Discover Wildlife In Madagascar 16 days

Day 1 Arrival in Antananarivo

Welcome at the airport by our guide.

Accommodation: Ikopa Hotel

Day 2 Tana - Antsirabe

Breakfast at the hotel. Directions for the national 7. Visit the workshop for the transformation of iron into aluminium in Ambatolampy.

Free lunch. Arrival in Antsirabe and opportunity to visit a semiprecious stone cutting and the workshop of the Horns of Zebu.

Night with breakfast at the hotel.

Accommodation: Flower Palace Hotel

Day 3 Antsirabe - Morondava

A day's drive through a fairly diverse landscape. Crossed by a landscape shaped by the "lavaka" phenomenon and some surprising villages. Located on the banks of the river Mahajilo, one of the tributaries of the river Tsiribihina, Miandrivazo is the starting point for the barge cruise.

Arrival in the capital of the Menabe towards the end of the afternoon.

Accommodation: Select Hotel

Day 4 Morondava - Bekopaka

Have breakfast very early in the morning, then get on your way to Bekopaka. Stop at Tsimafana, the port of anchorage for ferries crossing the Tsiribihina. Visitors are invited to pleasant itineraries on this river up to Belo on Tsiribihina. The lunch break is appreciated once on the spot.

The road then continues to the banks of the Manambolo, accessible after four to five hours of track from Belo on Tsiribihina. Once again, we board a ferry to Bekopaka. You will stay in a hotel for three nights.

Accommodation: Tanan'Ankoay Lodge

Day 5 Bekopaka

The Small Tsingy is easier to reach. But the Grand Tsingy is worth a visit, a walk preceded by 17 km of track leads us to the heart of the Grand Tsingy. This vast succession of sharp-edged rocks forms one of the most breathtaking landscapes in Madagascar. Requires good physical condition; climbing is certainly not easy, but the beauty of the view is worth the climb.

We return to the starting point at the end of the afternoon.

Accommodation: Tanan'Ankoay Lodge

Day 6 Bekopaka - Kirindy

After breakfast, return to the village of Belo on Tsiribihina. In the afternoon, arrived in the reserve of Kirindy. Night visit to see the Fosa, full of other endemic plants. The Kirindy Reserve is a recognised centre of local endemism and diversity, linked to the presence of biotopes of the South and West of Madagascar.

Night in the Gite of the reserve of Kirindy

Day 7 Kirindy - Belo Sur Mer

The adventure on the track starts from here, where the first stage is for 80 Km, to the beautiful fishing village of Belo Sur Mer, famous for manufacturing dhows. Dinner and overnight at the hotel Ecolodge du Menabe or similar. Canoe trip, swimming, walking tour of the hand-built dhow factory, and visit to the village.

Accommodation: EcoLodge Hotel

Day 8 Belo Sur Mer - Manja - Morombe

After breakfast, we return to the trail to reach the agricultural village of Manja. Then we go to the village of Bevoay, and from there we cross the Mangoky River on a ferry. Note that in this part of the island, the baobabs are omnipresent.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel at Katia or similar.

Day 9 Morombe - Andavadoaka

We walk through the old and charming town of Morombe, where time seems to have stopped. At 45 km, we reach the wonderful site of Andavadoaka, where the Barrier Reef ends.

Accommodation: Manga Lodge Hotel

Day 10 Andavadoaka

Free day.

Accommodation: Manga Lodge Hotel

Day 11 Andavadoaka - Ifaty

To follow the tracks of the tanks in zebus, we go on the coastal track in a 4X4. This excursion allows us to cross a huge thorny forest dotted with baobabs. You then arrive at Salary, a seaside village with amazing charm. Indeed, we inevitably succumb to the white sandy beaches.

Accommodation: Bamboo Hotel

Day 12 Ifaty - Tulear - Isalo

Arriving in Tuléar, we immediately take the road to Ranohira, and along the road, we stop a little to visit the Arboretum, a botanical garden where the thorny forest that characterises the whole area is located in the south of Madagascar. Several species of chameleons can also be found. Arrived in Ranohira, check in at the hotel.

In the late afternoon, departure to see the sunset from the window of Isalo. A pierced rock through which you can see the sunset, and the best thing is the colour of the rocks with the reflection of the sun.

Accommodation: Chez Alice Hotel

Day 13 Isalo National Park

Meet the guide and drive to the entrance of the park. We will discover natural swimming pools, walls of eroded sandstone of various colours, tombs of the Bara tribe enclosed in stone walls, canyons, blue pool, black pool...and also different types of lemurs.

Accommodation: Chez Alice Hotel

Day 14 Ranohira - Ranomafana

Departure at 7.30 am from Ranohira to Ambalavao to visit the Antemoro papermaking workshop made from the bark of a local plant. The products are papers, envelopes, pictures of paper, photo albums, etc Continue to the park of Ranomafana with a landscape always very varied, many tree species and very thick vegetation, mountains, hills, rivers. Arrival in the afternoon and accommodation at the hotel Manja.

Around 5.30 pm, a night tour will be planned with a local guide to see the smallest night lemur (Microcebus) and also chameleons and frogs.

Accommodation: SOA Hotel

Day 15 Ranomafana

Departure at 7:00 am from the hotel for a tour in the Ranomafana National Park with a guide, to see different varieties of lemurs, chameleons, butterflies, frogs, spiders, birds…

Accommodation: SOA Hotel

Day 16 Ranomafana- Antananarivo

Departure to the capital, Antananarivo, and transfer to the airport for the next international flight or your hotel.