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Cyclones from November to April, cool dry highlands from May to October, and an east coast that rains all year. Timing a trip to Madagascar.

From the earliest hominin record to medieval cities: the archaeology visitors rarely hear about.

Fifteen days visa free for a ten euro fee, or a tourist visa bought at the airport. Why to plan this offline rather than through the national portal.

The ariary is a cash currency and Madagascar is a cash country. What to bring, where to change it, and why the largest note is smaller than it sounds.

Madagascar asks you to pack for rainforest, desert, highlands and a long drive in the same bag. What to bring and what you cannot buy there.

Roads are long, slow and in poor repair, and the British government advises against the shared minibuses. How to move around Madagascar.

Robbery is common, roads are the main risk, tap water is unsafe and malaria is present. What to know before traveling in Madagascar.

Rice at every meal, an accompaniment beside it, and a chili paste on the side. What to eat in Madagascar and what the menu is telling you.

Ancestors are present, fady are local and binding, and a good speech is an art form. How Malagasy society works, and how to be a guest in it.

Four traditions on the UNESCO lists, a music culture that fills the highlands and the southwest, and a calendar that mostly is not one.

Madagascar was settled from Borneo and from East Africa, and Malagasy people were later enslaved and shipped across the same ocean. A double history.

Madagascar is a difficult destination for a traveler with limited mobility, and this page says so. What is possible, and what to ask before booking.

Lagos, Nairobi, Accra, Johannesburg, Cairo: where most of the continent actually lives.

Founded between 789 and 808 and inscribed in 1981, the Medina of Fez is a working city of some hundred thousand people, not an open air museum.

Founded in 1070 and inscribed in 1985, Marrakesh gave the country its name. Its medina covers 700 hectares and its square is inscribed in its own right.