Booking for : 12 Days Madagascar Luxury Tour
12 Days Madagascar Luxury Tour
Tour Details
12 Days Luxury tour for the Middle East, Highlands, North West of Madagascar
COST Includes:
- Accommodation and meals as stated (B – Breakfast, L – Lunch, D – Dinner)
- One triple room (1double bed + 1 single bed) from Day 1 until Day 12, an exception on Day 6 on 1double and 1 single tented lodge
- Park fees as per the itinerary
- Entrance ticket to the Ranomafana National Park, Andringitra National Park, Anja Community Reserve, and Blue Hill
- Private carrier and cook during the visit inside the National Park Andringitra
- Coverage during the camp
- Mineral water during Day 4, Day 5, and Day 6
- Airport transfer as per the itinerary
- Road transfer as per the itinerary
- Visits craft in Ambatolampy, Antsirabe, Ambositra, and Ambalavao
- Private vehicle with fuel and guide driver for Day 1 to Day 7, Day 12
- Private local English-speaking wildlife guide for the parks visit
- Private flight with Cessna 182 for Fianarantsoa – Antananarivo ( 01 PILOTand 03 PAX )
- Pilot indemnity of private flight
- Fuel of the private plane
- Internal flights (Antananarivo – Nosy Be – Antananarivo)
- All activities at Andilana Beach Resort
- Local taxes and thumbnails in a tourist hotel
COST Excludes:
- International flights
- Visas
- Tips
- Items of a personal nature
- Items not mentioned in the “Includes” section
- Insurance (cancellation, luggage, medical expenses …)
- Sightseeing and excursions other than those specified
- Drinks
- Mineral water except for Day 4, Day 5 and Day 6
Day 1,International flight – Antananarivo
Upon arrival by international flight to Antananarivo airport, you will be met and be transferred to the hotel.
Overnight: Tamboho Hotel (BB)
Day 2,Antananarivo
Today, you will have a free day enjoying the views from your hotel or taking a walk around on your own.
Overnight: Tamboho Hotel (B/D)
Day 3,Antananarivo – Ranomafana
Early breakfast we start off for Ranomafana with a stopover in Ambatolampy (68 km from the capital) to visit a factory of aluminum pots which are the base of the Malagasy kitchen utensils; because it is there that they are manufactured. After this visit, you take the road bordered of splendid landscapes made up of rice plantations in terraces and cultures, during 100Km, until Antsirabe. Called “Malagasy Vichy “, the water town makes you discover the stone gem cutting and the Malagasy craft industry in the area of the Vakinankaratra ethnos group: production of miniature bicycles and miniature rickshaws, transformation of the zebu horn. Your guide driver will drive you for 98 km of good paved road to the capital Ambositra Crafts Malagasy. Throughout the route you will admire the tremendous work that was done to "make" this beautiful landscape of rice paddies and terraced fields.
After visiting shops and craft workshops sculptors Ambositra, you will take the winding road lined with rice terraces, rivers, mountains, and cultures, to reach Ranomafana village where you will visit Ranomafana National Park.
Overnight: Setam Lodge (B/D)
Day 4,Ranomafana National Park – Andringitra National Park
After breakfast you will be escorted into Ranomafana National Park enjoying its diverse attractions. Covering an area of 41,000 hectares, Ranomafana National Park has dense rainforest, fast flowing rivers with rapids and spectacular waterfalls. It is home to 12 species of lemur including the Golden Bamboo. Lemurs are not the only attraction.118 species of bird have been recorded. There are also geckos, chameleons, brightly colored frogs and many varieties of orchids can be seen. A number of trails and footpaths lead you through this dense jungle with its tree palms and ferns. The time spent here will provide lasting memories.
After this discovery, you will go to Ambalavao. It will be from this small town that you will be devoted to the 45km of track that remains to be traveled before joining Andringitra National Park. You will meet your carrier, your cook and your local guide for hiking.
