A very nice classical tour that gives a great view of the different landscapes, fauna and flora of Madagascar.

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A very nice classical tour that gives a great view of the different landscapes, fauna and flora of Madagascar.

Drive to the South with visits of the Ranomafana and Isalo National park. In Tulear visit of the Arboretum and flight back to Tana, then continuation to the east with a visit of the Perinet park and along the Pangalanes canal until Tamatave. Flight to the Sainte Marie island to relax on the beach. Extension on Sainte Marie island possible.

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Trip summary

  • Travel style Tailor-made travel
  • Departure Antananarivo
  • End Antananarivo
  • Countries
    • Madagascar
  • City
    • Antananarivo
    • Antsirabe
    • Ranomafana
    • Fianarantsoa
    • Ranohira
    • Tulear
    • Andasibe
    • Akanin'ny Nofy
    • Île Sainte-Marie
  • Theme Wild nature
  • Accommodation Standard
  • Flight Excluded
  • Guide Not Included
  • The tour has met our standards

Detailed itinerary

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  • 1
    Antananarivo - Antananarivo
    Day 1

    Meeting at Ivato international airport and transfer to the hotel. 

    Overnight at the hotel. 
     

    Visited places:
    • Antananarivo
    Accommodation offered:
  • 2
    Antananarivo - Antsirabe
    Day 2

    Depart to Antsirabe through a landscape composed mainly of mountains and rice fields. 

    Tour of the "Town of Water" - so called because of its numerous thermal springs and existence of two crater lakes. Visit of a workshop where they make miniatures from recycled materials.

    Overnight at the hotel. 

    Visited places:
    • Antananarivo
    • Antsirabe
    Accommodation offered:
  • 3
    Antsirabe - Ranomafana
    Day 3

    After breakfast, drive to Ranomafana, a national park of rainforest which is home to various species of lemurs such as the golden bamboo lemurs, brown lemurs, birds, chameleons, frogs.

    Stop in Ambositra for the visit of some Zafimaniry handicrafts centres: woodcarving. Continuation to Ranomafana.

    After check-in at the hotel, night walk along the road to see nocturnal species of animals. Back to the hotel and overnight.

    Visited places:
    • Antsirabe
    • Ranomafana
    Accommodation offered:
  • 4
    Ranomafana - Fianarantsoa
    Day 4

    After breakfast, visit of the some 40’000 hectares big National park with its lemurs, chameleons, spiders, frogs, varieties of orchids and medicinal plants. Only in 1986 the golden Bamboo lemurs were discovered here, and there are more than 100 species of birds.

    After lunch, off to Fianarantsoa, the capital of the Betsileo tribe.

    Overnight at the hotel. 

    Visited places:
    • Ranomafana
    • Fianarantsoa
    Accommodation offered:
  • 5
    Fianarantsoa - Ranohira
    Day 5

    Early departure to Ranohira.

    Stop in Ambalavao, the commercial centre of the southern Betsileo region, renowned for its folks, arts and crafts. Visit the "Antemoro Paper" factory. This paper is a delicate, handmade, flower-decorated paper made of the fibres of a tree called "Avoha". Possibility to visit a wine producer for wine tasting (both visits not possible on Sundays).

    Another stop 12km south of Ambalavao to visit the Anja park, where you can see some families of ring-tailed Katta lemurs in their natural surroundings.

    Arrival in Ranohira around sunset, overnight at the hotel.

    Visited places:
    • Fianarantsoa
    • Ranohira
    Accommodation offered:
  • 6
    Isalo National Park in Ranohira
    Day 6

    Morning trek inside the Isalo National Park to discover the massif of Isalo, its ruin like sandstones, canyons, endemic fauna and flora, which include lemurs and some plants as pachypodium and aloes. Then, it will be possible to swim in its natural pool.

    Back to the hotel in the evening. Overnight at the hotel.

    Visited places:
    • Ranohira
    Accommodation offered:
  • 7
    Ranohira - Tulear
    Day 7

    After breakfast, off to Tuléar along a straight road. The landscape is composed of high bushes, thick gallery forests and some proudly decorated Mahafaly tombs. In Tulear, visit of the Arboretum with many species of endemic plants.

    Overnight at the hotel.

    Visited places:
    • Ranohira
    • Tulear
    Accommodation offered:
  • 8
    Tulear - Antananarivo
    Day 8

    After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the flight back to the capital. Meeting at the airport and transfer to the city.

