Today was a nice mixed ride with several parts.

We started in the busy city of Fianarantsoa headed outbound. Relatively quick cycling and for a bit we even paralleled railroad track. The road was good, though also more traffic.

I was amused to find this crosswalk in the countryside. On the one hand people pretty much walk wherever on and across the road. What also amused me this is one of the main roads in a country of 30+ million people.

This is an agricultural area. The soil looked good though mostly people working the land by hand or perhaps some zebu cows.

At 26km we turned from the main RN7 road. Our destination was Ramonafana National Park. This was another of must-see sites from the guidebooks. The road was at least as good condition and much quieter.

We came across some additional villages.

More agriculture here. It was a little hillier and otherwise a nice ride. At 48km we stopped at the last village before the park.

Two restaurants across from each other. We ate soup and rice and could see the other restaurant across the street.

We also stopped our riding at lunch. The road got worse and descended ~2000ft past the park.

Here was the park sign. We then made our way to the main area and paid a guide for a two hour walk.

This park has ~14 species of lemur (7 nocturnal and 7 diurnal). We saw three but they were much more shy than Anja park.

Several of the lemur photos.

A bird

A mongoose

Our guide.

Elsewhere in the park.

After this further descent to Ramonafana town. In contrast with other places we’ve been this feels much more touristy with hotels and restaurants. Also slightly warmer as it is lower.

Nice to see a few more lemurs today and get in some quiet riding.