CLASSIC
Madagascar's Big Three: Lemurs, Baobabs and Tsingy
13 days/12 nights
A classic tour in Madagascar typically combines the island’s unique wildlife, stunning landscapes, and rich culture.
Itinerary :
D 1: Fligt to Antananarivo
Flight to Tana. Night on board.
D 2: Antananarivo
Upon arrival at the airport, meet and greet with your driver guide. Transfer to your hotel. Get settled.
Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
D3: Antananarivo- Andasdibe
Upon arrival at the airport, meet and greet with your driver guide.
You will leave Antananarivo to go to Andasibe. You will cross a myriad of villages and get acquainted with the traditional lifestyle of the Malagasy people. With pretty golden grasslands on the background, you will enjoy the amazingly abundant rice paddies, chimneyless long clay red houses and millions of roadside markets displaying a variety of handicrafts, fruit and meat.
You will arrive in Andasibe late in the afternoon and get settled at the hotel.
Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.
D 4: Andasibe
After an early breakfast, you will have a full day devoted to discovering Andasibe parks and reserves.
Andasibe National Park, located in the eastern part of Madagascar, is one of the island’s most popular and biodiverse protected areas. It is famous for its rich wildlife, including a variety of lemur species, and its lush rainforest environment. Here are some key details about the park. It is situated about 150 kilometers (around 93 miles) east of Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, making it easily accessible by road (approximately a 3-hour drive). The park lies in the Analamazoatra Special Reserve, part of the larger Andasibe-Mantadia National Park complex, which is one of the largest protected areas in the eastern rainforests of Madagascar. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.
D5: Andasibe- Antananarivo
After the breakfast, a last visit in Andasibe, the Islets of lemurs of the Private reserve of Vakona forest Lodge. The lemurs here have relative freedom. There are 4 species of lemurs (Ruffed lemur, Ring tailed lemur, Hapalemur, Propithecus diadema).
Provide a lunch at your expense.
Then, you will hit the road towards Antananarivo. You will arrive in late afternoon and get settled at the hotel.
Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.
D 6: Antananarivo- Morondava- Belo sur Tsiribihina
Transfer to the airport to have the flight to Morondava (depending on the flight availability and schedules). Welcome by your hotel and get settled. Passage through the famous alley of baobabs, green giants crowned with their canopy.
Provide a lunch at your expense, in Tana or in Morondava, depending on the flight schedule. Head to Belo Sur Tsiribihina, specifically in the locality of the Lodge.
Get settled at the Lodge
Dinner and overnight stay at your Lodge.
D 7: Belo sur Tsiribihina
Day devoted to birdwatching.
Dinner and overnight stay at your Lodge.
D 8: Belo su Tsiribihina- Bekopaka
Departure to reach Bekopaka, the gateway to the Tsingy of Bemaraha massif. We incrementally discover the unique western ecosystem of the Madagascar with its sparse dry forests. Crossing of rivers by a basic ferry: change of scenery guaranteed! Provide a picnic lunch at your expense, during the journey.
Arrival at the end of the day at the doors of the massif, and well-deserved rest at your hotel!
Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.
D 9. Tsingy of Bemaraha- The great Tsingy
Have an early breakfast and then drive to the Tsingy. Enjoy the splendid hike to Andamozavaky, 17 km from the park entrance: mazes, joints networks and canyons with impressive dimensions that take you step by step to the top. You will pass through tunnels where it is sometimes necessary to get on all fours. You will have to go through the suspension bridge and its lookouts that have magnificent views across the park. Provide a picnic lunch at your expense, during the visit. Return to your hotel late in the afternoon.
Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.
D 10: Bekopaka- Kirindy
You will leave early in the morning for a long trip to reach Kirindy reserve, about 50 km northeast of the town of Morondava. Cross the bushland that is typical to the West. You will then cross Belo Tsiribihina before going your way to Kirindy. Also, you will have a fascinating discovery of the Sakalava tombs as you get closer to Morondava, the capital of Sakalava Menabe.
Get settled at the lodge and you will have a nocturnal visit to spot nocturnal lemurs. Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
D 11: Kirindy- Morondava
Morning visit of the Kirindy reserve which is the best place in the whole island to observe the Fosa, the largest predator of the island, especially during the mating time between October and December. It also home to seven species of lemur. The most common are the common brown lemurs and the Verreaux’s sifakas.
Provide a lunch on spot at your expense.
Then, road back to Morondava in the afternoon. Stop on the famous Avenue of Baobabs in the late afternoon to watch the sunset.
Get settled at the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.
D 12: Morondava
Spare day in Morondava.
Dinner and overnight stay at your hotel.
D 13: Antananarivo – Flight Back
Transfer to the airport and flight back.