Riding on the major emblematic and natural routes of the great island give a positive impact based on the specific landscapes, diversity of the ancestral population and welcoming large community. Make the first stop at Ambositra, which offers an approach to creativity and the quality of the Malagasy handicrafts particularly the art of marquetry and the work of wood. Besides ancestral Antemoro papermaking and silk weaving, Ambalavao village distinguishes itself by the two symbols Zebu and Tobacco. Penetrate through national parks in the discovery of its features such as Ranomafana National Park known for bamboo lemurs. End your journey in pure relaxation at gentle Ifaty lagoon along the Mozambique Channel
Highlights
Cross the highlands to the southwest coast
Approach the Malagasy handicrafts
Beach along the fatty lagoon at the Mozambique Channel
Visit Ranomafana national park, Anja reserve
Duration: 9 days
Start: Antananarivo
End: Nosy Be
Countries visited: Madagascar
Category: Mini- Adventure
Operating days: every day
Departure time: 0830 hours
Duration: 10 days
Departure point: Antananarivo accommodation pick-up
Arrival point: Antananarivo accommodation drop- off
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Accommodation is shared but if the person wishes not to share he/ she will add $ 390
Upon Arrival at Ivato International Airport. You will be welcomed by our Tours Staff. Once you have cleared customs formalities, our Guide will smooth through the rest of the arrivals process – currency exchange, setting up your phone with a new SIM card, and anything else you need. We will provide you 2 (two) SIM cards with Data + National Call + 5mn International call during your stay in Madagascar. Overnight and dinner at Pietra hotel.
Accommodation: Pietra hotel.
Meal plan: Dinner
After breakfast, guided visit to the cultural and historical of Ambohimanga royal Palace, located at 20 km from the way out of the North of the Capital. The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga consists of a royal city and burial site, and an ensemble of sacred places. It is associated with strong feelings of national identity, and has maintained its spiritual and sacred character both in ritual practice and the popular imagination for the past 500 years. It remains a place of worship to which pilgrims come from Madagascar and elsewhere. After the visit, transfer directly to the East to reach Andasibe (130 Km from Antananarivo). Dinner and Overnight at Mantadia lodge.
Accommoation: Mantadia Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
After breakfast, you start with a guided visit to Analamazaotra National Park. It is better to leave the hotel early (about 7:30 AM) to meet the Indri-Indri and the Diademed Sifaka in their forest home efficiently. 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) is the giant 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. Several legends are 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, and even aye-aye.
In the afternoon, you will enjoy an amazing up close and personal experience with lemurs on the private Lemurs Island and then on to view many other species in the Vakona Reserve Zoo, where you will see many crocodiles in the deep river enclosure, native birds, and other wildlife in well-kept surroundings. Around 6:30 PM, you end this day with a guided night visit, which will take 1 hour and a half, and then drive back to the hotel.
Accommodation: Mantadia Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Depart to Antsirabe with some stops to enjoy the landscape, for photos, and some little breaks if it is necessary. You will have a special stop at Peyreiras Park. The fascinating park owned by the Peyrieras family, to see Cocquerel’s Sifaka, and chameleons and many other reptiles, and some other Malagasy animals such as butterflies, moths (the giant Atlas Moth) and tenrecs. You continue to the town of “Fois Gras” for lunch. On the way, as you head out of the city into the countryside, you will pass through the beautiful Imerina landscapes, witnessing along the way the everyday life of these people, who were (and still are)
The ruling class in Madagascar. Stop briefly at Ambatolampy and visit the manufacturers of pots and decorative items from aluminum. This is a really important local industry, and the artisan forgers now make, as well as the pots and pans used every day by all Malagasy, beautiful polished trinkets made from aluminum, and then reach Antsirabe directly. Dinner and Night at the Royal Palace Hotel
Accommodation: Royal Palace Hotel
Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
In the morning, you will join directly to Ranomafana, the village of Ifanadiana, well known for the Ranomafana National Park and to enjoy the green landscape on the road. You will arrive in Ranomafana late in the evening. Dinner and Night at Thermal Hotel
Accommodation: Thermal Hotel
Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
In the morning, departure for a four-hour visit to the heart of the rainforest of Ranomafana National Park, a typically reserved area, belongs to the last forest corridor along the eastern part of the Big Island. Discovery of the wealth of endemic biodiversity of the region, such as rare species and lemurs seriously endangered, many species of rare and endemic plants used by the local population for traditional medicine. You will do trekking in the forest by following a track longing the forest passing through the beautiful waterfall, meeting the rare species on the way. Then you get back to the hotel for lunch. The second part of the day consists of a visit to the spa source, nap, and rest for the end of the day. Around 17:30, you will get to the guided night walk. Dinner and Night at Thermal.
Accommodation: Thermal Hotel
Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
After breakfast, you get back to the road RN7 for the South to reach Ranohira where you will meet Isalo National Park. During the journey, we take one stop at the reserve of Anja, small peasant associative park which shelters in particular several species of orchids and makis catta little wild, these famous lemurs striped white and black! Arrival at Isalo in the evening.Dinner and Night at Isalo Rock lodge.
Accommodation: Isalo Rock Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
After breakfast, a day dedicated to trekking and discovery of the park, composed of massif in form of ruin dating from Jurassic, discovery of the most beautiful landscape of Madagascar. You will visit across: the natural pool, where you can go for a dip, etc… picnic lunch in the park. In the evening, you go back to the hotel, with a stop at the famous window of Isalo to appreciate a breathtaking and spectacular sunset. Dinner and Night at Isalo Rock lodge.
Accommodation: Isalo Rock Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
After the breakfast, you will go to the great city of the South, Tuléar. On the arrival, you will take a little detour at the Reniala Reserve, a dry forest typical of the dry south, meeting the diversity of fauna and flora of the region, including the varieties of Baobab (Baobab forest). Then you will continue towards the fishermen Vezo village called Ifaty located at 30 km in the North of
Tuléar. You will relax on the beach of this beautiful lagoon. Dinner and Night at Le Paradisier
Accommodation: Le Paradisier
Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
For this last day, you will be transferred directly to the airport to flight back to the capital Antananarivo. On arrival, 45mn visit in the Queen’s Palace on the top of the hill (Rova Manjakamiadana), followed by a shopping and some souvenirs at the craft market of La Digue. And then, transfer to the airport for your international flight.
Meal plan: Breakfast
