We didn’t have as long at the National Park in Ranomafana, but due to an exceptional guide we managed to see more indigenous wildlife here in one day than we did in any of the others in two.

Our guide recommended that we got an early start from the hotel today; we were more likely to catch the lemurs eating at that time of the morning, and he was right. We managed to get a good view of four different species of lemur, including Brown, Gentle Bamboo, Milne-Edwards Sifaka and Red Bellied lemurs.

As it had been raining, the leeches were out in full force - despite having our trouser tucked into our socks (which also a means of telling a tourist a mile off), they still managed to find themselves onto bare skin.

The park itself is situated near a fast flowing river, which serves the hydro-electric power station well.