Ranomafana National Park Springs
- Location
- Ranomafana Parc National, Madagascar
- Water type
- sodium chloride
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 7.5
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Dense, salty water — you float without effort.
Ranomafana National Park Springs are chloride-bearing thermal springs within the Ranomafana National Park in the Fianarantsoa Region of southeastern Madagascar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site protecting one of the world's most biodiverse rainforest ecosystems on the eastern escarpment of the central highlands. The park, whose name Ranomafana literally means hot water in Malagasy, was established in 1991 following the discovery of the critically endangered golden bamboo lemur in the forest near the thermal springs, making the springs directly linked to one of conservation biology's most celebrated discoveries. The springs flow into the Namorona River amid dense cloud forest inhabited by dozens of endemic lemur species, chameleons, and birds, creating an extraordinary juxtaposition of geothermal activity and extraordinary tropical biodiversity.