Overnight: in a camp (B /L /D)
Day 5,Encampment – Belambo (1st day on the trek)
Start for your first day of trekking in the mountains of Andringitra. Firstly, you will cross the village of Ambalamanandray, marking the beginning of your trek. You will end up at the foot of two beautiful sacred waterfalls and continue towards the cave of Jajofo, former refuge of the dahalo (thieves of zebu) before arriving in the forest of Belambo where you will camp.
Overnight: in a camp (B /L /D)
Day 6,Campsite of Belambo – Morarano (2nd day on the trek)
Always on foot, entrance to Andringitra National Park and downhill on the western slope of the massif of the same name, in a mineral atmosphere. Along the way, discover several species of lizards and pachypodium, plants also called "elephant feet". Swimming is possible in the nearby river. With its surprising shapes of rock, lichens of all colors and mosses attached to the shrubs, this surprising landscape evokes a true lunar decoration! You gradually get through large slabs of granite and cross a forest of endemic palms altitude. It is at sunset that the light is the most beautiful on the great cliff of Tsaranoro ... 800m of vertical! You admire these Granite Mountains and exceptional ocher valleys.
Overnight: Tsara Camp Hotel (B/D)
Walking hours: 6h
Difference in altitude: +1000 m
Difference in altitude: -400 m
Day 7,Tsara Camp Hotel – Fianarantsoa
Today, you will come back to Fianarantsoa. Along the way, you will visit the Anja Community Reserve. This reserve is a concentrate of the fauna and flora of Madagascar. One can see among others a community of lemur catta, as well as tombs surmounted by skulls of zebu, hidden in the cavities of the walls. After this visit, you continue your journey to Ambalavao where you will make a break for a moment; time to admire the Antemoro paper and discover its manufacturing know-how in herited Arabs.
In the afternoon, when you arrive in Fianarantsoa, the guide driver takes you discover this city. Visit finished, you will go to the hotel to rest and prepare for the flights at the next day.
Overnight: Zomatel (B/D)
Day 8,Fianarantsoa - Antananarivo – National flight from Antananarivo - Nosy be
You leave Zomatel for to go at Fianarantsoa airport for your private flight. Arriving in Antananarivo, our agent will meet you at the private arrival and transfer you at the national departure for your next flight to Nosy Be. On arrival in Nosy Be, you will be met and transferred to your next destination in Andilana Beach. It is the ideal place to relax after the weeks of travelling and exploration. For the active, a walk to the top of the mountain affords spectacular views over the island. Snorkeling, scuba diving, sailing, fishing, diving, and water skiing can be done and paid for locally. Excursions to the neighboring islands in the archipelago by boat helps enhance the enjoyment of staying here.
Overnight: Andilana Beach (B/L/D)
Day 9-10,Nosy Be Andilana Beach
You will have time for leisure
Overnight: Andilana Beach (B/L/D)
Day 11,National flight from Nosy Be until Antananarivo
After relaxing in Andilana Beach, you return in Antananarivo. Upon arrival, your driver guide will take you to the hotel for your dinner and overnight.
Overnight: Tamboho Hotel (B/D)
Day 12,Antananarivo city tour - International flight
The morning will be devoted for a tour of the city of Antananarivo (upper town, middle town, lower town,) and to visit the Blue Hill Ambohimanga which is a site full of charm with its fascinating history and al so classified World Heritage by UNESCO since December 2001. In the afternoon, your driver guide will take you back in town, but as it is on the road, and it will be possible that you'll want to bring back some memories of Madagascar, he will stop at the craft village: the big traditional market of Antananarivo. You will find all gathered Malagasy crafts. And at the end of the afternoon, you'll have time to prepare your luggage at your hotel quietly will welcome you in day use. You will be able to have shower and change you to be more comfortable for your journey home.
You'll also take your dinner before your transfer to the airport provided by the guide driver who will assist you until your registration is completed. And it's the end of our services. Our team wishes you a pleasant journey and hopes to see you soon discover another facet of Madagascar.
Day use: Tamboho Hotel (D)
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