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| Viewing: Madagascar - Baobabs and National Parks |
Package ID: 1108 |
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| Madagascar - Baobabs and National Parks |
Highlights:
Andasibe-Perinet NP –
Mystic Lac Tritriva –
Canoeing on the Mahajilo River –
Andranomena Special Reserve –
Avenue of the Baobabs –
Walks and Exploration of the baobab forest –
Ifaty beach –
Isalo NP –
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This tour leads us to Andasibe to observe the biggest living lemur, the Indri as well as the smallest, the mousemaki. We will see more lemurs in Andranomena and the Isalo Park, which is also well known for an overwhelming landscape. We will have a slight River tour on the Mahajilo River and naturally we will not miss the famous Avenue of the Baobabs near Morondava.
Another aspect of this tour is that in the last years a lot of good restaurants opened to complete existing restaurants. We will have great seafood on the coast, in the highlands we may taste excellent filet of zebu (Malagasy beef) in Antsirabe or Ambalavao. And of course the bright choice in Antananarivo.
And last not least: Antseranantsoa is a common project of Malagasy association NY HARY Madagasikara and German NGO NY HARY Deutschland e.V. Its aim is to give access to education for children living in rural regions of the mid-west of Madagascar. The centre provides housing, proper drinking water, healthy nutrition, hygienic conditions and medical surveillance. By satisfying the basic needs of the children they are enabled to study up to 200km afar from their home villages where the schools attended do not exist. The project Antseranantsoa wants to improve the living-conditions of these children. And we want to give schoolkids the possibility to continue their education after primary school as an alternative to child labour. And the name Antseranantsoa is as well the aim: to provide a save harbour where the children can become fit for live. We donate 100 Euro per visitor coming with us to see their project.
Day 1
Arrival at Ivato airport Antananarivo. After meet and greet we start our 140 km drive eastward through the highlands to Andasibe. On the way we will stop off at a Reptile Park. Here you can see some of the endemic chameleons, snakes, insects and reptiles of Madagascar. Andasibe, a former logging village, is the base for exploring the Andasibe-Mantadia NP, also known by its pre-colonial French name, Perinet Special Reserve. Tonight we take a night walk to look for night active lemurs and other night active animals. Two nights in Vakona Lodge.
Included meals: dinner
Day 2
The eastern rainforest Reserve of Andasibe-Mantadia is one of the last strongholds of the mythical Indri-Indri lemur, the largest of all lemurs. The animals and birds are most active in the early morning and there should be good opportunities to see and hear the lemurs. The black and white coated Indri-Indri is an extraordinary Lemur, known for its wailing call. Indri's are active on and off throughout the day but are best seen in the morning. Your afternoon and evening is then at leisure to enjoy the beautiful surroundings.
Included meals: breakfast, dinner
Day 3
Drive to the spa of Antsirabe. Antsirabe known as the city where we can find much minerals, across the highland landscape with its beautiful rice fields and its spectacular eroded hills called ‘lavaka’. The drive takes in lush green landscape where vegetables and fruits are farmed. En-route we stop in Ambatolampy for a short visit, a huge agricultural city and very well known as capital bay-foot production. Antsirabe, founded by Norwegian missionaries as a health retreat, is an industrial and agricultural centre. Also we find here the Star brewery, the only brewery in Madagascar. We stay for two nights at Admiral, out of the town, surrounded by an elegant garden where we enjoy sunset. Included meals: breakfast, dinner
Day 4
Antsirabe, is a lovely town and a stroll around its streets will bring you in contact with some fantastic little shops selling Malagasy artefacts and handicrafts. It is a very peculiar town because of its charming characteristics. Antsirabe is also a centre precious and semi-precious stones and numerous street vendors and stalls offering souvenir stones. In some places you can watch them being cut and polished. The countryside around Antsirabe is worth exploring, especially the lakes to the west of the town like mystic Lac Tritriva. We also stop at Lac Andraikiba, a large artificial lake, said to be haunted by the ghost of a pregnant girl who drowned there.
