, something like a natural monument was founded here in order to develop tourism in the region.
Third, the Chinese are here. Not much yet, but… The place is far from being wild.
If you look through the eyes of a tourist, then yes - it’s beautiful, exotic, and at sunset and dawn it’s just wow!
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How to get there
Alley of the Baobabs - The best way to get there is by your own transport - a car with an English-speaking driver or a motorbike. Or during an organized trip to Madagascar. But you can see everything using public transport. Airplanes from Tana fly to Morondava and taxi-bars go. Including comfortable Cotisse for 50 thousand ariary. Rides such an executive vein all day. Well, then you can get to the baobabs by another minibus from Morondava to Bela Tsiribihina, the fare will cost around 5 thousand ariary.