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Perinet, Madagascar
As Madagascar's most popular reserve (up to 300 visitors a day according to Bradt's Travel guide 2001), Analamazaotra Special Reserve (better known as Perinet or Andasibe) is very visitor friendly. The 810 ha reserve features broad trails and excellent guides. The reserve lies at an elevation of 930m-1049m and can be quite cool at night.
Perinet is synonomous with the world's largest lemur, the Indri. About 3 feet (one meter) tall with coloration of a giant panda but a humanoid body shape, the Indri sings beautiful whale-like songs at daybreak and dusk. Visitors are virtually guaranteed to hear their songs even if they do not spot the lemurs.
While visiting Perinet also look for the Aye-aye (I saw two in 1997), grey bamboo lemurs, brown lemurs, and eastern woolly lemurs. At night you may find dwarf lemurs and mouse lemurs. As for reptiles, you will almost certainly see the Madagascar tree boa along with various chameleons in and around the reserve. The montane forest of this region may have the highest biodiversity of frogs on the planet
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