Journey Through Madagascar Exploring Antananarivo to Andasibe 7 Days/6 Nights (Comfort)

Upon arrival, meet our airport representative and transfer to your hotel, nearby the airport.Enjoy a walking tour with a guide to the old part of Tana’s capital city. After the city tour, get somewhere for dinner or go back to your hotel.

Overnight at Hotel . Le Louvre Hotel & Spa or similar

Meal Plan: dinner.

Start your tour at the Rova of Antananarivo, the historic royal palace located on the highest hill in the city. Explore the ruins and enjoy panoramic views of Antananarivo.Walk down to the Analakely Market, a bustling market where you can browse local crafts, souvenirs, and street food. Take some time to soak in the vibrant atmosphere.Head to the Avenue of Independence, a popular street lined with shops, cafes, and vendors. Take a leisurely stroll and observe daily life in Antananarivo.Visit the Tsimbazaza Zoo and Botanical Garden to see unique flora and fauna of Madagascar. Spend some time exploring the zoo and enjoying the greenery.End your tour with a visit to Lake Anosy, a picturesque lake in the heart of the city. Relax by the water and take in the serene surroundings before concluding your city tour.

Overnight at Hotel Le Louvre Hotel & Spa or similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast &dinner.

Early morning transfers to the airport. You will be picked up at 4:15 AM for your internal flight with Tsaradia (TZ 702 Antananarivo – TNR 06:30 Morondava – MOQ 07:35).Upon arrival, meet your guide, allocated for this part of the trip. Transfer directly to kirindy forest (2:30hours by car 4×4), on the way stop at Ankiba lodge to visit “baobab Lamoureux”. Walk in the forest for the baobabs in love as well as the different species of lemurs and birds. By the afternoon (5 PM), get ready for the walk-night excursion to the reserve.

Overnight at Relais du Kirindy hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast and dinner.

Leave the hotel by 6 am for your daily visit to Kirindy reserve. After four hour walk in the forest, drive back to your hotel for lunch and check out the hotel. Kirindy is a privately managed forest in one of Madagascar’s most threatened ecosystems: its dry deciduous forests. It is famous for the giant jumping rat but is also home to seven species of lemur and several endemic reptiles. The flora is equally unusual — several unique species are found at Kirindy. Around 2 pm, drive to the alley of baobabs. This is an unforgettable travel day because today, you will admire the beauty of these giant trees with sundown. We will wait until 6:30 in the evening to see and take a sublime picture of the different colors of the sky with the baobabs. Go back to the hotel in Morondava around 7 pm.

Overnight at Vezo Beach
Meal Plan: breakfast and dinner.

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 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.