Madagascar

Discover how the island's remarkable past has produced its intriguing present, like the Tsingy- a series of jagged limestone peaks which have cut off animals in isolated gorges, allowing them to evolve into their own unique species.

Travel from the highest mountains, where trees are few and it's cold enough for frost, through the lush, cloaking rainforests, down to the tropical coast, discovering the ringtailed lemurs, the jewelled geckos and the predatory wasps.

The south is home to its most extraordinary landscapes- from forests of 'upside down' trees, to alien 'spiny deserts'. In stark contrast to the east, this is a place that's bone-dry for most of the year - but it's extraordinarily rich in wildlife.