EAST OF MADAGASCAR
Tour overview
Madagascar offers a wide variety of holiday’s styles. This tour starts from the capital pass by terraced rice fields, with a visit at a wild rich rainforest national park, then a stay in private peninsula full of exotics species like lemurs, colorful bird before ending on a beach resort in Sainte Marie Island.
Itinerary:
Antananarivo, Andasibe, Akanin`ny Nofy, Mahambo, Sainte Marie Island, Antananarivo : 10days/9nights
Highlights:
- Wildlife watching in the rainforest Andasibe national parks
- Cultural exchange with local people
- Guided Tour on a private island to watch the elusive lemur aye-aye
- Stay on beach
Price information
Price for 2 to 5 persons starts from ......Euro
6 to 8 people start from ......Euro
Price includes:
• Accommodation in a double/twin room with breakfast (BB) according to the program above
• All transfer Hotel / Airport /hotel as mentioned in the program
• Entrance fees and local guides in National Parks and private parks mentioned in the program
• Transfer by boat to Akanin’ny nofy and to St Marie
• Transport with private vehicle with driver and fuel during the whole trip
• Domestic flight (St Marie – Antananarivo)
• Tourist tax and VAT
Price excludes:
• International flights and airport taxes
• Excursions which are not in the program
• Personal expenses, drinks, laundry, tips
• Meals: Lunch and dinner
• Visa fee
This private tour can be customised according to your style. Any element can be tailored – activities, length, hotels and destinations.
Detailed program
Day 01: WELCOME TO ANTANANARIVO CAPITAL OF MADAGASCAR
Upon arrival in Antananarivo, meet our team and transfer from the airport to your hotel after all formalities, money changes
Spend the night at hotel in Antananarivo.
Overnight in Antananarivo
* Palissandre hotel
* Sakamanga
* Les Trois Metis

Day 02: Antananarivo - Andasibe
You will be picked up from your hotel and head for the rainforest of Andasibe. Along the way, you will drive through the central highland, a hilly region with red land villages and patchwork of rice fields. Then you will stop at Madagascar Exotic Park to get a glimpse of Madagascar unique wildlife. As you penetrate into a lush and luxuriant eastern forest, you will reach Andasibe National Park, the nearest park to the capital city. In the evening you will have a night walk where you may meet the smallest lemur and other nocturnal species like Avahy, another nocturnal lemur, bird, and chameleon.
Overnight in Andasibe
* Vakona Forest Lodge
* Andasibe hotel
* Feon’ny ala
* Grace Lodge

Day 03: Andasibe National Park
The wailing sound of the biggest lemur called Indri-Indri echoed throughout the forest and its vicinity will wake you up early morning. Lemur is one of the highlights of Madagascar in the world and Indri-Indri is the highlight of this park. After breakfast, you set out for a full day of adventure in the rainforest. To start you will have a hike to learn about the plants, animals and people of Bezanozano, one ethnic group who lives in this rainforest. You will discover medicinal uses for the rainforest’s many plant species seek for small species of frog and keep your eyes open for primates high in the forest canopy. This park spreads over..... And homes a rich and vibrant wildlife unique in the world. In the afternoon you will visit Vakona reserve with the Lemurs Island and crocodile park.
Overnight in Andasibe
* Vakona Forest Lodge
* Andasibe hotel
* Feon’ny ala
* Grace Lodge

Day 04: Andasibe - Akanin'ny nofy
After the breakfast, you will depart for Akanin’ny nofy or the nest of dream. As you slope down to the east coast, You will learn about the local’s architecture, see their farming activities, their lifestyle, discover plants in the rainforest that are used for building material, craft and medicine. Then you will drive through Brickaville known for its sugar cane plantation then take a muddy road to Manambato where the boat await you. The boat crossing to Akanin`ny Nofy takes two hour on the Pangalanes canal along the man-made lakes of Rasoabe and Rasoa Masay.
Overnight in Akanin’ny Nofy
* Palmarium
* Bush House

Day 05 : Akanin'ny nofy
Either sporty or relaxed place, today you can have both of them. Akanin`ny Nofy is a place where any dream comes true for nature lovers. This day is dedicated to explore the reserve where is nestled on the shores of Pangalanes canal and the Indian Ocean. It spreads over 50 hectares of peninsula land in the Lake Ampitabe on the East coast of Madagascar. Its private park offers an opportunity to get close to lemurs while walking around then chilling out along the beach. Mamy species of lemurs can be spotted easily here such as the biggest lemur: Indri Indri, the dancing lemur, Sifaka, the Aye-Aye an elusive nocturnal lemur, black and white ruffed lemur. Both amateur and professional of photography will be rewarded with the reserve`s rare and endemic terrestrial and arboreal fauna like bird, Giant hognosed snake and a magnificent flora like orchids, carnivorous plants, ebony, mahogany, traveler's trees, same rarest varieties of palm trees; Dypsis, Ravinala, Orania.
In afternoon, you can stay on the beach or visit a small village along Pangalane canal.
Overnight in Akanin’ny Nofy
* Palmarium
* Bush House

Day 06: Akanin'ny nofy - Toamasina - Mahambo
After breakfast, Transfer by boat to Toamasina, on the way you will see the daily chores of local people who live along the canal. You will come across fishermen, women laundering on the sandbanks and local boat loaded with food commodities, cloves, cinnamon and people. Morning traffic is more active than the rest of the day. Arrive in our first economic port of Madagascar around lunch time. Continue to north –east until Mahambo. As you get close to the Indian Ocean, the temperature and the weather is more balmy. You will pass by native traveler palm and wooden villages with coconut trees. Landscape is wide open full of lush vegetation and the sea on the horizon.
Overnight in Mahambo
* La Pirogue hotel

Day 07: Mahambo - Sainte Marie
Morning fresh air along the sandy beach of the cost, transferred to St Marie Island by boat. Enjoy the remainder of your day at leisure. Transfer to your hotel and the rest relax day
Overnight in St Marie
* Princesse Bora
* Antafana Lodge
* Sambatra Lodge

Day 08: Sainte Marie
St Marie Island is a quite beach resort with lot of optional activities available, like deep sea fishing, snorkeling, canoeing or you can stroll along the beach or ride a bike for an island tour.
For additional information, between July to September you can do a humpback whale watching excursion.
Overnight in St Marie
* Princesse Bora
* Antafana Lodge
* Sambatra Lodge

Day 09: Sainte Marie - Antananarivo
Fly back to Antananarivo. If time allows, city tour include handicraft market.
Overnight in Antananarivo
* Palissandre hotel
* Sakamanga
* Les Trois Metis

Day 10: Antananarivo - Flight to your country
Transfer for an outbound flight at Ivato International Airport and we say you, bye bye.
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2. This private tour can be customised according to your style. Any element can be tailored – activities, length, hotels and destinations
