Others

City tour in Antananarivo on the day 20 Entrance fees in parks mentioned in the program All visits mentioned in the program

Guide

English-speaking driver Local guides

Transport

Transfer at the airport for the day 1, 2, 19, 21 All boat transfers Transportation in an air-conditioned car with an English-speaking driver

Accommodation

16x Accommodation on Bed and Breakfast during the tour 04x Accommodation on Half board in Sainte Marie Mid-Range Hotels: ANTANANARIVONy Andrin’ny Soa IFATYLa Mira RANOHIRAIsalo Ranch RANOMAFANANy Tanana Hotel ANTSIRABELes Chambres du Voyageur ANDASIBEAndasibe Lemurs Lodge PALMARIUM Hotel Palmarium MAHAMBOLa Pirogue SAINTE MARIELibertalia ANTANANARIVONy Andrin’ny Soa Comfortable Hotels: ANTANANARIVONy Andrin’ny Soa IFATYLe Paradisier RANOHIRALe Jardin du Roy RANOMAFANAThermal Hotel ANTSIRABEArotel ANDASIBEMantadia Lodge PALMARIUM Hotel Palmarium MAHAMBO La Pirogue SAINTE MARIEPrincesse Bora ANTANANARIVONy Andrin’ny Soa

Meals

Bed and Breakfast Half board in Sainte Marie

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Insurance

Insurance is not included.

Flights

Flights are not included.

Optional

Antananarivo – Toliara: 270 € Sainte Marie – Antananarivo: 270 €

Others

Long haul air tickets and taxes Domestic flight mentioned above All meals All activities during the days off in Ifaty and Sainte Marie Visa fees of 35 € All insurances All personal items Tips Mineral water

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Day 1 Welcome To Antananarivo, Madagascar! Tonga Soa!
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Welcome To Antananarivo, Madagascar! Tonga Soa!

At your arrival, you will be welcomed at IVATO international airport by our team, and then we will transfer you to the hotel. If time allows, we will give you some briefing of the tour.

Distance: 25 km by car – 30 to 45min depending on the traffic

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 2 Antananarivo – Toliara – Ifaty Flying To The White City
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Antananarivo – Toliara – Ifaty Flying To The White City

According to your flight’s schedule, you will be transferred to Ivato National Airport and fly to the south in Toliara, the White City. At your arrival, you will be picked up and if time allows, you will make a little city tour before installing at your hotel in Ifaty.

Flight duration: about 01hour 30 min

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 3 Ifaty: Visiting The 1000-Year Baobab Tree
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ifaty: Visiting The 1000-Year Baobab Tree

This day, you will visit the Reniala reserve or called the forest of baobab trees and medicinal plants. The afternoon will be free to relax and enjoy the beach. You can take advantage of that time and possibly take one of the optional activities such as pirogue excursion with the Vezo fishermen.

Duration of the visit: about an hour

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 4 Ifaty: Relaxation By The Sea
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ifaty: Relaxation By The Sea

You will have this day on your own, so you can take advantage of the beautiful beach of Ifaty. Furthermore, lots of activities are proposed to clients in Ifaty such as snorkeling in Ankarajelita reserve, scuba diving, fishing, and visiting the tortoise village. Therefore, you can optionally follow these interesting activities. Overnight in Hotel.
Day 5 Ifaty – Toliara – Ranohira Passage At Zombitse National Park
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ifaty – Toliara – Ranohira Passage At Zombitse National Park

After breakfast, you will go to Ranohira. On the way, you will enjoy the baobabs, the landscape with multicolored Mahafaly tombs. Then, you will stop at Zombitse National Park to explore the endemic plants and animals sheltered in this park, such as the baobabs and the Sifaka dancing lemurs. After this short visit, you will pass through Ilakaka, a small town of sapphire diggers. At your arrival you will install at your hotel.

Distance: 280 km by car – about 5 hours.

