11-Day Iconic Expedition in Madagascar

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Arrival Antananarivo

Arrival at Ivato-Antananarivo international airport. Upon
arrival, meet our staff at customs. Assistance in issuing visas
and baggage formalities. Transfer to your hotel. The group will
meet at the hotel. Pick Up from the airport to hotel will be
private and will depend on your arrival time; the car with
driver will be waiting for you at the airport two hours in
advance.

Main Destination:

Antananarivo (City)

Accommodation:

Les 3 Métis

• Mid-range guest house located in Antananarivo (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Antananarivo - Andasibe national park

Breakfast then head east to Andasibe National park, through the typical landscape and eastern rainforest. Visit Reserve of Peyrieras: Madagascar Exotic On day two you'll depart east, where you'll quickly get up close and personal with the island's vibrant variety of wildlife. Chameleons, lizards, frogs, snakes, butterflies and Sifaka lemurs are just the short list
of creatures you'll see firsthand at the Peyrieras Madagascar Exotic Reserve. Visit the Mitsinjo Reserve: In the afternoon, we will visit Parc Mitsinjo, where you can find chameleons, snakes, birds and most importantly, the largest species of lemur,
Indri. Lunch and when night falls, perhaps your true inner explorer can come to life as we walk through the forest to catch a glimpse of nocturnal lemurs and other nocturnal friends. You will see the nocturnal species of lemurs.

Main Destination:

Andasibe-Mantadia National Park

Best Time To Visit April, May, October and November (Best weather, less rain)

High Season July, August and December holidays (The park is busy)

Best Weather April, May, October and November

Wildlife in Andasibe-Mantadia NP

Indri Common

Common
brown lemur Common

Other
chameleons Common

Leaf-tailed geckos Common

Diademed sifaka Occasional

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Red-bellied
lemur Occasional

Grey
bamboo lemur Occasional

Mouse lemurs Occasional

Sportive lemurs Occasional

Parson's
chameleon Occasional

Painted mantella Occasional

Black-and-white
ruffed lemur Rare

Madagascar tree boa Rare

Fossa Very Rare

Accommodation:

Feon'ny Ala Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located just outside Andasibe-Mantadia NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Andasibe national park - Antsirabe

Morning visit of Vakona Private Reserve. The adventure continues as we visit lemurs island and crocodile Park. You will walk among flora and fauna like nowhere else on Earth. Continuation to Antsirabe through mountains, hills and rice fields. Ambatolampy is a small town between Behenjy and Antsirabe. Its artisanal manufacture of aluminum tools, utensils and decoration is famous in Madagascar. We will stop here for lunch. The French called it city of Water because of its hot springs. Madagascar iconic rickshaws will take you to all the main sites. The monument is located in the center of the city of Antsirabe. The word Fahaleovantena means independence. Below that word are the first two bars of Madagascar national anthem. The station was built in 1923. Although the station is closed and all train services are stopped. As once the landmark of Antsirabe, the colonial architecture of the station itself still attracts many tourists to visit.

Main Destination:

Antsirabe (City)

Accommodation:

Vatolahy Hotel

• Budget hotel located in Antsirabe (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Antsirabe - Isalo national park

Breakfast at the hotel. Early departure to reach Isalo national
Park. Road to Ambositra, the capital of Malagasy crafts. Visit of various shops then
continuation to Fianarantsoa. Upon arrival, city tour in this town which is the capital of the
Betsileo people, continuation to Isalo National Park.

Main Destination:

Isalo National Park

Best Time To Visit April to October (Cooler, sunny days)

High Season July, August and December holidays (The park is busy)

Best Weather June to August

Wildlife in Isalo NP

Ring-tailed
lemur Common

Western
plated lizard Common

Verreaux's sifaka Occasional

Red-fronted
brown lemur Occasional

Oustalet's
chameleon Occasional

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Jewel chameleon Occasional

Stump-tailed
chameleon Occasional

Merrem's
Madagascar swift Occasional

Grey
mouse lemur Rare

Red-tailed
sportive lemur Rare

Painted
burrowing frog Rare

Blue-legged
mantella Rare

Fossa Very Rare

Madagascar
tree boa Very Rare

Accommodation:

Isalo Ranch

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Isalo NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Isalo national park

Breakfast at the hotel and drive to the village of Ranohira to
choose your local guide. A day dedicated to trekking and discovering the park, made up of a
ruin-shaped massif dating from the Jurassic, discovery of the most beautiful landscape in
Madagascar. You will visit the other side: the natural pool, where you can swim, etc. You
might spot bird species like the Madagascar hoopoe, the common Newtonia and with luck the
juvenile short-eared owl, the long-tailed ground-roller and reptiles and frogs (Ustalet's
chameleon, jewel chameleon, tailed iguanid thorny, “endemic” mantilla expectata, painted
burrowing frog Possibility of enjoying the spectacular sunset at the natural rocky window of
Isalo if the time permits.