    Overnight at the hotel.

    Visited places:
    • Tulear
    • Antananarivo
    Accommodation offered:
  • 9
    Antananarivo - Andasibe
    Day 9

    After breakfast, drive to Andasibe through a landscape composed of rice fields, waterfalls, and scarce forest stations. Before dinner, off for a night walk along the road to see some nocturnal species of animals.

    Back to the hotel and overnight.

    Visited places:
    • Antananarivo
    • Andasibe
    Accommodation offered:
  • 10
    Andasibe - Akanin'ny Nofy
    Day 10

    After breakfast, visit of the reserve and discover the species dwelling inside this forest like Indri Indri, the largest species of lemurs. Drive to Manambato then transfer by a motorboat to Akanin' ny Nofy, which literally means "Nest of Dreams".

    Overnight at the hotel 

    Visited places:
    • Andasibe
    • Akanin'ny Nofy
    Accommodation offered:
  • 11
    Akanin'ny Nofy
    Day 11

    A full day to discover this beautiful area at the clear and calm waters of the Ampitabe lake and the private Palmarium park with a big variety of lemurs on one spot. When night falls, excursion by boat to spot the Aye Aye lemur, with its long middle finger (Daubentonia madagascariensis).

    Overnight at the hotel. 

    Visited places:
    • Akanin'ny Nofy
    Accommodation offered:
  • 12
    Akanin'ny Nofy - Île Sainte-Marie
    Day 12

    Transfer early morning by motor boat along the Pangalanes canal until Tamatave (if the flight to Sainte Marie should be early morning, the transfer to Tamatave has to happen the afternoon before).

    Pick up at the port and transfer to the airport for the flight to Sainte Marie. Meeting at the airport and transfer to the hotel.

    Overnight at the hotel.

    Visited places:
    • Akanin'ny Nofy
    • Île Sainte-Marie
    Accommodation offered:
  • 13
    Île Sainte-Marie
    Day 13 - 14

    Free days.

    Options: excursion by car and/or by boat to see a little village of fishermen, pirates cemetery and a lagoon (looking almost like a swimming pool), or excursion to the "île aux nattes". From July to September, you might see some humpback whales near the island.

    Overnight at the hotel.
     

    Visited places:
    • Île Sainte-Marie
    Accommodation offered:
  • 14
    Île Sainte-Marie - Antananarivo
    Day 15

    Transfer to the airport for the flight to Antananarivo. Transfer to the hotel, rest of the day free.

    Overnight at the hotel.

    Visited places:
    • Île Sainte-Marie
    • Antananarivo
    Accommodation offered:
  • 15
    Antananarivo
    Day 16

    In the morning, excursion to Ambohimanga, a UNESCO World heritage site: a King‘s palace built on the top of the hill covered with forests. In the afternoon, back to Tana and visit of a handicraft market. At the end of the afternoon, transfer to the hotel and day use.

    In the evening, transfer to the airport: end of the tour.

    Visited places:
    • Antananarivo
  • Prices and conditions

    Price includes
    • All airport transfers
    • Domestic flights with airport taxes: Tuléar - Antananarivo, Tamatave - Sainte Marie, Sainte Marie - Antananarivo
    • Midrange accommodation based on bed and breakfast, on Sainte Marie on half board
    • Parks and reserve fees (Ranomafana, Ranohira, Andasibe, Palmarium)
    • Service of local guides in parks and reserves
    • Car or bus rental with a driver for the road trip
    • Fuel and driver's indemnities
    • Transfer in the hotel-owned motor boat (there may be other passengers on board): Manambato- Akanin'ny Nofy - Tamatave
    • Visit of Anja and Arboretum sites, Palmarium reserve and the excursion to spot the Aye Aye
    • Tourist levy and VAT
    Price does not include
    • Visa fees
    • International flights and their taxes
    • All other meals and drinks
    • Excursions on Sainte Marie
    • Personal expenditures
    • Personal insurance for eventualities like accidents, theft or damage to luggage, cancellation etc
    • Everything not included in "the price includes"

    Note: Hotels for this tour are subject to availability, if not available, a similar hotel will be reserved. Tarif with better hotels upon request. If group's participants want to overnight in a single room, an additional charge will be calculated.