Lonely The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Madagascar is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Watch chameleons and lemurs in mountainous national parks, haggle like a local at the Marche Artisanal de la Digue, or snorkel incredible coral reefs -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Madagascar and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Madagascar Travel The Perfect Lonely Planet Madagascar, our most comprehensive guide to Madagascar, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. Written and researched by Lonely Planet. About Lonely Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.
OUR STORY A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
I’ve always wanted an excuse to get a guide book. With the amount of trips, even just this year, I figured Mada was the best place to get one for. It was a fun way to get to know more of the geography and specialities of each area. Now I just need more time for adventure trips and less for work.
I still want to go to Madagascar. I gave this book away. I had horrible food poisoning one night, and lay curled up in a cold fever, having exhausted my fluids and no one to call. One of my neighbors stopped by, in a bad state of mind herself, and went to get me soda water. She sat by me, moaning and groaning and tunnel-visioned, till I fell asleep. She talked about how she wanted to travel, and so the next day I was so f'ing grateful I left this Madagascar guide book at her door. I never saw her again! She moved away. Someone said that the book made her feel better. I'll get another one, but only when I have specific plans to go to Madagascar...