Travel Review: Luxury Africa Safari, Madagascar, Lemur Island, Star Gazing, Hiking, Snorkeling

Number one by far was seeing the lemurs.  We visited a place called Lemur Island, where they have rescued formerly captive lemurs and released them into a large rainforest setting.  The lemurs are very used to people, and as soon as we reached the island they were hopping down from the trees onto us.  We have great family photos of our group of 8 standing together with at least that number of lemurs climbing all over us.  Another highlight was the spiny forest in the southern part of the island.  The vegetation there is very beautiful and unique.  We'd never seen anything like it.  One particular highlight was hiking through the spiny forest at night to see the nocturnal lemurs.  The sky was so incredibly clear that we could see not only thousands of stars but also the Milky Way galaxy striped across the sky.  Very beautiful experience.  We also enjoyed a brand new beach resort that recently opened on an island off the northern tip of Madagascar.  The beach was very pristine and beautiful, with excellent snorkeling, fishing and other water-based activities.  It was a very relaxing way to end the trip.