10 of the world's most amazing rock formations
8. Tsingy de Bemaraha, Madagascar
In Malagasy ‘tsingy’ translates loosely as ‘walking on tiptoes’ – a natural fit for one of the world’s spikiest landscapes. A massive ‘forest’ of limestone needles and razor-sharp ramparts, Tsingy de Bemaraha was carved by millennia of unusual erosion, and now looks more like Mordor than the neighbouring rainforests. Madagascar is renowned for endemic species (90% of its fauna are found nowhere else), and even this inhospitable ecosystem houses unique species of lizard, lemur and frog. Not one to visit in flip flops.
In Malagasy ‘tsingy’ translates loosely as ‘walking on tiptoes’ – a natural fit for one of the world’s spikiest landscapes. A massive ‘forest’ of limestone needles and razor-sharp ramparts, Tsingy de Bemaraha was carved by millennia of unusual erosion, and now looks more like Mordor than the neighbouring rainforests. Madagascar is renowned for endemic species (90% of its fauna are found nowhere else), and even this inhospitable ecosystem houses unique species of lizard, lemur and frog. Not one to visit in flip flops.
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31 October 2022
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