Namoroka National Park

Namoroka National Park is located in the northwest of Madagascar, in the Boeny region, within the Soalala district, and occupies over twenty-two thousand hectares combining dry forests, calcareous tsingy, seasonal watercourses and open savannahs. The geology of the site dates back more than 160 million years when calcareous sediments formed on the Gondwana supercontinent and subsequently uplifted and eroded to give rise to the maze of peaks and gorges we see today. The fact that the area has remained so inaccessible has contributed both to the conservation of unique species and to the isolation of local communities and the traditional practices of the Sakalava peoples who revere certain parts of the territory as sacred.