Man-eater or only killer? | Pictures gallery |
Hunting for the Elephant Bird | Pictures gallery |
Date:
10.July 1998 till 6.August 1998 (by Air plane from Prague via Paris to Antananarive and then by off road Mitsubichi Pajero 4x4)
Members:
Ivan Mackerle, Jiří Skupien, Danny Mackerle, Jaroslav Prokopec
Guide and interpreter:
Pascal Guy (Malagasy living in Czech Republic)
Driver:
Dada (Malagasy),
Route:
1. journey (North)
Antananarivo – Maevatanana – Mahajunga – (Ferry) – Mitsinjo - Ananalava – and back to Antananarivo (Total 1.920 km).
2. journey (South)
Antananarivo – Ampitatsarotra (bridge) - Ifandana (rock) – Ambavala – Ifandana – Ihosy – Tuleár – Androka – Reakaly – Ambovombe – Betroka –
Ihosy - and back to Antananarivo (Total 3.090 km)
Total together 5.010 km
The Objective:
To verify claims about the man-eating tree Tepe and to find it.
To search for the Elephant Bird Aepyornis
To colect informations about mythic creature – dwarf kalonuru
To take a part in tromba, extatic method for encountering with ghosts.
Danny Mackerle
Běchorská 2231, Praha 9, 193 00, Czech Republic, EU.