GO LOCAL Madagascar tour

Itinerary: Tana –Andasibe – Antsirabe – Ranomafana National Park – Manakara-Fianarantsoa-Ambalavao – Andringitra- Isalo National Park – Tulear – Anakao Beach DAY 1: TANA TO ANTSIRABE 170 kms distance, 3 hours drive- Drive to Antsirabe, see handicraft market on the way, beautiful landscape of the Merina tribe area, the everyday life of the Merina people. – Visit of Antsirabe: the hot spring city with its rickshaws, semiprecious stones, lakes… Suggested hotel at Guest House chez Bruno DAY 2: DRIVE FROM ANTSIRABE TO RANOMAFANA 285 Kms distance, 5 hours drive; Drive from Antsirabe to Ranomafana Morning visit of Andraikiba lac and route to Ranomafana, visit of Ambositra for its woodcraft shops and woodcraft local factory, souvenirs shopping opportunity. Suggested hotel at Hotel Gaspard DAY 3: RANOMAFANA Visit of Ranomafana National Park with local guide. Time to enjoy the forest walk and to spot the different lemur, birds and reptile species along the different forest trails. Accomodation in hotel Suggested hotel at Hotel Gaspard/Hotel Manjà   DAY 4: RANOMAFANA/MANAKARA Drive from Ranomafana to Manakara. Visit of Antemoro traditional village in the afternoon. Continuations to Imainty, small village were settled a small clinic; visit of the rejected people on the way. Suggested hotel “Antemoro Hotel” DAY 5: MANAKARA Back to Manakara: Morning guided city tour of Manakara city and cruise on Pangalana channel. Walk on the Beach facing the Indian Ocean by yourselves Suggested hotel “Antemoro Hotel” DAY 6: MANAKARA/FIANARANTSOA BY TRAIN (if it is possible) Start is the morning; this travel by train is a full day ride and the stops at the stations in the villages along the way shown the everyday life of the local people. The view from the train is magnificent. Meet your driver guide at the train station in Fianarantsoa, transfer to the Hotel Suggested hotel “Soratel” DAY 07: FIANARANTSOA/AMBALAVAO/ANDRINGITRA via Antanambao Short city tour: Visit of the old city of Fianarantsoa which is built on the top of the hill, infinite view… Route to Ambalavao, we leave the terraced rice fields and rocky mountains to enter in the dry landscape of the south., Visit of Anjà Park to see the ring tailed lemur. Suggested hotel at Tsarasoa camp. DAY 08, 09: SEPT_ ANDRINGITRA 3 days hiking to discover Andringitra massif where lies the second highest mountain of Madagascar. With its 2658m peak .The hikes will take places in valleys and some rock formations which characterize the massif. Suggested hotel at Tsarasoa camp. DAY 10-:ANDRINGITRA – RANOHIRA Departure after the hike to Ranohira village. Suggested hotel at Hotel chez Alice DAY 11: RANOHIRA With local guides, explore the Isalo National park. First day to enjoy walks through this eroded Sandstone Mountain which gives different images like crocodiles, tortoise, a queen… before reaching the “natural swimming pool”. Along the trekking, see the pachypodium elephant foot, a native and endemic species of Aloe in Isalo, lemurs as sifaka, brown lemurs and ring tailed lemurs, birds, lizards and sometimes snakes. Suggested hotel at Hotel chez Alice DAY 12: RANOHIRA Second day visit of Isalo national: visit of the canyons (rat and nymph) Suggested hotel t at Hotel chez Alice DAY 13: ISALO-TULEAR This last part of the drive before reaching Tulear will take you through different scenery along the way with the baobabs, colorful tombs, and new villages born after a sapphires discovery in Ilakaka. Suggested hotel at Hotel le Refuge DAY 14: TULEAR – ANAKAO Morning transfer with speed boat to the pretty fishing village of Anakao. Enjoy the afternoon at leisure with white sandy beaches and clear water. Suggested hotel at Lalandaka hotel DAY 15, 16: ANAKAO The day is yours to at leisure in Anakao Alternatively optional excursions such as • visit the island of Nosy Ve • day excursion to the Tsimanampetsotsa National Park Suggested hotel at Lalandaka hotel DAY 17: ANAKAO – TULEAR After breakfast you will be transferred by boat to Tuléar and then onto the airport for your flight back to Antananarivo, where your unforgettable tour ends. We look forward to welcoming you to Madagascar. Ends of program

