Welsh adventurer to traverse Madagascar on foot for lemurs

What do you after completing the world's first unsupported trek across Mongolia? Well, if you're Welsh adventurer, Ash Dykes, you walk the length of Madagascar to help publicize the plight of vanishing lemurs.

On September 7th, Ash Dykes arrived at Cape Sainte Marie on the southern tip of Madagascar. He gazed over the vast Indian Ocean before turning north along the coast. Over the next five months, 24-year-old Dykes from the village of Old Colwyn in Wales, plans to walk the entire length of Madagascar: trekking 2,900 kilometres of desert, rainforest and mountains in one of the world's most unusual landscapes.

"Madagascar is rarely talked about. Everyone has heard of it, but it's not your typical destination," Dykes said. "This is what attracts me to take on these remote locations."