INDIAN OCEAN WILDLIFE DESTINATIONS


ABOVE: Leopard in Sri Lanka MAIN PICTURE: Mauritius


Beach, Mauritius, in a superior room, with Air Mauritius flights from Heathrow, group transfers and one excursion, including a trip to the Ile-aux-Aigrettes and the Blue Bay National Marine Park. Prices for June 2017 start from £1,343 based on two sharing. agents.kuoni.co.uk


and it’s almost inevitable that the image of an


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adorable, bright-eyed lemur will pop into your head. These enigmatic and endearing primates are endemic to the beautiful island, which is home


LEMURS IN MADAGASCAR Think


Madagascar,


to about 60 species of them. Lemurs range in size from the large indri, which is also famous for its hypnotic whale-like dawn call, to the diminutive mouse lemur, the smallest of which can fit inside an egg cup. The size of Madagascar’s wild primate population makes it unique even among other wildlife-rich islands, and clients will delight in watching the creatures up close in its various national parks and reserves. While the lemurs will no doubt


steal the show, clients are also spoilt for choice when it comes to other wildlife to look out for, as about three-quarters of the animal species on the island cannot be found anywhere else on Earth. Other wildlife worth watching out for include a flurry of


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