Andasibe Lemur Experience 4 Days/3 Nights.(Comfort)

Upon reaching Ivato International Airport, our Tour Guide to Madagascar will be there to welcome the group. After clearing customs formalities, our Guide will assist with other arrival procedures such as currency exchange, setting up the tour leader’s phone with a new local SIM card, and any other requirements. The group will then be transferred to the hotel for check-in. In addition, the guide will take the group to visit the local markets and the renowned gallery museum of the Island, where they will have the opportunity to observe 3D portraits of the successive Kings and Queens of Madagascar.

Overnight at hotel Le Louvre
Meal Plan: Bed and breakfast.

After having breakfast, we will embark on a scenic drive to Marozevo, where we will visit a well-known exotic animal breeding center owned by naturalist Andre Pereyras. During our visit, we will have the opportunity to see almost all of the chameleon species found in Madagascar, in addition to other interesting animals such as butterflies, leaf-tailed geckos, and lemurs. As we drive along the national road number 2 to the east, we will enjoy breathtaking panoramic views of the stepped rice fields and various mountains. Continuing east, we will pass through lush green vegetation and stop along the way to take in the sights of the world-renowned Andasibe-Perinet National Park, where we will see primary forests. Upon arrival in Vakona, we will have an incredible, up-close and personal experience with lemurs on the private Lemurs Island, followed by a visit to the Vakona Reserve Zoo, where we will see many crocodiles in the river enclosure, native birds, and other wildlife in well-maintained surroundings. Finally, we will end our day with a guided night visit, which will last for an hour and a half, before returning to the hotel at 6:30 PM.

Overnight at Vakona Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner.

After breakfast, you start with a guided visit at Mantadia National Park. This park is an amalgamation of Analamazaotra special reserve close to the village of Andasibe and Mantadia national Park that lies to the north. There is also Analamazaotra forest opposite the special reserve. In combination, this is now perhaps Madagascar’s number one rainforest reserve, offering close
encounters with various lemurs and an opportunity to glimpse some of the island’s highly sought-after rarities. The special reserve remains the place to see and hear the INDRI INDRI.Mantadia is also rewarding for Diademed Sifakas as well as black-and-White ruffed lemurs and four speciesof ground-roller. After the visit, we will return to your hotel.

Overnight at Vakona Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Dinner.

After breakfast, you start with a guided visit at Analamazaotra National Park. It is better to leave the hotel early (about 7 :30AM) to meet easily the Diademed Sifaka in their forest home. The visit takes about 3 hours. Within a mile of the park, you can hear the peculiar call of the indri very early in the morning until noon and again in the late afternoon. Indris (called Babakoto in Malagasy) are the largest living lemurs at all reaching up to 1 meter. Andasibe is the best place to observe the Indris given that there are a couple of families habituated to humans. It lives in small groups and cannot survive in captivity. There are several
legends trying to explain its origins since it is considered a sacred animal in the whole Madagascar. Apart from the Indri, another 13 lemur species inhabit these forests,such as woody lemur, grey bamboo lemur, diademed sifaka, brown lemur, red mouse-lemur, red-bellied lemur, black and white ruffed lemur. After the visit, we will leave Andasibe by driving directly back up to Antananarivo (Capital). Flight back home.