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15 Day itinerary in Madagascar, Africa

The Great West of Madagascar

Beautiful metis, the red and green island harmonizes in a disconcerting singularity its African and Asian origin. Rebel to the pre-eminence of one or the other, she has made herself an autonomy that styles the multiple faces of her children. Very dissimilar, they are all from there and not for that ... Read More

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By Stéphane, Mialy and Santatra

Overview

Physical Difficulty

Light
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Recommended Age

Minimum 4

Maximum 80

Operated in

English, French

GUIDANCE

Driver as a Guide

starting point

Madagascar

trip type

Private

trip attributes

Outdoors & Nature

Classic Sights

Start

Night

End

Highlights

1

Two days descent of the river Tsiribihina between canyons, villages and exceptional biodiversity.

2

The Bemahara national park is a sanctuary for Madagascar's biodiversity.

3

Visit the baobabs in love before joining the aisle of the baobabs and enjoy the sunset on it.

4

The fishing village of belo sur mer on the Mozambique canal

Itinerary

Mid-Range Accommodation expand_more

Day 1

place Antananarivo – Miandrivazo

You leave Antananarivo in the early morning and set off to discover National Highway 7. Some tourist attractions are proposed to you such as the stop in Ambatolampy, where you go to meet blacksmiths working aluminum as in the Middle Ages. You arrive in the town of Miandrivazo in the late afternoon where the impression of returning to African soil is felt. An East-West crossing between mountains and bare hills follows before arriving in the rice plain of the Mahajilo River.

Meals: Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Princesse Tsiribihina
Day 2

place Descente by boat on the Tsiribhina River

One hour drive and track separate your hotel from the river where your boat awaits you for these two and a half days of sailing. A first day made of meetings and a stop at the waterfall and natural pool for a welcome refreshment. Then the gorges offer a beautiful spectacle before arriving at the village you visit before your riverbank bivouac.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3

place The descent of the Tsiribihina River

The second day of descent of the Tsiribihina offers new scenery and landscapes and can allow you to observe Nile crocodiles lodging on a secluded bank. Again a visit to a village that served as a place to store and sell tobacco in colonial times. Then, a new bivouac site that the sunset comes to light at the end of the day. These days of navigation allow you to read and enjoy the time available to you.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4

place Tsiribihina river - Bekopaka

One last breakfast on board before completing the navigation to theBelo/Tsirihina pier where your vehicle awaits. You have 4 hours of track to reach the Manambolo River that you cross with your vehicle on a ferry. On the other side, the village of Bekopaka and your hotel located on the heights. All you have to do is enjoy the pool while waiting for the aperitif.

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: L'Olympe du Bemaraha
Day 5

place Tsingy of Bemaraha national park

01h30 is required to reach the Tsingy National Park of Bemaraha. This Earth National Reserve, classified as a World Heritage Site, is a sanctuary for Madagascar's biodiversity. Many species of flora and fauna are present within the massif. Several touring options are possible: from the 3am ride to the one-day tour, we can adapt to your wishes. We've quantified the Broadway tour that lasts 6 hours. Return to your hotel at the end.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: L'Olympe du Bemaraha
Day 6

place Bekopaka - Morondava

If you are 70 km from Morondava (about 2 hours’ drive), the Kirindy Forest Reserve is distinguished by its important wealth of flora (medicinal plants, precious wood trees, baobab trees ...) with a high endemicity rate. It also allows to observe in close and without any danger different types of animal species including the Malagasy "puma" ... Fosa. Here is again a little 4x4 to admire these baobabs in love before joining the aisle of the baobabs and enjoy the sunset on it.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hôtel Entremer
Day 7

place Moorndava - Belo sur Mer

We propose to reach Belo on the sea by the trail, it allows you to appreciate its beauty and pass not far from Kirindy Mitéa Park. The approach of Belo/sea is done along the saline, of remarkable beauty. You arrive in Belo sur Mer in the late morning. (Function of your departure time). After noon free.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hôtel Entremer
Day 8

place Belo sur Mer

Free day to make the most of the surroundings but also to have the opportunity to rest: activities wtih hotel partners.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hôtel Entremer
Day 9

place Belo sur Mer - Manja

The late low seat does not allow you to leave early which requires you to a comfortable stop in Manja. The arrival in the city of Manja is in the afternoon. Not much to see and do but it is an essential linking stage in this part of the Malagasy West ... far west city impression!

