Up on arrival in the capital we pick you up at the airport and bring you to a comfortable hotel in the city center. Overnight at your accommodation.

Accommodation:

• Lodges/Ranch/Chalet Accommodation: Hotel Chalet des Roses

After a good night’s rest and a sturdy breakfast, you leave in our 4-wheel drive on a 3 to 4 hours trip to Andasibe in the east of the country. The Andasibe – Mantadia NP (better known as Périnet) is home to the biggest of all lemurs, the Indri indri. That evening a walk is planned to give you the opportunity to see nocturnal animals, such as mouse lemurs, chameleons, geckos and tree frogs, in action. Overnight at your accommodation.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Lodges/Ranch/Chalet Accommodation: Vakona Forest Lodge

A professional guide leads you through the park all morning. You will surely see the Indri indri and there’s also a good chance of spotting bamboo lemurs, brown lemurs and the biggest of all chameleons: The Parson’s chameleon. After lunch you can visit a shelter for lemurs located on an island on the hotel grounds, where you get a good chance to photograph some of the animals spotted earlier in the wild. You’ll see the brown lemur and the black and white ruffed lemur as well as the dancing sifaka. At the other side of the estate there’s a former crocodile farm. In the lake there are still dozens of these prehistoric monsters around. Overnight at your accommodation.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Lodges/Ranch/Chalet Accommodation: Vakona Forest Lodge

A six-hour drive (with stops of course) along the Route National 7 will take you to Antsirabe. It is the capital of the pousse pousse, a type of brightly coloured rickshaw operating solely on manpower. This charming town has some beautiful historical colonial buildings, which make it the perfect place for a stopover on your way to the south. You’ll stay at the beautifully located Résidence Madalief, a very comfortable guesthouse that is part of a Dutch NGO that helps orphans in Madagascar. Overnight at your accommodation.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Lodges/Ranch/Chalet Accommodation: Residence Madalief

After breakfast, you will drive to a crater lake 20 kilometers away. After you have explored this, you can jump on our mountain bikes to make a beautiful guided bike ride through the authentic hinterland. This tour will stay with you for a long time because of the casual encounters with the rural residents who are happy to pose in front of your camera. There is still plenty of time to visit the charming town of Antsirabe in the afternoon. Overnight at your accommodation.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Lodges/Ranch/Chalet Accommodation: Residence Madalief

A six-hour drive takes you to Ambalavao. It’s highly enjoyable to ramble around in the streets of this picturesque fairy tale town. You can also visit a local project where women make paper the traditional way. One night in the beautifully located Betsileo Country Lodge.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Lodges/Ranch/Chalet Accommodation: BETSILEO COUNTRY LODGE

On your way to Isalo you will stop in a small park called Parc d’Anja. You’ll go for a short walk to spot ring-tailed lemurs, perhaps the best-known kind of lemur. You will sleep twice in Isalo staying in a very comfortable ranch. Overnight at your accommodation.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Lodges/Ranch/Chalet Accommodation: ISALO RANCH

Experts agree, Isalo is the most impressive park in the south of this beautiful island. Today you will spend all day exploring this park with its waterfalls, natural swimming pools and adventurous canyons. In the midst of this wilderness you’ll enjoy a beautiful BBQ lunch surrounded by playing ring-tailed and red fronted brown lemurs. Overnight at your accommodation.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Lodges/Ranch/Chalet Accommodation: ISALO RANCH

The Route National takes you to Tulear where you’ll take a coastal road to a little beach town named Ifaty. You will stay here for two nights in a luxurious hotel with an activity center that organizes everything from kite surfing to scuba diving. Overnight at your accommodation.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Lodges/Ranch/Chalet Accommodation: Hôtel de la Plage à Ifaty

Depending on the season, today is a day for snorkeling in a nearby reef or to go whale watching on the ocean. Needless to say, Ifaty is also an ideal place to relax after your southern adventure. Overnight at your accommodation.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Lodges/Ranch/Chalet Accommodation: Hôtel de la Plage à Ifaty

A one-hour morning flight takes you back to the capital where you’ll spend the night in the same hotel you did the first night. Overnight at your accommodation.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Lodges/Ranch/Chalet Accommodation: Hotel Chalet des Roses

You can keep your room today until the transfer comes to pick you up for your transfer to the airport. The city can be explored in the afternoon. Lots of activity on Independence Avenue and the surrounding markets. With a taxi you can easily get to the highest point of the city where the palaces of the last queen and that of her prime minister are worth a visit. Overnight at your accommodation.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• Lodges/Ranch/Chalet Accommodation: Hotel Chalet des Roses

Today we will transfer you to the airport so you can take your flight home.

Meals: Breakfast