Ranomafana National Park

Location and physical description

Situated in the province of Fianarantsoa, within the valley of Namorona, Ranomafana is a small locality surrounded by mountainous massif covered of a dense evergreen forest . The landscape is characteristic of the often brutal tradition between the highland and the coastal fringe. The dense hydrographic system comprises many small waterways , tributaries of the Namorona with the deep valley upstream Ranomafana.
Jammed between the Betsileo and Tanala countries , Ranomafana owes its name to a ferruginous spa . The site is the departure point of many excursions in the National Park.

This is a humid tropical climate type with annual rains of 2 600 mm .They are generally drizzle form fine rains , especially during the cold season. The dry season does not practically exist.

The other National Parks

*The places of interests*
Antananarivo	Antsiranana
Fianarantsoa	Nosy Bé
Tuléar	Majunga
Fort Dauphin	Toamasina
Morondava	Sainte Marie

*Our Selection of hotels*
The Highland north	The West coast
The Highland south	The South
The North	The South East
The East coast

*Belief and Traditions*
Famadihana	Fitampoha	Tsanga-Tsaina	Alahamady bé	Sambatra

To discover........

Special Reserves

Analamazoatra

Andranomena

Ankarana

Nosy Mangabe

Natural Reserves

Andohahela

Andringitra

Ankarafantsika

Bemaraha

Lokobe

Marojejy

Tsimanampetsotsa

	Location and physical description
	Situated in the province of Fianarantsoa, within the valley of Namorona, Ranomafana is a small locality surrounded by mountainous massif covered of a dense evergreen forest . The landscape is characteristic of the often brutal tradition between the highland and the coastal fringe. The dense hydrographic system comprises many small waterways , tributaries of the Namorona with the deep valley upstream Ranomafana. Jammed between the Betsileo and Tanala countries , Ranomafana owes its name to a ferruginous spa . The site is the departure point of many excursions in the National Park.
	The climate
	This is a humid tropical climate type with annual rains of 2 600 mm .They are generally drizzle form fine rains , especially during the cold season. The dry season does not practically exist.
	The flora
	The Classified forest of Ranomafana is Malagasy rain forest type of the centre area , the forest exploitation selective type is still practiced, except on the east part considered as primary forest due to its distance from the major road . The planted with trees stratum is composed of many Apocinaceae , Euphorbiaceae and Rubiaceae…. , and orchids of Bulbophylum and Eulophyella genera. The Psidium cattleyarum Myrtaceae is found in the vast secondary forest areas . The National park has been created in 1991 to protect the two models of evergreen forest , on the one hand the dense forest of low altitude and on the other hand the mountain forest .
	The fauna
	Ranomafana is an exceptional site endowed with badly known endemic fauna . Some lemur species can be found there . A new lemur specie : the hapalemur aureus, or the browned Hapalemur and the Hapalemur simus among the rarest has been discover in 1987 near Ranomafana .. Nowaday , 4 sites are known for the Hapalemur simus with a total of hundred of individuals , 3 of these sites are situated near Ranomafana. Only one is known for the Hapalemur aureus. The extremly rich avifauna is very interesting : some rare species ,such the Accipiter henstii, the unicolor Mesitornis , and many others as the Xenopirostris polleni are well represented.