Kianjavato Ahmanson Field Station

Kianjavato Ahmanson Field Station (KAFS) is located in southeast Madagascar and serves as a hub for conservation research and community outreach. It lies near forest fragments that host nine lemur species, including the critically endangered Greater bamboo lemur and Black-and-white ruffed lemur, as well as the nearby Ranomafana National Park. The station’s accommodation offers cabin and tent bungalows with amenities such as solar-powered electricity, clean water from wells, rocket stoves for cooking, a communal kitchen, and office space. Guests benefit from an on-site kitchen that provides meals prepared with produce from the station’s own garden. Facilities include a research laboratory, community education centre, dormitories, and multipurpose spaces built innovatively from shipping containers. KAFS is both a working research site and a sustainable living environment, welcoming volunteers, researchers, students, and ecotourists for over a decade while supporting Madagascar Biodiversity Partnership’s reforestation and lemur monitoring programmes.