Madagascar Photographic Safari

Overview

This itinerary is designed to give you a complete discovery of unique wildlife destination in Madagascar. The 12nights will give you a great chance to explore several wildlife, culture and natural Beauty of Madagascar. It will give you a complete concept of wild and beach. A great trip for photographic Journey in this amazing destination.

Highlights

Arrival in Antananarivo (known as Tana) with Ethiopian airline. Meet and greet then Transfer to your hotel. Check and overnight.

Overnight at Radisson Blu. Dinner & US Breakfast included.

After breakfast, morning transfer to Andasibe with your English-speaking driver guide. Stop at Madagascar Exotic Reserve for unique wildlife photo-ops with chameleons, colorful frogs, and butterflies. This evening, you’ll join your naturalist guide for a night walk in the park searching for mouse lemurs, frogs, chameleons.

Overnight at Manjarano Lodge. All meals included.

After breakfast, morning hike in Andasibe Park, known as the Indri Special Reserve where endemism in biodiversity is particularly high. The park has an interesting interpretation center at the entrance. The highlights include the indri, Madagascar’s largest lemur species, Parson’s chameleon, day geckoes, and over a hundred bird species.  Admire the view of the eastern montane rainforest and its epiphyte plants, such as orchids, and bird-nest ferns. After lunch, visit a different part of the park with your naturalist guide. Continue on with another night's walk to look for more lemur species and other fascinating endemics.

Overnight at Manjarano Lodge. All meals included.

Breakfast at the hotel. Morning visit of Andasibe National Park (also known as Analamazaotra Special Reserve) home of Madagascar’s largest lemur species, the indri, and 11 other diurnal and nocturnal species, such as common brown lemurs, lesser bamboo lemurs or Goodman’s mouse lemurs, fat-tailed dwarf lemurs, Eastern woolly lemurs…Interesting-looking insects like the giraffe-necked weevils can be found in this park.  Drive back to Tana. Visit the Queen’s Palace. Enjoy a unique panoramic view of Tana and its surroundings from the top of the city.

Overnight at Radisson Blu. All meals included.

After early breakfast at the hotel, transfer to the airport for schedule flight to Morondava. Drive for approximately 2h to Kirindy forest, north of Morondava. Quick stop at Baobab Avenue for photo-ops.

Enjoy a nature walk in the Forest to observe endemic lemur species, namely red-fronted brown lemurs, Verreaux sifaka and other endemics, such as birds and reptile species. Mid-afternoon drive back to Morondava. Stop at the Sacred Baobab. Take a detour to the fascinating « Baobabs in love ». Then enjoy a unique sunset at the amazing Avenue of the Baobabs to experience memorable photo-ops.

Overnight at Palissandre Cote Ouest. All meals included.

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the airport for your chartered flight to Diego – Suarez. Whole day to enjoy at the world’s 2nd largest bay area: the Peageons Bay, Sakalava Bay, and Dunes Bay. Enjoy amazing landscapes such as the sacred Sugar Loaf, the French Mountains where endemic Baobab species grow. Finally, enjoy the gorgeous Ramena beach.

Overnight at Grand Hotel. All meals included.

Early breakfast at the hotel, enjoy a roughly 1h drive to historic Joffreville where Madagascar’s oldest National Park, the amazing Amber Mountain National Park is located. Exploring the natural beauty of endemic flora and fauna including over 75 bird species, several lemur species including the Crowned Lemurs, Sanford’s Brown lemurs, beautiful waterfalls, volcanic crater lakes...Enjoy an evening walk at the park and discover night active lemurs, geckoes…

Overnight at Nature Lodge. All meals included.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to visit the Red Tsingy. A rock formation due to the erosion by the rain and the wind of a laterite soil. The result is a surprising maze of red rocks unique in Madagascar. Continuation to Ankarana National Park, classified world heritage by UNESCO. The park covers a surface area of 18,000 hectares. It has a set of caves, underground rivers, canyons, “Tsingy “, dry and green forests, about 100 km from the town of Antsiranana (Diego Suarez).

Overnight at Iharana Bush Camp. All meals included.

Breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy a whole day Ankarana National Park. The massif of Ankarana is composed of Tsingy. These eroded limestone pinnacles are refuge to thick forest that shelters rare species like the crowned lemur and the forest Ibis, as well as a wide range of unique succulent plant. The cathedral-like caves used to be the King and its Antakarana tribe shelter during the inter-tribal conflict on the nineteen’s century. This royalty tomb is now home to bats. You will encounter Antakarana tribe who still live in the nearby villages. Return to your lodge.

Overnight at Iharana Bush Camp. All meals included.

Transfer to Ankify for about 3 hrs. drive. Passage at Ambilobe, a lovely small town and the rich Sambirano valley. Arrival at Ankify port, transfer by speed boat to your Hellville harbor in Nosy be. Rest of the afternoon at leisure.

Overnight at Nosy Be Hotel. All meals included.

Day 11 :
Lokobe Wild

Breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy a visit of The Lokobe National Park, classified as a protected area since 1986, is located in the south-eastern part of Nosy-Be. This reserve shelters a dense primitive forest area of about 600 hectares with a tropical, humid and warm climate. In Lokobe, you will discover more about the wildlife: fauna, and flora of Madagascar.

Overnight at Nosy Be Hotel. All meals included.

Day 12 :
Nosy Iranja

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Nosy Iranja, located about 1h 30min by speed boat to the south of Nosy-Be. There are two islets, Iranja Be and Iranja Kely, connected by a strip of white sand of about 1.2 km. The islands are also home to Hawksbill turtle nesting. A whole day of relaxing time. In the evening return to Nosy Be.

Overnight at Nosy Be Hotel. All meals included.

Enjoy a leisurely morning on Nosy Be Island. Transfer to the airport to meet your international flight to your next destination.

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