GO LOCAL Madagascar tour

Itinerary: Tana –Andasibe – Antsirabe – Ranomafana National Park – Manakara-Fianarantsoa-Ambalavao – Andringitra- Isalo National Park – Tulear – Anakao Beach
DAY 1: TANA TO ANTSIRABE
170 kms distance, 3 hours drive- Drive to Antsirabe, see handicraft market on the way, beautiful landscape of the Merina tribe area, the everyday life of the Merina people. – Visit of Antsirabe: the hot spring city with its rickshaws, semiprecious stones, lakes…
Suggested hotel at Guest House chez Bruno
DAY 2: DRIVE FROM ANTSIRABE TO RANOMAFANA
285 Kms distance, 5 hours drive; Drive from Antsirabe to Ranomafana
Morning visit of Andraikiba lac and route to Ranomafana, visit of Ambositra for its woodcraft shops and woodcraft local factory, souvenirs shopping opportunity.
Suggested hotel at Hotel Gaspard
DAY 3: RANOMAFANA
Visit of Ranomafana National Park with local guide. Time to enjoy the forest walk and to spot the different lemur, birds and reptile species along the different forest trails. Accomodation in hotel
Suggested hotel at Hotel Gaspard/Hotel Manjà
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DAY 4: RANOMAFANA/MANAKARA
Drive from Ranomafana to Manakara. Visit of Antemoro traditional village in the afternoon. Continuations to Imainty, small village were settled a small clinic; visit of the rejected people on the way.
Suggested hotel “Antemoro Hotel”
DAY 5: MANAKARA
Back to Manakara: Morning guided city tour of Manakara city and cruise on Pangalana channel. Walk on the Beach facing the Indian Ocean by yourselves
Suggested hotel “Antemoro Hotel”
DAY 6: MANAKARA/FIANARANTSOA BY TRAIN (if it is possible)
Start is the morning; this travel by train is a full day ride and the stops at the stations in the villages along the way shown the everyday life of the local people. The view from the train is magnificent. Meet your driver guide at the train station in Fianarantsoa, transfer to the Hotel
Suggested hotel “Soratel”
DAY 07: FIANARANTSOA/AMBALAVAO/ANDRINGITRA via Antanambao
Short city tour: Visit of the old city of Fianarantsoa which is built on the top of the hill, infinite view… Route to Ambalavao, we leave the terraced rice fields and rocky mountains to enter in the dry landscape of the south., Visit of Anjà Park to see the ring tailed lemur.
Suggested hotel at Tsarasoa camp.
DAY 08, 09: SEPT_ ANDRINGITRA
3 days hiking to discover Andringitra massif where lies the second highest mountain of Madagascar. With its 2658m peak .The hikes will take places in valleys and some rock formations which characterize the massif.
Suggested hotel at Tsarasoa camp.
DAY 10-:ANDRINGITRA – RANOHIRA
Departure after the hike to Ranohira village.
Suggested hotel at Hotel chez Alice
DAY 11: RANOHIRA
With local guides, explore the Isalo National park. First day to enjoy walks through this eroded Sandstone Mountain which gives different images like crocodiles, tortoise, a queen… before reaching the “natural swimming pool”. Along the trekking, see the pachypodium elephant foot, a native and endemic species of Aloe in Isalo, lemurs as sifaka, brown lemurs and ring tailed lemurs, birds, lizards and sometimes snakes.
Suggested hotel at Hotel chez Alice
DAY 12: RANOHIRA
Second day visit of Isalo national: visit of the canyons (rat and nymph)
Suggested hotel t at Hotel chez Alice
DAY 13: ISALO-TULEAR
This last part of the drive before reaching Tulear will take you through different scenery along the way with the baobabs, colorful tombs, and new villages born after a sapphires discovery in Ilakaka.
Suggested hotel at Hotel le Refuge
DAY 14: TULEAR – ANAKAO
Morning transfer with speed boat to the pretty fishing village of Anakao. Enjoy the afternoon at leisure with white sandy beaches and clear water.
Suggested hotel at Lalandaka hotel
DAY 15, 16: ANAKAO
The day is yours to at leisure in Anakao
Alternatively optional excursions such as
• visit the island of Nosy Ve
• day excursion to the Tsimanampetsotsa National Park
Suggested hotel at Lalandaka hotel
DAY 17: ANAKAO – TULEAR
After breakfast you will be transferred by boat to Tuléar and then onto the airport for your flight back to Antananarivo, where your unforgettable tour ends. We look forward to welcoming you to Madagascar.
Ends of program

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