Hiking: about 01 hour and a half

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 6 Hiking Through The Eroded Rock Formation
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hiking Through The Eroded Rock Formation

The village of Ranohira is the gateway to all excursions at Isalo national park, which is a huge massif, eroded at Jurassic time. You will hike in the park through the Baras tombs, the botanical garden, and the point of view that thereafter ends by the natural swimming pool of the limpid water. After the visit, you will return back to the hotel.

Hiking: about 03 hours

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 7 Ranohira – Ranomafana Meeting With The Ring-Tailed Lemurs
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ranohira – Ranomafana Meeting With The Ring-Tailed Lemurs

After breakfast, you will leave the hotel and go to Ranomafana. After few hours of drive, you will stop in Anja Private Park, which is managed by the village community. The story of « the three brothers » will be told by the local guide on site. Cattas lemurs offer joyful welcoming. Then, you will continue to Ranomafana.

Distance: 335 km by car - about 07 hours by car

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 8 Hiking In The Rainforest Of Ranomafana
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Hiking In The Rainforest Of Ranomafana

Ranomafana National Park is rich in fauna and flora. It shelters different species of lemurs and interesting vegetation, which are endemics. Early in the morning, you will go for a walk about three hours in the forest. In the afternoon, a visit of a village called Tanàla will be in the schedule and after the visit you can optionally go swimming to the thermal pool.

Hiking: about 03 hours

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 9 Ranomafana – Antsirabe Driving Up To The Highlands
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ranomafana – Antsirabe Driving Up To The Highlands

After breakfast, you will leave Ranomafana and go to Antsirabe, known as the city of water. On the way, you will stop in Ambositra to admire the skills of the craftmen of this city. Then, at your arrival in Antsirabe you will be transferred on rickshaw and make a visit of a workshop which transforms zebu horn into an object of decoration. After the visit, you will install at the hotel.

Distance: 254 km – 05 hours

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 10 Antsirabe – Andasibe Discovery Of Reptiles
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Antsirabe – Andasibe Discovery Of Reptiles

This day you will leave Antsirabe and continue to discover the eastern part of Madagascar. So, you will be driven till Andasibe. But on the way, you will visit an exotic farm where reptiles, batrachians and mammals are together. After the visit, you will continue and move on to Andasibe. In the evening, a night walk along the way will be scheduled to discover the nocturnal animals living there.

Distance: 300 km by car – 08 hours

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 11 The Indri Indri, The Star Of The Day
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

The Indri Indri, The Star Of The Day

Early in the morning, you will depart for Analamazaotra special reserve. This day will be spent for meeting Malagasy fauna and flora. The Indri indri, the largest lemurs on earth are in their natural environment. In the afternoon, you will make a visit of a private reserve and a lemur’s island.

Hiking: about 03 hours

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 12 Andasibe – Manambato – Ankanin’Ny Nofy Meeting With The Weirdest Lemurs “Aye Aye”
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Andasibe – Manambato – Ankanin’Ny Nofy Meeting With The Weirdest Lemurs “Aye Aye”

After breakfast, you will depart to Manambato the gateway to Ankanin’ny Nofy. You will cross the Rasoa Be Lake and you will follow the Pangalanes channel until the reserve of Palmarium by boat. At your arrival you will install at the hotel. In the evening, a nocturnal visit to see the “Aye aye” is on the schedule

Distance: 140 km by car – about 3 hours

Cruise duration: about 01 hour and a half

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 13 Ankanin’Ny Nofy: A Sanctuary Of Nature
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ankanin’Ny Nofy: A Sanctuary Of Nature

In the morning, you will make a visit of the private reserve, « Le Palmarium » which offers variety of endemic plants and animals of Madagascar. The afternoon will be off in which you can take a walk along the edge of the channel, swimming or visiting surrounding villages.

