Discover UNESCO’s world heritage, the Tsingy de Bemarahe. Enjoy a pirogue trip up the Manambolo river and get a chance to see the fish eagles. Walk in the forest for the baobabs in love and the different species of lemurs and birds. Visit Kirindy, 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.
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Operating days: Tuesday and Saturday
Duration: 6 days
Single Supplement:$390
Departure point: Ivato International Airport
Arrival point: Ivato International Airport
Special instructions: please contact Across Africa Tours and Travel to confirm your departure information at least one week before your first day of travel
Ivato International Airport
3 Hours Before Flight Time
Discover UNESCO’s world heritage, the Tsingy de Bemarahe. Enjoy a pirogue trip up the Manambolo river and get a chance to see the fish eagles. Walk in the forest for the baobabs in love and the different species of lemurs and birds. Visit Kirindy, 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.
Upon arrival, meet our airport representative and transfer to your hotel, nearby the airport. If time allow the guide will take you around the city of Antananarivo. enjoy a malagsy dinner at local Cusine .
Overnight at Hotel Pietra
Meals : 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
Meals : Breakfast and Dinner
Morning drive to Bekopaka (7 AM) for a visit to Kirindy. 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. After that continue to Tsingy with a stop for lunch in Belo sur Tsiribihina.In the afternoon, enjoy a pirogue trip up the Manambolo river and get a chance to see the fish eagles, or visit the small tsingy which is an easy version of the big Tsingy.
Some caves are to be visited, with stalactites and stalagmites. Also, learn about the traditions around burials for the Sakalava tribes. Here people are not returning bones as people from the highland do. Bodies are taken to inaccessible cliff coves and simply left there in the wild.
Overnight at Orchidée de Bemaraha
Meals Breakfast and Dinner
Start your day as early as possible as it can get extremely hot in the Tsingy.The Andamozavaky (Grand tsingy) starts from the bottom of the pinnacles, and the 4 to 5h walk takes you to the top of them (over 60m for some of them). It is a series of boardwalks, climbing, crawling, and suspended bridges. An extraordinary but also physically challenging experience.
Overnight at Orchidée du Bemaraha
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Leave the hotel by 6 AM to Morondava capital of the Menabe region. After four hour drive arrived in Belo Sur tsiribihina for lunch. Around 1 pm, continuation to Morondava. Across the Tsiribihina river by ferry for 1hour. Around 2p.m, drive to the alley of baobabs. This unforgettable travel day because today you will admire the beauty of these giant trees with the 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. Back to the hotel in Morondava around 7 pm.
Overnight at Vezo Beach
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Leave the hotel by morning. Transfer to the airport for your domestic flight to Antananarivo.Upon arrival at Antananarivo, meet and city tour for a souvenir after then transfer to the airport and flight back home.
Meals Breakfast