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Manja hotel, Madagascar
Day 10

place Manja - Andavadoaka

Big day of 4x4 connection on sandy track: crossing the longest river in Madagascar, the Mangoky, which you cross by ferry. Then a forest of bottled baobabs comes to you before reaching this wonderful lagoon with turquoise waters of the West Coast. Your accommodation, surprising but oh how delightful, will be the end of this day.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Laguna Blu - Resort Madagascar
Day 11

place Andavadoaka

Free day activities with your hotel to make the most of the surroundings but also to have the opportunity to rest.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Laguna Blu - Resort Madagascar
Day 12

place Andavadoaka - Ambatomilo

You leave Andavadoaka by the trail that runs along this wonderful lagoon for several kilometers leaving here and there some fishing villages Vezo continue their daily life. The Bay of Assassins then offers itself to you for a beautiful loop between lagoon and baobab bottles.... Exceptional! It takes 02 hours of track to reach from this point, the small village of Ambatomilo and your ecolodge run by Rozanna located to the south of it.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Mamirano Lodge
Day 13

place Ambatomilo

Free activities (see with the hotel: Visit the village, walk on the lagoon in a Vezo sailing canoe, visit the islands, snorkeling...).

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Mamirano Lodge
Day 14

place Ambatomilo - Mangily

One hundred kilometers of sandy trail are required to reach the village of Mangily but these many crossings of villages, mangroves and along one last time this fabulous lagoon leaves no traveler indifferent.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: La Bella Donna
Day 15

place Tuléar - Antananarivo

One last half a day of tranquility in Mangily before your domestic flight to Antananarivo. Welcome to Ivato airport then transfer to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

What’s Included

Accommodation expand_less

  • Princesse Tsiribihina
  • Hôtel Entremer
  • L'Olympe du Bemaraha
  • Laguna Blu - Resort Madagascar
  • Manja hotel, Madagascar
  • Mamirano Lodge
  • La Bella Donna

Meals expand_less

  • Dinner (15)
  • Breakfast (14)
  • Lunch (13)

Transport expand_less

  • 4x4 rental with driver/guide (four travelers per vehicle) : Nissan Patrol or Toyota Land Cruiser
  • Antananarivo to Miandrivazo ground transfer
  • Miandrivazo to Belo sur Tsiribihina by motor boat
  • Belos sur Tsiribihina to Bekopa ground transfer
  • Bekopaka to National Park Tsingy of Bemaraha ground transfer
  • Bekopaka to Morondava ground transfer
  • Morondava to Belo sur Mer ground transfer
  • Belo sur Mer to Manja ground transfer
  • Manja to Andavadoaka ground transfer
  • Andavadoaka to Ambatomilo ground transfer
  • Ambatomilo to Ifaty
  • Ifaty to Antananarivo interior flight
  • Airport Pick Up/Drop Off Madagascar

Activities expand_less

  • Descent with motor boat of the Tsiribihina River
  • Discover Tsingy of Bemaraha National Park with geological, many species of birds and a unique flora
  • Sightsee in the baobab alley
  • Sightsee in the banks of the Mozambique Channel
  • Visit the belo sur mer village
  • Swimming in the lagoon next to the Mozambique Channel
  • Visit the Andavadoaka village and lagoon
  • Sightsee in the baobab forest of Andavadoaka
  • Visit the Ambatomilo village
  • Visit the lagoon and Ifaty village

Not Included expand_less

  • International Flights
  • Tips for Guides and Drivers
  • Meals not specified as included
  • Activities no specified in the program
  • Travel insurance

About Stéphane

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Holder of a French national guide’s certificate, Stéphane created this agency after having traveled to many countries over the last 20 years and knows Madagascar since 2003.

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