Family Trip in Madagascar

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ARRIVAL BY INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT – ANTANANARIVO – PERINET

• Arrival at Ivato, Antananarivo airport by international flight.
• Landing, police and customs formalities, baggage claim: about 1 hour.
• The driver guide takes you to the Middle East of Madagascar on the village of “Andasibe” 140km from the capital.
• Photo stops and visit the village.
• Visit the two reserves: the island of lemurs and the crocodile farm.
• Dinner at the hotel.

PERINET – ANTANANARIVO

• Tour of the city and explore the national park Analamazaotra to surprise lemur “Indri Indri” in their habitat: a species endangered due to the restriction of their condition of survival.
• After this walk, drive back to Antananarivo; there are only 140 km good paved road.
• Pictures break as the views along the way to the landscape are not the same while going and returning from Perinet.
• Dinner at the hotel.

ANTANANARIVO – AMBATOLAMPY – ANTSIRABE

• After breakfast, drive to Ambatolampy to visit a factory of aluminum pots that are the basis of Malagasy cooking utensils.
• On the road lined with beautiful landscapes with rice terraces and cultures, to Antsirabe. Nicknamed “The Malagasy Vichy”, the water city make you discover the lapidary stones and Malagasy handicrafts of the region’s Vakinankaratra ethnicity: the production of bicycles and rickshaws miniatures and transformation of zebu horn.
• Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 4

 ANTSIRABE – RANOMAFANA

• After breakfast, leave for 98 Km of good paved road to Ambositra the capital of Malagasy crafts.
• All along the road you will admire the tremendous work that was done to “make” this beautiful landscape of rice fields and terraced fields.
• After visiting the shops and workshops of sculptor’s artisans in Ambositra, you take the winding road lined with terraced rice fields, rivers, crops and mountains, to join the Ranomafana National Park.
• Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

DAY 5

 RANOMAFANA

• A tour in the Ranomafana National Park: a place both rich in flora and fauna, where you will find several species of Lemur: Lemur bamboo, Fulvus … and a great variety of plants.
• Afternoon, a walk to discover the village of Ranomafana and its hot spring.
• Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

DAY 6

RANOMAFANA – FIANARANTSOA – AMBALAVAO – RANOHIRA

• After a good breakfast, first the driver guide takes you to discover the city of Fianarantsoa supported by some stories.
• Then you start your descent south for 58 km until the small medieval town of Ambalavao where you will stop to admire the Antemoro paper and discover its manufacture, know-how inherited from the Arabs.
• Then, about ten kilometers further south, you make a stop at the Anja Park Village to visit.
• The descent continues for some 225 km, savannah appears gradually, the majestic rock domes impose their presence, only zebu breeders nomads these highlands Horombe the tray with their huge herds of zebu.
• The ruiniforme Isalo begins to be visible: you got to Ranohira.
• Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

DAY 7

RANOHIRA

• Early in the morning, a great and beautiful day awaits you.
• 17 Km track to reach the Canyon maki where you have the chance to observe sifaka Verreaux, the ring-tailed lemurs, brown lemurs scattered in the surrounding vegetation and your local guide is happy to flush for you.
• Then back to the car to 20 km to get to the natural pool with its small waterfall and beautifully lined with pandanus.
• Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

DAY 8

RANOHIRA – TULEAR – IFATY

• The mind still full of memories of the night before, you leave quietly take the car to go through the endless straights plateau Horombe.
• Crossing the small “boomtown” Ilakaka and the Sakaraha show you by visible signs on almost every building; this region has been a very active center for extraction of sapphire, now in decline. Baobabs and Aloe: a new growth appears. The Mahafaly tombs are remarkable: they are the only solid structures in the South.
• Head towards “Antsokay Arboretum”. Its visit teaches you that it contains more than 1,000 species endemic Malagasy South.
• After this visit, there are only 15 km to reach Tulear where you do a city tour on arrival.
• Then, you must still make last 26 kilometers on a track to reach the seaside resort of Ifaty and settle into your hotel bungalow Bamboo Club along the Mozambique Channel, where you can also take your dinner.

IFATY

• Enjoy the lagoon, it’s clear and warm water and white sand.
• There’s a planned visit of the baobab forest.
• Other activities will be suggested to the hotel: sail in outrigger canoe with Vezo fishermen, snorkeling, quad, etc…
• Dinner at the hotel.

 IFATY – ANAKAO

• Early in the morning, after breakfast, you will leave the village to go to Ifaty Tulear; this is where you will board a speedboat engine.
• After an hour of navigation, you arrive at the village of Anakao. This village is an important crossroads of Vezo fishermen that trade between the villages with their canoes, here is the sweetness and joy of living.
• Dinner at the hotel.

* Boarding completed your driver guide with his car will leave Antananarivo Tulear to rally for two days.

ANAKAO – TULEAR – ANTANANARIVO

• After you finish breakfast, you will have an hour of navigation to return to the city of Tulear.
• Arrival at the landing, it will be another driver guide who will shuttle to take you to Tulear airport where your plane is waiting to join Antananarivo.
• Remember to still take a sweater … It’s the Mada Hexagon driver guide during your tour will be waiting for you at the airport in Antananarivo.
• Dinner at the hotel.

ANTANANARIVO AND ITS SURROUNDINGS – IVATO AIRPORT TRANSFER – DEPARTURE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT

• The morning will be devoted to a city tour of Antananarivo (high city, small town, lower town, …) and to visit the blue hill Ambohimanga; this is a site full of charm with its fascinating history and classified as World Heritage by UNESCO since December 2001.
• In the afternoon, your driver guide will take you back in town, but as it is on the road, and it’s possible that you’ll want to bring back some memories of Madagascar, you stop at the large craft market of Antananarivo. You will find together all Malagasy crafts.
• And at the end of the afternoon, you will have time to prepare your luggage quietly at the hotel restaurant in Lokanga Boutique for a day use. You will be able to shower and change you to be more comfortable for your journey home.
• You will also take your dinner before your transfer to the airport provided by the driver guide who will assist you until your registration is completed.

* This program may be modified following the schedule of arrival flight and international departure.