French’s Mountain (la Montagne des Français) is a limestone massif that rises 400 m.

It has similar Ankarana Tsingy rock formations and contains a particularly interesting wild fauna: lemurs, chameleon, geckos. Baobabs and other sweet plants are thriving in the dry forest that covers its slopes..

From Suarez hotel, a trail directly climbs up French’s Mountain and leads to an ancient military fort built between 1902-1908. From there, you could get a unique perspective on the Madagascar east and west coastlines and on Diego’s bay, the second bay by extension and the finest in the world.

French’s Mountain is probably the only place in the world where two different species of baobab live.

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