Main Destination:

Isalo National Park

Accommodation:

Isalo Ranch

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Isalo NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Isalo national park - Antsirabe

Breakfast at the hotel and drive to Antsirabe. Leave in the
morning and stop to Anja reserve for visit and continuation to Antsirabe. Anja is the only one a community reserve in Ambalavao to allows you visiting the Ring-tailled lemur to close. So you will admire their beauty closely with the good pictures.

Main Destination:

Antsirabe (City)

Accommodation:

Vatolahy Hotel

• Budget hotel located in Antsirabe (City)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Antsirabe - Morondava

Breakfast and then continue to reach the capital of the
Baobab tree. Miandrivazo is a town located between Morondava and Antsirabe. We will
stop here for lunch, which is considered the hottest place in Madagascar.
Morondava is famous for its river delta and, above all, for its baobab trees,
our excursion heads to Morondava, on the west coast of Madagascar. Arrival
in afternoon at check in at the hotel.

Main Destination:

Morondava (Town)

Accommodation:

Baobab Café Morondava

• Mid-range hotel located in Morondava (Town)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Morondava - Tsingy de Bemaraha national Park

Leaving early in the morning to Bekopaka, short stopover in baobabs Twin, avenue of
baobabs. After three hours’ drive transfer by ferry at Tsimafana and direction to the village of
Belo sur Tsiribihina where you will take a lunch. After lunch, four hours’ drive to get the
village Bekopaka of Bemaraha.

Main Destination:

Bemaraha National Park

Best Time To Visit May to October (Best hiking weather)

High Season July and August (Some of the trails get busy)

Best Weather July and August

Wildlife in Bemaraha NP

Decken's sifaka Common

Peter's
mouse lemur Common

Western Red
Forest Rat

Common

Leaf-tailed geckos Common

Bemaraha
sportive lemur Common

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Madagascar
straw-colored
fruit bat Common

Bemaraha
woolly lemur

Occasional

Rufous
brown lemur Occasional

Fat-tailed
dwarf lemur Occasional

Stump-tailed
chameleon Occasional

Ring-tailed
mongoose Rare

Madagascar
ground boa Rare

Fossa Very Rare

Aye-aye Very Rare

Accommodation:

Tanankoay Hotel

• Budget bungalow located just outside Bemaraha NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Visit Tsingy of Bemaraha national park

After breakfast, take a traditional canoe then following the Manambolo
River cuts of a spectacular gorge through the limestone. Around the karst grows deciduous
forest dominated by dalbergia, Commiphora and Hildegardia species, and in shady canyons
pandanus and ferns flourish. Don`t forget the Vazimba`s tombs (ancestral of Madagascar),
caves of stalactite and stalagmite. Tsingy of Bemaraha is a world heritage site covering 152,000ha, the southern half
being the national park. It is the second largest protected area on the island. An extensive area
of limestone massif has been eroded into Madagascar`s largest and most impressive pinnacle
karst (Tsingy). Chance upon of Decken`s Sifaka, red-fronted brown lemur, fat-tailed dwarf
lemur and western ring-tailed mongoose during the pic nic lunch. Happen upon coquerel`s
coua, crested coua, greater vasa parrot, Madagascar green pigeon and Madagascar flycatcher
also.
After visit, back to hotel and possibility for swimming pool.

Main Destination:

Bemaraha National Park

Accommodation:

Tanankoay Hotel

• Budget bungalow located just outside Bemaraha NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Tsingy of Bemaraha - Morondava

Leaving toward the south to Kirindy reserve, this can be one of the most rewarding wildlife locations in Madagascar, yet it
has only recently received official conservation as part of the Menabe region protected area.
Although previously logged, kirindy remains the best place to see a number of endemic dry
and thorny forest, narrow-striped mongoose, fossa, Madame
Berthe`s mouse lemur, verreaux`s sifaka, red-fronted brown lemur, rufous vanga, blue vanga,
Madagascar hognose snake and plated lizard.
Kirindy comprises some 10.000ha of deciduous forest growing on sandy soils of the western
coastal plain. The tree species are similar to other western deciduous forests, with a canopy
height typically of 12 -15m, reaching 20 -50m in more humid areas along watercourses.
Tree species of baobab live here are Adansonia rubrostipa, Adansonia Za
and Adansonia grandidieri, the last being the largest of the baobabs, sometimes exceeding
30m in height. Take way for sunset at famous avenue of baobabs.

Main Destination:

Allée Des Baobabs (Highlight)

Accommodation:

Vezo Beach Hotel Morondava

• Mid-range hotel located less than 1hr drive from Allée des Baobabs (Highlight)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Morondava - Antananarivo

Morning day at leisure, then transfer to the airport for Flight back to Antananarivo at 1h45–
14h50PM. Meet at the airport then transfer to the international airport. Possibility for shopping if
time allows.

Main Destination:

Antananarivo (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.