Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park
Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, National park in Melaky, Madagascar
Tsingy de Bemaraha features vast limestone plateaus with sharp rock needles rising from the ground, creating intricate networks of canyons and caves.
The limestone formations began their development 200 million years ago when ancient seabeds emerged above water and underwent extensive erosion processes.
The word Tsingy comes from the Malagasy language of the Sakalava people who named these formations indicating the impossibility of walking barefoot.
Visitors need to hire certified guides and use climbing equipment to explore the park through suspension bridges and designated trails across limestone formations.
The park contains 11 lemur species and the Antsingy leaf chameleon, which exists exclusively within these limestone formations.
Location: Melaky
Inception: 1997
Website: http://tsingy-madagascar.com/leparc.htm
GPS coordinates: -18.90060,44.81400
Latest update: May 27, 2025 06:59
Rock pillars and spires shaped by erosion stand as natural monuments across various locations worldwide. These geological structures, known as hoodoos, display different colors and shapes based on their mineral composition and environmental conditions. From the red rocks of Utah to the limestone formations of Turkey, these sites present geological formations created over millions of years through wind and water erosion. These formations develop through differential erosion, where softer rock layers erode faster than harder layers, leaving slender columns often capped with protective harder rock. Visitors find such structures in desert landscapes, canyons, and plateaus where conditions favor their formation and preservation. The color palette ranges from white to orange, red, and gray, depending on the minerals present such as iron oxide, limestone, or clay.
Madagascar features natural landscapes ranging from the baobab avenues near Morondava to the limestone formations of the Tsingy and coastal areas with coral reefs. The country's national parks protect tropical rainforests inhabited by lemurs, along with geological features including crater lakes and sandstone formations. The highest peaks rise in the northern mountain ranges, while the southern regions are characterized by dry landscapes. Photogenic locations include the Isalo Massif with its eroded sandstone canyons, the Masoala Peninsula with its rainforests along the Indian Ocean, and the island of Nosy Be off the northwest coast. The beaches at Ifaty and Anakao attract visitors for their reefs, while Sainte-Marie Island is known for whale watching between July and September. The Kirindy forests in the west are home to nocturnal lemurs and fossas. Historic sites include the royal hill of Ambohimanga, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the Rova palace in Antananarivo. The geysers at Ampefy and the crater lake Tritriva showcase the volcanic history of the highlands. The red Tsingy near Sadjoavato formed through erosion of iron-rich sandstone and contrast with the gray limestone Tsingy in the west.
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