$27,974 to $44,035 pp (MXN)
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Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arrival by International Flight - Transfer to your Hotel in Antsirabe
Arrival by International Flight - Transfer to your Hotel in Antsirabe
Your arrival at Ivato-Antananarivo international airport. Upon arrival, you'll meet our staff at customs. You'll be issued visas and baggage formalities. You'll drive in Antsirabe through mountains, hills, and rice fields. Along the way, you will see many funeral graves, some simple, others elaborate on which play an important role in the local population and their fascination with the afterlife. You'll arrive in Antsirabe after 3 hours of driving. The thermal, "the city of water" as it is called, has become a very important economic city, famous for its fresh products and its mineral water, commonly called "Visy Gasy ". The city is also known for its many rickshaws and its precious and semi-precious stones.
- Main Destination:
- Antsirabe (City)
- Accommodation:
- Plumeria Hotel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Antsirabe - Fianarantsoa
Antsirabe - Fianarantsoa
You'll have breakfast at the hotel. You'll have a small city tour of the city and its small manufacturer of corn horns, semi-precious stones. You'll have a road transfer to Ambositra, the capital of Malagasy crafts. You'll visit various shops, then continue to Fianarantsoa.
Upon arrival, you'll have a city tour in this town, which is the capital of the Betsileo people.
- Main Destination:
- Fianarantsoa (City)
- Accommodation:
- Hotel Zomatel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Fianarantsoa - Isalo National Park
Fianarantsoa - Isalo National Park
You'll depart from Fianarantsoa for very long days leading south. In Ambalavao, there is an interesting handcrafted paper factory that is worth a visit. It takes about ten minutes to see the different processes at work, and there is a small gift shop where you can purchase some of the products. On Wednesdays possibility to visit the zebu market, very interesting. You'll visit the reserve of the villager of Anja, where you can easily see the ring-tailed lemur. In the afternoon, the second part of the trip passes through Ihosy to the wide grassy plains of Horombe and towards Ranohira. The scenery begins to change as you cross the Door to the South 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 than they are not Africa.
- Main Destination:
- Isalo National Park
- Accommodation:
- Satrana Lodge
Wildlife in Isalo NP
Lemur Common
Plated Lizard Common
Brown Lemur Occasional
Chameleon Occasional
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Visit of National Park of Isalo National Park
Visit of National Park of Isalo National Park
You'll have breakfast at the hotel and drive to the village of Ranohira to choose your local guide. The day is 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). There's the possibility of enjoying the spectacular sunset at the natural rocky window of Isalo if the time permits.
- Main Destination:
- Isalo National Park
- Accommodation:
- Satrana Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Ranohira - Ifaty - Visit Renala Reserve
Ranohira - Ifaty - Visit Renala Reserve
You'll have breakfast at the hotel. Then, you'll have a morning visit to the Reniala Reserve. Located at the edge of the northern and southern dry forest and the thorny bush, the Reniala Reserve, or “mother of the forest reserve,” is a habitat of remarkable diversity. You will take a notion of medicinal plants and don't miss taking a photo in the avenue of baobabs, the cave of baobabs, and tired baobabs. You can't see it anywhere. The visit will end in the village of the tortoise, where you will have to spot the various endemic tortoises of Madagascar. You have a free afternoon, but there's a possibility to take advantage of the hotel's beach.
- Main Destination:
- Ifaty (Town & Beach)
- Accommodation:
- Hotel La Mira de Madiorano
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Ifaty - Toliara - Domestic Flight to Antananarivo
Ifaty - Toliara - Domestic Flight to Antananarivo
You'll have a transfer early in the morning to the airport. Domestic flight to join the capital of Madagascar island. You'll arrive at 10:35 am, check in at your hotel, and have lunch. Then in the afternoon, you'll have a city tour towards Antananarivo. You will visit the royal palace and the Avenue of Independence.
- Main Destination:
- Antananarivo (City)
- Accommodation:
- Novotel Convention & Spa Antananarivo
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Shopping in Antananarivo before Transfer to the Airport for International Flights
Shopping in Antananarivo before Transfer to the Airport for International Flights
After breakfast, you'll purchase souvenirs in local craft shops. We find that all the local handicrafts of all 6 provinces of Madagascar are handmade objects. It must be said that here is the time that we can get to know the country well, because
we all find it there. You'll visit Tsarasaotra Park to meet several endemic aquatic birds: Free lunch. You'll transfer to the airport for departure with our agent.
- Main Destination:
- No major destination visited
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
