PROGRAM A: Tana-river trip-Tsingy of Bemaraha-Baobab-Morondava-Tana
Day1: Arrival in Antananarivo airport
We pick you up in airport and then transfer to your hotel
Night in the hotel
Day2: Antananarivo-Andasibe and visit Peyreras reserve.
Start driving towards the East of Tana,then enjoy the pretty views, the green mountains and after two hours you will arrive at Peyreras reserve. This reserve gives you the chance to see many species of chameleon, insects’ endemic to the region. After lunch, drive to Andasibe National Park, you have time to relax and enjoy the sounds of the forest and get a good night sleep, before going to the Park early the next day
Night in the hotel
Day3: Visit of Andasibe National Park
Full day visit and explore the fauna and flora of the park and find the Indri Indri and listen to the special sounds he makes. In the afternoon, you can also visit the island of lemurs private park of Vakona forest Lodge with canoe and will be able to see more lemur species up close, museums (including seeing crocodiles, birds.....
Night in the same hotel
Day4: Andasibe- Antananarivo-Antsirabe
After breakfast, drive to the capital and then follow the way to south, as soon as you leave the city. Along the way you can start enjoying the pretty views, and after 69km you will pass through the village of Ambatolampy, where you can visit an aluminium pot workshop. After lunch we will continue again till Antsirabe. More commonly the capital of pousse pousse (rickshaw).This is the town to explore craft shops, important industrial center, mainly for its Beer breweries and factory.
Night in the hotel
Day5:Antsirabe-Miandrivazo (220km)
Drive towards the west coast savannas after breakfast and leave the highland to meet the Tsiribihina river trip in Miandrivazo,you can explore the town and take a stroll along the river that will accompany you the next three days. While you enjoy the scenery…
Night in the hotel
Day6-7: Miandrivazo and start Tsiribihina river trip
We leave early in the morning after loading the canoe with our luggage, food and water. We start our calm river trip adventure on the majestic Tsiribihina River, using the local boats made of wood, it‘s endemic to Madagascar on the region and travel adventure
During the river trip, there are many motor boats are coming up to bring different staff and passengers return to their village, this trip is slow down of the river and you can relax on the canoe, but if you like some of exercise, you can help the boatmen paddle. Enjoy a beautiful nature, the peace and quiet of the meandering river is amazing with beautiful cascade and clean waterfall down from the top, spot the birds and if you have lucky, you see lemurs, crocodiles, watch many zebu drinking and there are many small village, fishermen busy with their daily activity traditional .After that you can swimming in the cascade and before nightfall we make our camp on the riverbank under the sky full of the stars and enjoy the campfire, a good meal.
Two nights in the Tent
Day8: Tsiribihina River -Antsiraraka
During the three days you will pass through diverse landscape, isolated natural wilderness, reminding you how far away you are from home. At the end we pass the George of Bemaraha with its steep rocks. After wonderfully waterfall where we can refresh ourselves, we will see dense vegetation along the riverbanks, towering cliffs and baobab tree, water birds, bats and lemurs will accompany our journey
Included meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
A 4x4 will come to pick you up in Antsiraraka small village from Morondava and then bring you to Belo then drive to Bekopaka Tsingy tomorrow morning. You will meet the Tsiribihina River again and cross it with ferry boat to continue the road going north to Tsingy de Bemaraha
Night in the small hotel
Day9: Antsiraraka-Tsingy of Bemaraha
After breakfast, drive to Bekopaka Tsingy and pass in Belo sur Tsiribihina for lunch and then continue to Tsingy and cross again the Manambolo river and arrive in Tsingy
Night in the hotel
Day10: Visit of Tsingy of Bemaraha Bekopaka (full day visit: big Tsingy and small Tsingy)
This park is enormous UNESCO world heritage site protects the largest of Madagascar’s Tsingy limestone plateaux.There are many activity to do but more visitors visit big Tsingy and small ,there are cable robes, it’s climbing mountain rocks, rocky steps , ladders and even a suspension bridge over one of the canyons and many animals…
Night in the hotel
Day 11: Bekopaka –Kirindy-Morondava
After a rewarding visit of the Tsingy we descend towards the south in passing Belo. We cross again the Tsiribihina River and continuing the way to Morondava in passing and stop kirindy forest for one night and this is one way to watch many species of nocturnal lemurs
Night in at Kirindy lodge
Day 12: Kirindy-Morondava
Next morning, visit kirindy park, watching lemurs, birds and reptiles and then in the afternoon, drive back to Morondava and stop in Avenue of Baobab waiting sunset and then we will visit the lovers Baobab and enjoy the sunset in the avenue of Baobab because it’s make a beautiful colors on the baobab trees. After exploring baobab in sunset we drive the last 20km to Morondava.
Night I the hotel
Next13 day, day off in Morondava for relax in the beach and visit town.
Day14: Morondava-Antananarivo (flight) or by car
Flight back to Tana and then make a city tour, buy some souvenir…..
Night in the hotel and after transfer to airport
Including:
Car with a driver (Tananarive to Miandrivazo) including fuel during the trip
One day back for the car from Miandrivazo to Tana
Car to East coast and fuel during the trip
4WD with a driver (after river trip then to Tsingy for 3 days and 1 days extract)
Nights in bed at the hotel
Entrance fees to the parks and local guide (Tsingy-kirindy forest-Peyreras-Analamazaotra Andasibe-vakona forest Lodge)
English speaking tour guide during the trip
Tourist and taxes in the hotel
Taxes mairie in Miandrivazo
Food during the river trip( breakfast, lunch, dinner)
City tour
Ferry boat to transfer a 4x4 cross the river (2 goes and 2 returns)
Ticket Flights from Morondava via Tananarive
Boat man and local boat
Zebu car after river trip then transfer till small village about 3kms
EXCLUDING:
Restaurant and drink
Insurance and visa
Personal expenses and tips
International flight