Where They Went

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

Directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath

The four New York zoo animals take off from Madagascar in a patched-up plane, crash on the African mainland and find themselves in the wildlife reserve where Alex was born.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Alakay's birth and capture (flashback)
    Wildlife reserve, mainland Africa (fictional)
    ≈ 00:00:00
    InferredFictional

    In flashback, lion cub Alakay is snatched by poachers from the African reserve and ends up in New York.

  2. 2Beach, the penguins' repaired plane
    Madagascar
    ≈ 00:05:00
    Stated on screen

    The group boards the penguins' rebuilt plane to fly home from Madagascar.

  3. 3Crash landing
    Wildlife reserve, mainland Africa (fictional)
    ≈ 00:13:00
    InferredFictional

    Running out of fuel, the plane comes down in the African wilds.

  4. 4Watering hole and Alex's pride
    Wildlife reserve, mainland Africa (fictional)
    ≈ 00:18:00
    InferredFictional

    Alex is reunited with his parents, Marty joins a herd of zebras, Melman becomes the witch doctor and Gloria meets Moto Moto.

  5. 5Tourists' dam upriver
    Wildlife reserve, mainland Africa (fictional)
    ≈ 01:05:00
    InferredFictional
  6. 6Watering hole, water returns
    Wildlife reserve, mainland Africa (fictional)
    ≈ 01:15:00
    InferredFictional

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
2,242 km
Places
2
Countries
2
Stops
6
  • Plane: 2,242 km
  • On foot: 0.0 km
  • Not shown: 0.0 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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