. Geography

Fourth largest island in the world, Madagascar has inherited the curious a footprint spread over 1600 km from North to South, a perimeter of 5,000 Km, and anchored 400 km off the African coast. To the east stretches a coastal strip with omnipresent lush tropical forest to countless species.

The western side included two large sedimentary basins has vast plateaus such as Bemaraha, or as sandstone Isalo. If the North is a little redesign of all regions in the south where the sun reigns supreme nature has adapted a unique plant environment, the Bush.

. Seasons and weather

Climatic zones, 5 in number, embrace the physical geography of the island in the Highlands differentiating mild climate, the western hot and dry, the rainy East Coast under the influence of winds, the hot and humid North, and semi-arid south.

Rainfall is decreasing North-East (over 3m) South West (less than 400 m) with many nuances between these two extremes. The dry season or will austral winter from April to October, and summer from November to March. If, at sea level, temperatures range between 27°C and 32°C in summer and 22°C in the winter, the Highlands they can drop to 4 ° or less some winter evenings.