12-Day Deep South with Ranomafana and Andasibe

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

Arrival by international flight - transfer to your hotel

Arrival at Ivato-Antananarivo international airport. Upon arrival, meet our staff at customs. Assistance in issuing visas and baggage formalities. Transfer to your hotel. You have a possibility for city tour. Visit the market and the royal palace or high town.

Main Destination:

Antananarivo (City)

Accommodation:

Les 3 Métis

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

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Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Antananarivo - Andasibe

After breakfast, head east to Andasibe through the typical landscape and eastern rainforest. On the way, stop at the Peyreiras reptile farm to observe different endemic species of chameleons, lizards, geckos, frogs. Arrived in Andasibe around noon. In the afternoon, visit the Analamazaotra reserve to spot the largest lemurs of Madagascar Indri Indri, which is the largest living lemur. Night walk to spot nocturnal species such as mouse lemurs, chameleons, frogs.

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:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Drive back from Andasibe to Antananarivo

Breakfast at the hotel, then morning walk in the primary forest. Other species of lemurs can be seen during the walk, including the gray bamboo lemur, the common brown lemur as well as various endemic bird species. Return for lunch and departure to the hotel after the visit. In the afternoon, return to Antananarivo.

Main Destination:

Andasibe-Mantadia National Park

Accommodation:

Les 3 Métis

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

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Antananarivo - Antsirabe - Ranomafana national park

Departure in the morning then drive to Ranomafana through mountains, hills and rice fields. Along the way, you will see many funeral graves, some simple; others explain what plays an important role in the local population and their fascination with the afterlife. Arrival in Antsirabe after a 3 hour drive: the thermal station, "the city of water" as it is called, has become a very important economic town, renowned for its fresh products and mineral water, commonly called "Visy Gasy ". the city is well known both for the many “pousse-pousse” and for the precious and semi-precious stones Continuation to Ranomafana, known as "hot water", arrival at the end of the afternoon, installation at the hotel before a night walk.

Main Destination:

Ranomafana National Park

Best Time To Visit April, May, September, October and November (Mild weather, fewer rainy days)

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

Best Weather April, May, September, October and November

Wildlife in Ranomafana NP

Golden
Bamboo Lemur Common

Red-fronted
Brown Lemur Common

Red-bellied
Lemur Common

Greater
Bamboo Lemur Common

Grey
Bamboo Lemur Common

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Giraffe-necked
Weevil Common

Parson’s
Chameleon Common

Milne-Edwards’s
Sifaka Occasional

Rufous
Mouse Lemur Occasional

Satanic
Leaf-tailed Gecko Occasional

Painted
Mantella Occasional

Spotted
Fanaloka Rare

Ring-tailed
Mongoose Rare

Fossa Very Rare

Accommodation:

Ny Tanana Hotel

• Mid-range hotel located just outside Ranomafana NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ranomafana - Fianarantsoa - Ambalavao

In morning drive to Ranomafana national park parking to meet your local guide. Walk towards the rainforest. Ranomafana protected mountain rainforest covers an area of 41,600ha at altitudes between 600m and 1,400m. The area is dominated by the Namorona River which, fed by many streams, plunges from the eastern escarpment close to the park entrance. The steep slopes are covered with a mixture of primary and secondary forest, much of the secondary growth is dominated by dense stands of introduced Chinese guava (Psidium cattleyanum) and clumps of giant bamboo. You might be spotting some species of lemurs (golden bamboo lemur, greater bamboo lemur, Milne-Edwards sifaka, red-bellied, birds (brown mesite, Pollen`s vanga, blue vanga, velvet asity, grey-crowned greenbul, reptiles (Parsons chameleon, Peacock day gecko. After 4 hours of visit, you take the RN7 road to the south to reach Ambalavao where you will meet the Anja reserve. Fianarantsoa is one of the six major cities of Madagascar.

Main Destination:

Anja Community Reserve

Best Time To Go March to November (Less rain)

High Season July, August and December holidays (It gets very busy)

Best Weather

Accommodation:

Hotel Aux Bougainvillees

• Mid-range hotel located in Ambalavao (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Ambalavao - Ihosy - Ranohira

Leave in the morning towards the vast grassy plains of IHorombe and direction Ranohira after visiting the artisanal papermaking factory and the Anja reserves the house of the ring-tailed lemur. The scenery begins to change as you cross the “Southern Gate” mountain and enter the attractive countryside of the Betsileo people where granite outcrops dominate the horizon. Here, the architecture of the village is also starting to change, from the one-story 'African-style' house to two-story buildings in the central highlands where people are more like those in Southeast Asia. Is that they are not Africa.

Main Destination:

Isalo National Park

Best Time To Visit April to October (Best hiking conditions)

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:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Visit 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:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Isalo national park - Tuléar

Breakfast at the hotel. Road to Tulear through different villages of sapphire miners and the southern savannah. Stop along the way to visit Zombitse National Park. You will be able to see baobabs, well painted tombs as well as typical villages of the southern tribes. Arrival in Toliara, installation at your hotel.

Main Destination:

Toliara (City)

Accommodation:

Hotel Moringa Tulear

• Mid-range hotel located in Toliara (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Toliara - Anakao

Breakfast at the hotel. Taking a boat to Anakao, Anakao beach awaits you with its flora and fauna. Offer of sea activities per hotel. Accommodation on half board basis for 3 nights. Many sea activities are waiting for you during your stay. Possibility to visit Tsimanampetsotsa national park.

Main Destination:

Tsimanampetsotsa National Park

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

High Season July, August and December holidays (Though the park doesn’t get busy)

Best Weather June to September

Wildlife in Tsimanampetsotsa NP

Ring-tailed
Lemur Common

Oustalet’s
Chameleon Common

Jewel Chameleon Common

Grandidier’s
Vontsira Occasional

Verreaux’s
Sifaka Occasional

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White-footed
Sportive Lemur Occasional

Grey-brown
Mouse Lemur Occasional

Radiated Tortoise Occasional

Blind
Sleeper Goby Occasional

Thick-tail
Day Gecko Occasional

Dumeril’s
Ground Boa Rare

Big-headed Gecko Rare

Frogs Rare

Fossa Very Rare

Accommodation:

Anakao Ocean Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located in Anakao (Town & Beach)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Anakao - Toliara - Antananarivo

Beakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport and fly back to Antananarivo
Accommodation on half board basis.

Main Destination:

Antananarivo (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

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