Wholesale Madagascar by Daniel Austin

[Globe Pequot Publishing] This thoroughly updated 14th edition of Bradt’s Madagascar remains the leading and by far the most detailed guidebook to this unique African island nation – a place like nowhere else on Earth. Its authors are both established Madagascar experts: Hilary Bradt, who first visited in 1976 and has returned roughly 35 times, and Daniel Austin, who has visited 30 times across 20 years and continues to spend several months a year there. The world’s oldest – and fourth-largest – island, Madagascar is fascinating not only zoologically and botanically, but culturally, linguistically, historically and geologically too. Evolution has transformed the country into an unparalleled hotspot for biodiversity, with four-fifths of its flora and fauna occurring nowhere else on the planet. More than a fifth of the world's 533-odd primate species exist only here, and Madagascar is the sole country to harbour wild lemurs. Offering itineraries to suit all interests and budgets, with