Enjoy Madagascar's wildlife up close!? Nosy Soa Park

Even if you want to see animals up close, they are often caged in zoos, making it difficult to see them nearby.
For those who want to see them even closer, there is a park in Madagascar where the entire island is a zoo.

Departing for the island

Nosy Soa Park, located east of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, is a small island that is entirely a zoo.

Therefore, you travel to the park by boat.
Several species of lemurs are kept, but since the entire island is a park, they are completely free-range.
It's great for the lemurs too, as they can live freely.

Landing at Nosisoa Park

Upon landing at the park, we were immediately welcomed by the collared lemurs.

They are quite accustomed to people and climbed up when we had bananas.
They sit on your shoulder and munch on bananas.
So many people It was my first time seeing such friendly lemurs, so I was surprised at first, but they looked adorable munching on bananas.

banana After eating, they seemed to guide us as if in exchange, walking ahead and leading us around.

"Roll, roll, roll, roll!"

Suddenly, the guide shouted in a high-pitched voice, 'Maki Maki Maki Maki!'
Maki refers to the ring-tailed lemur in Malagasy.
The lemurs at Nosy Soa Park are free-range, so you never know where they are.
The guide calls for the ring-tailed lemurs while exploring the park.
After a while of exploring, we encountered a group of ring-tailed lemurs!

Ring-tailed lemurs live in the wild in southern Madagascar, but traveling in Madagascar is quite challenging.
Here, you can meet them without going all the way to the south.
The ring-tailed lemurs are also quite friendly. They climb all over you in search of bananas.

Animals other than lemurs

Of course, you can also see chameleons.
Various types of chameleons were kept in a large cage.


You could also see other rare frogs unique to Madagascar.
What excited me the most was the radiated tortoise!

It's a tortoise native to Madagascar with a beautifully patterned shell.
This tortoise also inhabits the southern and southwestern parts of Madagascar, and I was thrilled to see it here without any barriers.

The lemurs are incredibly friendly.

Finally, the gray gentle lemur with its cute, round eyes.
While I was filming a video, it jumped onto my shoulder.
We snapped a two-shot just like that.

Even though I wasn't holding a banana, it somehow stayed on my shoulder, and we walked together with it perched there.
I felt the park was quite close, making me realize that lemurs are such creatures that become attached to people.

You can take photos from a very close distance, so if you want to see them up close or take pictures together, this might be a hidden recommended spot.