To delve into the primeval forests of the vast Andasibe-Mantadia National Park is to take a journey into the awesome biodiversity of Madagascar. Sat just a three-hour drive east of the capital city at Antananarivo, the reserve is one of the most accessible in the country. Rising with the mountains to heights of over 1,000 meters above sea level, it's packed with waxy periwinkle trees and colorful blooms of mallows, and clad in a thick blanket of ancient woods. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park tour guides offer day-long expeditions to walk the wild trails all over, and around the two small lakes,Lac Vert(Green Lake) andLac Rouge(Red Lake) as you scour the area for the unique animal life that lurks within. And what animal life that is! Think rare bamboo lemurs and swinging indris, the beautiful diademed sifaka and human-like primates aplenty, all mixed in with land crabs and tropical frogs and lizards and long-eared owls.