Visit: about 02 hours

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 14 Ankanin’Ny Nofy – Toamasina – Mahambo Cruise On The Pangalanes Channel
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ankanin’Ny Nofy – Toamasina – Mahambo Cruise On The Pangalanes Channel

Early in the morning, you will leave Ankanin’ny Nofy and head to Toamasina. For that, you will be transferred by boat through the Pangalanes channel. Operational since the first half of the 20th century, this channel allowed the whole oriental coast of Madagascar to forward their products toward the port of Toamasina which is Madagascar’s main commercial harbor. After taking lunch there, you will move on to Mahambo.

Cruise duration: about 03 hours

Distance: 95 km by car – 04 hours

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 15 Mahambo – Sainte Marie The Paradisiacal Island
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Mahambo – Sainte Marie The Paradisiacal Island

After breakfast, you will take the boat to Sainte Marie. Encircled with sea in turquoise waters and with splendid beaches, Sainte Marie is a paradisiacal island. At your arrival in Sainte Marie, you will install to the hotel and enjoy this extraordinary quiet place.

Cruise duration: about 03hours

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 16 Sainte Marie: Relaxation At The Beach
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Sainte Marie: Relaxation At The Beach

You will have these three days free on your own. Therefore, it is also possible to go on a whale safari to observe these large mammals celebrating their love in their period from July to mid-September, and the rest can be spent by renting motorcycles or bikes for a ride to Ambodifotatra, the center. Moreover, the island of nattes, which is not far from the hotel, is also an ideal place for a day of excursion. There is a small village with local people whom you can encounter.

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 17 Sainte Marie – Antananarivo Flying Back To The Capital
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Sainte Marie – Antananarivo Flying Back To The Capital

After these few days of discovery and relaxation you will return back to Antananarivo. So according to your flight schedule you will be transferred to Airport of Sainte Marie and take-off to the international airport of Ivato. At your arrival, you will be transferred to the hotel.

Flight duration: about 01h30min

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 18 Amazing Visit Of Ambohimanga
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Amazing Visit Of Ambohimanga

In the morning, you will go to Ambohimanga, the cradle of the Merina monarchy. There, the history of Madagascar will be brought closer. After that, you will make a city tour to discover the old architecture of the capital from the top end of the town, and the administrative buildings. And right after that, you will purchase some souvenir items at the craft market. Then, you will go back to the hotel.

Distance: 20 km – about 45min

Overnight in Hotel.
Day 19 International Departure: Veloma!
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

International Departure: Veloma!

After a pleasant stay in Madagascar full of new memories and pictures, you will be transferred to Ivato Airport according to your international flight’s schedule. With our gratitude, we will say “Thank you for having chosen our Agency” and hopefully, we shall meet again soon in Madagascar. Have a safe flight!

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21 days tour

Madagascar, The Island Of Contrast

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Itinerary of your trip Madagascar, The Island Of Contrast

Welcome To Antananarivo, Madagascar! Tonga Soa!

Antananarivo – Toliara – Ifaty Flying To The White City

Ifaty: Visiting The 1000-Year Baobab Tree

Ifaty: Relaxation By The Sea

Ifaty – Toliara – Ranohira Passage At Zombitse National Park

Hiking Through The Eroded Rock Formation

Ranohira – Ranomafana Meeting With The Ring-Tailed Lemurs

Hiking In The Rainforest Of Ranomafana

Ranomafana – Antsirabe Driving Up To The Highlands

Antsirabe – Andasibe Discovery Of Reptiles

The Indri Indri, The Star Of The Day

Andasibe – Manambato – Ankanin’Ny Nofy Meeting With The Weirdest Lemurs “Aye Aye”

Ankanin’Ny Nofy: A Sanctuary Of Nature

Ankanin’Ny Nofy – Toamasina – Mahambo Cruise On The Pangalanes Channel

Mahambo – Sainte Marie The Paradisiacal Island

Sainte Marie: Relaxation At The Beach

Sainte Marie – Antananarivo Flying Back To The Capital

Amazing Visit Of Ambohimanga

International Departure: Veloma!

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