Canal des Pangalanes
Good to know
- Best time to go
- June to December
- Budget
- $$
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
A chain of natural lagoons and colonial-era canals running for hundreds of kilometres behind Madagascar's east coast dunes. Slow boat journeys pass fishing villages, rainforest fragments and lakes such as Ampitabe, where private reserves shelter relocated lemurs. Travel here is unhurried by design, with village stops built into most itineraries.