This trip is designed to discover west of Madagascar. Begin your tour at Miandrivazo but spend your overnight at Antsirabe. The following day continues with your ride to join Masiakampy embarking on a boat by lunchtime. You will spend two days on the river trip on Tsiribihina. All meals will be taken on board, prepared by the boat crew and nights to be spent at the tents on the river bank. Later our 4WD will take you to Bemaraha National Park, see the Great Tsingy which is one of the most amazing spots. End your journey at Marondava via the famous baobab avenue for some photos.
Highlights
Two days river trip by boat
Evening parties at the river banks
Experience the atmosphere of Tsiribihina and Manambolo Rivers
View the beauty of Baobabs Avenue
Visit the lagoon, the mangrove and the ballet of dugouts in Morondava
Duration: 9days
Start: Antananarivo
End: Antananarivo
Countries visited: Madagascar
Category: mini- adventure
Operating days: every day
Departure time: 0830 hours
Duration: 9 days
Departure point: Antananarivo accommodation pick-up
Arrival point: Antananarivo accommodation drop- off
Special instructions: please contact across Africa tours & travel to confirm your departure details at least one week before your first day of the visit.
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One English speaking guide from Tana to Bekopaka and Morondava.
The boat with its crew during the Tsiribihina River trip.
One bus for the transfers and days in Tana – Masiakampy, and Tana.
4WD from Morondava to Bekopaka and back to Morondava (4persons/vehicle).
Accommodation such as indicated to the program.
Meals such as indicated to the program.
Entrance fees in the National Park and local guide.
Local and expanding guides in parks.
Car ferries fees.
All transfers.
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The international and domestic flights.
Meals not indicated to the program.
Tips and drinks.
Personal insurances.
Price of the visa: +/-35 €/person.
Upon arrival, our guide will welcome you at the hall of the airport. Later be transferred to the hotel for dinner and overnight, Le Louvre hotelhttp://www.hotel-du-louvre.com.The building is situated at the center of Antananarivo which makes it an ideal place for customers. Their rooms are air-conditioned and offer outstanding comfort. Whatsoever, meals in the restaurant are European and island flavors.
After breakfast at the hotel, meet with our guide for the start of safari to the south passing Antananarivo. Rice fields and typical villages of the Highlands decorates the path right after Antananarivo. Get your first stop at Ambatolampy in the discovery of the fantastic work of aluminum to make a cooking pot. At noon take your route to Antsirabe. There will an optional activity at the city tour experiencing “pousse-pousse”.meals and night to be spent at Plumeria http://www.plumeriahotelantsirabe.com
Start your journey after breakfast passing through Betafo and Mandoto village. Stop for a while to have a look at the gold washers from the bridge. Take a track after Miandrivazo village towards Masiakampy pier where our barge and crew will be waiting for us to go down the river. Lunch on board and afterward leave the riverbanks and run into the bush for the beginning of the cruise. Night at the tent in the riverbank of Tsiribihina
Move into the quiet river with a slow relaxing, peaceful mood. Set up the tents on the white sand at water’s edge in the evening. All meals are prepared by the crew and will be served on board. Passengers will get a chance to move around play cards, read books or go up to the solarium roof for a sunbathing and admire the scenery, in the evening the locals will often come to play some local music and dance
After breakfast, drive to the Tsingy of Bemaraha. There will be lunch at Belo Sur Tsiribihina after which you will head north on a drive-by land track well- known as World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Cross the two rivers-Tsiribihina and Manambolo by a small car ferry before arriving at Bekopaka village. Meals and night stay at Soleil Des Tsingy http://www.soleildestsingy.com
It is one of the most extraordinary sites with the real cathedral of limestone. The dense network of faults, cracks, and blocks of limestone carved in blades is one of the most prominent landscapes of Madagascar. There are 200 million years when the sea of Bemaraha which cover this region. There are six species of lemurs, reptiles and 53 varieties of birds among the marvels which are also the housing environment of the smallest sorts of a chameleon, the “Brookesia Perarmata. You will spend your two days along with the guide and porters discovering this fantastic site. Evening meals and nights will be at the same place as the previous day.
Drive to Morondava and cross the two rivers- Manambolo and Tsiribihina by ferry which may take some time. Later move to Morondava town via the famous “Allée des Baobabs. Arrive on time for great pictures when the sun is low, raking light, and smooth trunks reflect the orange rays of the sun. Settle at the hotel before the sea for dinner and overnight at Palissandre Cote Ouest http://www.palissandrecote-ouest.com
After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to the airport for a flight back home
