A Trek Up the Trail in Photos

Mantella Trek

Manantenina Visitor Center — Park Entrance — Camp Mantella

A white building with brown and turquoise trim and a wide veranda. There are benches and a few signs on the side of the building.

Park Visitor Center

A park guide stands next to a big sign in the forest that says "Entrée du Parc National Marojejy".

Park Entrance

Rushing, rock-strewn river, edged with lush green forest, a steep, gray mountain rises in the distance, rimmed with gauzy clouds

Manantenina River

A man is sitting on a rock high above a pool in a river. The river is completely surrounded by huge trees draped in vines.

Piscine Naturelle

A big, open shelter with green metal roof covers several long wooden tables and benches. The shelter is in a green forest with a pointy mountain in the background

Camp Mantella

Three small wooden cabins with green metal roofs are nestled in a deep green forest

Camp Mantella

A shiny black frog with a brilliant lime-green back and bright turquoise-bloe spots on its legs and feet

Mantella laevigata

A high, thin waterfall cascades down a rock face with green jungle on either side.

Cascade de Humbert

Simpona Trek

Continuing up the trail to Camp Marojejia

A lemur with dark face, huge round eyes and fluffy white fur stares directly into camera

Silky Sifaka

Huge cliffy peak draped with lush, green vegetation

Ambatotsondrona

Water flows over flat gray rocks in front of a hillside of dark green rainforest

Below Camp Marojejia

A wide, cascading waterfall is partially obscured by mist and thick green vegetation

Near Camp Marojejia

Three covered wooden pavillions are built on stilts on a green, wooded hillside

Camp Marojejia

A covered wooden deck with several levels is cantilevered over a thickly wooded slope

Camp Marojejia

A small cabin with wooden deck extends out over a densely wooded slope with a deep green pool of water at the bottom

Camp Marojejia

Wooden bunk beds inside a small wooden cabin.

Camp Marojejia cabin interior

Marojejy Summit Trek

Continuing up the trail to Viewpoints, Camp Simpona, and the Summit

Clouds drift over distant cliffs and forests, creating an ethereal feeling.

Viewpoint above Camp Marojejia

A boy with a red pack leans on a wooden rail, looking out across a valley to a series of cascades pouring off a green, forested mountain.

Viewpoint near Camp Simpona

Several people are loading their backpacks at a wooden shelter in the rainforest. A green canvas-covered cabin is in the background.

Camp Simpona

Four people descend on a narrow trail through dense vegetation.

Trail to Marojejy summit

Low, stunted bamboo shoots are silhouetted against the mist-covered slopes of a steep mountain

Dwarf bamboo near summit

A man in a lime-green jacket stands on a boulder looking out over mist-shrouded peaks and hills

High in Marojejy peaks

Large, flat, dark gray rock outcrops are surrounded by low shrubs, some with yellow or red flowers

Heathlands near summit

Looking out from a rocky ridge, purple mountains fade off into the distance.

View from summit