Masoala isn’t your average national park; visitors have described it as an “alternative world” teeming with weird and wonderful creatures. It’s set along the northeast coast of Madagascar, a biodiversity hotspot containing plant and animal species that are 90 percent endemic only to the country. The park is nestled in a voluminous rainforest on the Masoala Peninsula that shelters countless more unique plant species, primates, carnivores, birds and reptiles.