travel42 Port Guide: Taolagnaro

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Taolagnaro, Madagascar (also known as Fort Dauphin), is built on a small peninsula backed by mountains. It offers excellent beaches in a beautiful setting. There's not much in Taolagnaro itself (a fort built in 1643 is not open to the public), but you can make an excursion to the Berenty Reserve (50 mi/80 km to the west—it has a museum and botanical and zoological gardens). Berenty is the best place to see Verreaux's sifaka, a type of lemur known for its dancing mode of terrestrial locomotion, a...