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This is just a suggestion, just an example :
With amazing and wonderful unique landscapes such as the famous Baobabs Avenue at sunset and in the day, the Tsingy of Bemaraha National Park, the forest of Kirindy Mité National Park, etc. With a lot of day lemurs species and a lot of nocturnal lemurs species. With walking, trekking and beach-time. For some pictures you can check below.
D1: Tana – Antsirabe
Arrival in Tana ( Antananarivo ) usually in the afternoon ( p.m. ), if not I will rectify the itinerary. Welcome and change to have local currency at Tana airport then direct drive by night to Antsirabe where we will take dinner.
D2: Antsirabe – Kirindy
A long day drive with an early morning departure, but through beautiful different landscapes. Drive to Kirindy dry forest with a walking-visit through the famous Baobabs Avenue. Kirindy western dry forest nocturnal walk to see nocturnal wildlife ( Kirindy forest is THE BEST place in Madagascar for that activity ), chameleons, lizards, etc. About nocturnal lemurs you can see there :
- the Grey mouse lemur
- the Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur
- the Fat-tailed dwarf lemur
- the Pale fork-marked lemur
- the Red-tailed sportive lemur
D3: Kirindy – Bekopaka
a.m. ( morning ) walking-visit of Kirindy dry deciduous forest to see lemurs in the day such as the Sifaka lemur ( the dancer lemur ) and the red-fronted brown lemur. Visits of ALL the main Baobabs interest in the area : the sacred Baobab ( the biggest Baobab-tree in the whole area ) and the loving-Baobabs. The two species of day lemurs at Kirindy dry forest are :
- the Verreaux’s sifaka
- the Red-fronted brown lemur
Then continuation drive to Bekopaka with an arrival there at the end of the afternoon.
D4 : Bekopaka
Full day hiking-visit of the big Tsingy of Bemaraha National Park ( NP ), which is a stone forest with limestone uplands, with peaks, with limestone needles, and with clifftop vistas ( need good walking-shoes, sunglasses ).
D5 : Bekopaka – Morondava
Full day drive back with the sunset at the famous Baobabs Avenue.
D6 : Morondava – Belo sur Mer
Go to Belo sur Mer in the morning by little typical motorized dug-out Vezo canoe. After lunch continuation always by little typical motorized dug-out Vezo canoe to the wonderful ladscape of Kirindy Mité NP with its very old and very huge Baobabs surrounded by forest and surrounded by sandy banks. With lakes and sometimes with more than one hundred gregarious flamingoes. I was been there in June 2024 and it's really wonderful to be there before sunset. Go back to Belo sur Mer where we will be there after sunset in the dark.
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D7 : Belo sur Mer
Free time in Belo sur Mer at a good hotel in front of the beach with possibility of walking-visit of the village in the afternoon if you want, to see this typical big western Vezo village which is specialist in the construction of dhows.
D8 : Belo sur Mer – Morondava
Go back to Morondava always by little typical motorized dug-out Vezo canoe. Possibility of walking-visit of the little town of Morondava with its market at the end of the afternoon if you want.
D9 : Morondava – Antsirabe
Full day drive back back to Antsirabe.
D10 : Antsirabe – Andasibe
Drive to the East through Tana, drive to Andasibe NP with visit on the way of THE BEST place to see chameleons in Madagascar ( a private Park with different species of chameleons, with different sizes of chameleons, and with different colors of chameleons ). These are the list of these chameleons :
- the Parson’s chameleon
- the Elephant-eared chameleon
- the Panther chameleon
- the Giant Oustalet chameleon
- the Warty chameleon
- the Carpet chameleon or Jewel chameleon
And some species of the smallest chameleon in the world such as the Brookesia species ( the Leaf chameleon )
D11 : Andasibe – Pangalanes Canal
a.m. walking-visit of Andasibe National Park ( NP ) which is an evergreen tropical rainforest ; it’s to see wildlife such as lemurs, including the biggest day lemur in the world : the Indri Indri and other species of lemurs. Then continuation drive to the East coast of Madagascar with a mini-cruise on little motorboat through lush and peaceful vegetation of the Pangalanes Canal at the end of the afternoon. At night excursion-walking-visit to see the VERY RARE nocturnal lemur : the Aye Aye ; it’s the biggest nocturnal lemur in the world. These are the list of species of day lemur that you can see at Andasibe NP rainforest :
- the Indri indri
- the Diademed sifaka
- the Common brown lemur
D12 : Pangalanes Canal
a.m. walking-visit of an EXCELLENT private Park of lemurs ( one of THE BEST Park to see lemurs in Madagascar : the Palmarium ). A lot of species of lemurs in the wild in this private Park ; with vanilla plantation too and with very good vistas ; carnivorous plants ). Because this place is very peaceful and quiet, let’s spend a free afternoon there with possibility of swimming at a beautiful not deep big lake surrounded by forest. Possibility of walk following the sandy lake shore. Possibilty of canoeing into another very quiet lake, or just relax.
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D13 : Pangalanes Canal – Tana
Full day go back to Tana, with a little motorboat through lush and peaceful vegetation of the Pangalanes Canal first, then by car. Arrival in Tana at the end of the afternoon.
D14 : Tana
a.m. city tour by car and by foot like a local to visit the main town of Madagascar through the most authentic sights of the city : its stairs, its main Avenue, its vistas, the biggest market of Madagascar to know more about Malagasy people and Malagasy custom. Then transfer to Tana airport to catch your international flight.
PRICE for 2 people :
3450 Euros
What's INCLUDED :
- The 4WD vehicle with its driver and its fuel
- ALL means of transport mentioned in the itinerary ( such as the boat, the dug-out canoes, etc. )
- My presence as your private tour guide
- Parks fees and their compulsory local tour guides
- And all activities and visits mentioned in the Itinerary.
What's EXTRA
( that means NOT included in the price ) :
- Your international flights
- Your visa
- Your personal purchases and personal expenses ( phone calls, laundry, souvenirs, etc. )
- Your hotels
- Your breakfasts
- Your lunches
- Your dinners
- Your drinks
- And all activities and visits not mentioned in the Itinerary.
Estimated Cash Needed :
The breakfast is about 11 EUROS
per person per breakfast.
The lunch OR the dinner is about 22 EUROS
per person per meal, drinks included.
And the hotels if it’s good and fairly-good mid-class hotels is about a total of 685 EUROS ( for 13 nights ).
But for fairly luxury hotels it can be about a total of 875 EUROS ( for 13 nights ).
You can do too this trip in more than 14 days with the extension to Sainte-Marie island or to Nosy Be island for beach, for beach activities and for relax. |
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