Out and About with Diane

  • 2026-08 Madagascar and South Africa
  • 2026-03 Chilean Fjords
  • 2026-02 Sydney to Sydney Cruise Summary
  • 2026 Birding near Rio
  • 2026 Rapi Nui
  • 2025 New Zealand Cruise
  • 2025 GreenlanD
  • 2025 India
  • Travels

  • September 7, 2026: !Khwa ttu Nature Reserve

    September 7, 2026: !Khwa ttu Nature Reserve

    After a nice breakfast, we drove from Cape Town to !Khwa ttu Nature Reserve where we stayed in a cabin in the reserve. The Nature reserve was created…

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    Diane

    September 7, 2026

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  • September 5-6, 2026: Morondava to Antananarivo (Tana) to Johannesburg to Cape Town, South Africa

    September 5-6, 2026: Morondava to Antananarivo (Tana) to Johannesburg to Cape Town, South Africa

    From Morondava we flew to Antanararivo(Tana), spent the night and then the next morning flew to Johannesburg and then to Cape Town. We had no trouble with luggage…

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    Diane

    September 5, 2026

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  • September 4, 2026: Hotel Soleil des Tsingy (Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park) to Morondava

    September 4, 2026: Hotel Soleil des Tsingy (Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park) to Morondava

    Today was another long drive on dirt roads- almost 12 hours- to go from our lodge in Tsingy to Morondava. Only one ferry this time, no nearby forest…

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    Diane

    September 4, 2026

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  • September 2-3, 2026: Hotel Soleil des Tsingy (Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park)

    September 2-3, 2026: Hotel Soleil des Tsingy (Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park)

    We went to Tsingy de. Bemaraha National Park and hiked the Grand Tsingy trail the first day and walked the Little Tsingy the second day. It was about…

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    Diane

    September 2, 2026

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  • September 1, 2026: Camp Amoureux (Marofandilia forest) to Hotel Soleil des Tsingy (Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park)

    September 1, 2026: Camp Amoureux (Marofandilia forest) to Hotel Soleil des Tsingy (Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park)

    Today was a long driving day- we drove for over 8 hours on the bumpy dirt main roads. We had two river crossings by ferry, drove by multiple…

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    Diane

    September 1, 2026

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  • August 30-31, 2026: Camp Amoureux aka Akiba Lodge (Marofandilia forest/Kirindy forest))

    August 30-31, 2026: Camp Amoureux aka Akiba Lodge (Marofandilia forest/Kirindy forest))

    What a wonderful place- our lodge is in the middle of the Marofandilia Forest/Kirindy Forest or as our guide says the “Dry Deciduous Forest”. We are here in…

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    Diane

    August 30, 2026

    4 min read

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