Included meals: breakfast, barbecue dinner
Day 5
Today we drive to Miandrivazo, about 220 km. We pass a moonlike landscape. In the afternoon a two hours tour in a traditional pirogue on the Mahajilo River. Night at Le Gîte de la Tsiribihina.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 6
From Miandrivazo to Morondava. We try to catch sunset at the ‘Avenue of the Baobab’ between Belo sur Tsiribihina and Morondava. More than a dozen majestic old giant baobabs (Adansonia grandidieri) growing next to the track. The day's last golden rays strike the bloated trunks from the west. Two nights in Morondava Beach.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 7
We travel north by 4x4 vehicles to the Andranomena Special Reserve. The Reserve is a wonderland of baobabs, like a triple baobab, a manlike baobab and a womanlike baobab as well as lemurs and lakes. We enjoy a picnic lunch in the forest and walking in the Reserve. On the way back to Morondava, visit of the sites en route like Baobab sacré, Baobab in love, Sakalava tombs and the avenue of the baobabs.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 8
Transfer to the airport and flight form Morondava to Tuléar, transfer the hotel. Accommodation at the Le Paille en Queue hotel for two nights. Close to the Mozambique Canal, Toliara is built on the Tropic of Capricorn. The town is painted in light colours. That is the reason why the people from the highlands call it the white city. The approach to the city is exceptional: you can see large sand dunes, which run, along the coast.
Included meals: breakfast, dinner
Day 9
Excursion to Ifaty. Here we have a break. Free to relax. The coral reef represents an exceptional spot. In the western area you can find the local fauna and flora like baobabs, birds… We visit also a breeding station for tortoises.
Included meals: breakfast, dinner
Day 10
Leaving after breakfast we take the way north direction to Ranohira. We pass Ilakaka, a western-like gem-rush city. Here they exploit sapphires. We try to catch sunset on the window of Isalo. Two nights in Relais de la Reine.
Included meals: breakfast, dinner
Day 11
Today we visit to Isalo National Park, taking a day hike in this surreal park. This park is fiercely beautiful with golden plains punctuated by craggy pinnacles of terracotta rock, valleys, canyons and waterfalls. The Isalo National Park comprises the entire stretch of the Isalo massif. This huge mountain is spectacular with its eroded sandstone mountain. On our trek we can refresh ourselves on the way at a waterfall or the blue and the black lake.
Included meals: breakfast, dinner
Day 12
From Isalo we take the way to Fianarantsoa. We have lunch in Ambalavao, with its brightly painted buildings, is a beautiful town. We visit nearby Soavita vineyard for wine tasting as well as the Antaimoro Paper factory. The paper factory is a vestige of the Arabian civilisation in the island. Here paper is made from scratch using the bark of the avoha bush. After a series of steps, fresh flowers are pressed into the paper to make attractive cards, envelopes and picture frames. In Fianarantsoa we visit also the railway station where the train to Manakara leaves. Hotel Soafia.
Included meals: breakfast, dinner
Day 13
We continue to Antananarivo, visiting Zafimaniry woodcarvers’ ateliers in Ambositra. Their carvings got recently UNESCO cultural heritage. Two nights in Le Relais des Plateaux hotel.
Included meals: breakfast, dinner
Day 14
Excursion to Miarinarivo. Here we visit the Ny Hary NGO. Their project, Antseranantsoa – a save harbour. Its aim is to give access to education for children living in rural regions of the mid-west of Madagascar. The centre provides housing, proper drinking water, healthy nutrition, hygienic conditions and medical surveillance. By satisfying the basic needs of the children they are enabled to study up to 200km afar from their home villages where the schools attended do not exist. The centre is placed on a hillside and is in short reach from all schools and the central marketplace. It is 148-acre surface contents rice-fields, fruit- and vegetable gardens, a basketball- and volleyball court and several fishponds. We donate 100 Euro per visitor coming with us to see their project.
Included meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 15
In the morning visit of the Croc farm where you will find hundreds of crocodiles and other reptiles. In the afternoon you can relax in your hotel room before transfer to the airport.
Included meals: breakfast
Complementary information:
Duration of the tour: 15 days
Car or minibus: 7 day
4WD: 6 days
Trekking: 1 day plus two tours of two hours
Pirogue: Two hours
Included:
overnight in the mentioned or similar hotels in double room, meals like mentioned (including 1 ½ l of mineral water per person per day), going by 4WD from Antananarivo to Morondava and by car or minibus from Tuléar to Antananarivo, all transfers, all entrance fees, English speaking tour leader, local guides in all visited parks, tip for drivers, local guides, waiters, porters. The tour can be changed according to circumstances.
Not included:
flights, drinks except mentioned, additional activities in Ifaty, private expenses.
Please note:
for this tour are inbound flights required, that are not included in the price. This tour is customisable.
PRICING
2 persons 2800
3 persons 2650
4 persons 2550
5 persons 2350
6 persons 2050
7 or 8 persons 1850
9 or 10 persons 1725
11 or 12 persons 1600
Single room surcharge 425
Prices in Euro per person.
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