The Isalo National Park, established in 1962, two years after the county’s independence, is the second-oldest national park in Madagascar. It covers 815 square kilometers (roughly half the area of greater London), ranging from 500 to 1300 meters of elevation, and is situated in the province of Fianarantsoa in the island’s south. It consists of a 250-million-year-old (five times … [Read more...]
Ranomafana National Park – Madagascar Road Trip #3
Ranomafana National Park is one of Madagascar’s oldest and most visited nature reserves. It covers 161 square miles of pristine tropical rainforest at an average elevation of 1000 meters in Madagascar’s central highlands. It is accessed from the homonymous village of Ranomafana which can be reached within a long day’s drive from Antananarivo. It was established in 1991 … [Read more...]
Morondava, Avenue of Baobabs, Betania – Madagascar Road Trip #2
After Antsirabe, the second chapter of our 2023 road trip in southern Madagascar was to take place in Morondava: the capital city of Menabe Region in the country’s central-western coast. Besides its scenic tropical beaches and cultural significance, the city is principally visited as the gateway to the world-famous, nearby natural wonder of the Avenue of Baobabs.The drive to … [Read more...]
Antsirabe – Madagascar Road Trip #1
Antsirabe, with a population of roughly 400,000, is the third-largest city in Madagascar. Its name translates to the place of much salt. Owing to the numerous thermal springs and freshwater sources in its vicinity, it also goes by the nickname the City of Water. It is known for its cultural diversity (a melting pot of Malagasy tribes) and its immense fleet of human-powered … [Read more...]
Extending Madagascar Tourist Visa in Antananarivo
I landed in Antananarivo one afternoon in the late autumn of 2023, one day before my girlfriend, Sophie, arrived on a separate flight. Our plan was to spend in Madagascar the better part of the upcoming north winter. Of what little we had researched in advance, doing this would require a visa extension.All resources we had read, official or unofficial, outlined the same details … [Read more...]
Ruta De Las Flores Road Trip
Ruta de las Flores (literally the flower route) is famed as one of El Salvador's most scenic traveling itineraries. It runs for about 50 km between the town of Sonsonate and Ahuachapan, going through a diversity of lush landscapes and a series of picturesque historic villages. It would surely make a beseeming destination for our intended, brief road trip in El … [Read more...]
Climbing Santa Ana Volcano, El Salvador
The Volcano of Santa Ana, at 2.381 meters, is the highest mountain in El Salvador. We were going to climb to its top on the previous day. But that didn't work out as planned...The thing is that, despite it being reachable via a very short and easy hike, the local authorities compel all hikers to join a guided tour. To further complicate the matter, there is only one such tour … [Read more...]
Lake Coatepeque: Day Trip from Santa Ana
Lake Coatepeque, formed within a large volcanic caldera, is situated near the city of Santa Ana in western El Salvador. We weren't originally intending to visit it during our sojourn in the city, but it so happened we did quite accidentally...A week into our stay in Santa Ana city, we headed out one morning aiming to climb the Volcano of Santa Ana. But this excursion ended … [Read more...]
Tazumal & Chalchuapa: Day Trip from Santa Ana
The archeological complex of Tazumal is considered one of the most distinguished Mayan sites in El Salvador. It is situated in the heart of the modern city of Chalchuapa in the western part of the country.We'd recently crossed into El Salvador from Guatemala and settled for a while in the city of Santa Ana. It'd been three months we were traveling around Central America and had … [Read more...]
Guatemala City to Santa Ana, El Salvador by Local Public Transport
June 2022, having spent about a month traveling around Guatemala, we ended up in Guatemala City. And then it was time to move on to the city of Santa Ana in El Salvador.We found two ways to do that by public transport:Yet another option—which would be the fastest, comfiest, safest, and still fairly economical for a group—would be to arrange a private transfer here. The lowest … [Read more...]
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