Park hopping by private plane! (KT2)
Includes Andasibe NP, Ranomafana NP, Antsirabe, Ambatolampy, Isalo NP, Zombitsy NP and the beaches north of Tulear.
Per Person sharing €7530.00
This is an unprecedented and unique trip to discover the best National Parks of Madagascar ending in Nosy Be. A pure wildlife experience with the Indri indri, in Andasibe /Mantadia National Parks, the breathtaking and mysterious Tsingy de Bemaraha, the heart of the Sakalava bush country and its majestic baobabs, the Jurassic Isalo National Park, Nosy Be.
15 Day/14Night-trip
Day 1: Antananarivo
Upon arrival at Ivato International Airport you will be met by your English-speaking driver-guide. Transfer to your hotel.
Antananarivo was founded around the years 1610-1620 by King Andrianjaka, where he built the Rova (Palace) on the highest hill in the city.
Overnight at Citizen Guest House Café Restaurant – Half board basis.
Day 2 Antananarivo – Andasibe
Your guide will collect you from your hotel and drive to Andasibe National Park, a well known rainforest park. The journey to Andasibe offers first time travellers to Madagascar a gentle introduction to rural life with rice fields, redbrick houses and roadside stalls selling seasonal fruits and vegetables lining the route.
The park consists of two protected areas, the Périnet Analamazaotra Special Reserve and Mantadia National Park. These are world famous for their population of Indri lemurs, which are the largest living lemur species.
Tonight your guide will take you on a night walk will be organized in late afternoon in the forest surrounding the reserve with a local guide. You may see a variety of nocturnal lemurs: mouse lemurs, white footed sportive lemur, fat-tailed dwarf lemur, as well as the woolly lemur.
Overnight at Mantadia Lodge – Full board basis
Day 3 Mantadia National Park
Today, you will head to Mantadia National Park with a picnic lunch. You should see many species of lemur including the Indri-indri, diademed sifaka, grey bamboo lemur, red-bellied lemur and white ruffed lemur. While the trails are slightly more difficult, the rewards are great as the forest is taller, wilder and less crowded than Périnet. There is an abundance of birds including the Scaly Ground Roller, the Pitta-like Ground Roller and the Breasted Coua.
This is a naturalist’s goldmine with many seldom seen species of mammals, reptiles and birds. Enjoy a picnic by the Rianasoa Waterfall before hiking back to the vehicle and return to the lodge.
Have an afternoon walk into the VOI reserve, a private park run by local villagers. A few species of lemurs can be seen there, such as Indri-indri, brown lemurs and diademed sifaka, as well as chameleons and birds.
Another night walk will be organized in late afternoon.
Overnight at Mantadia Lodge – Full board basis
Day 4 Périnet Analamazaotra Reserve
After breakfast, enjoy a visit to the 810 ha Périnet Analamazaotra Reserve in search of the Indri-Indri. With a barely visible tail, black and white markings and a surprised teddy–bear face, this lemur is one of the few animals in the world that cannot survive in captivity.
There are another 11 species of lemur to spot as you walk through the rainforest. You may find a troop of grey bamboo lemurs, common brown lemur, diademed sifaka and the black and white ruffed lemur.
Birdwatchers should look out for the Velvet Asity, the Blue Coua and the Nuthatch Vanga and many more endemic species. Périnet is home to many reptiles, invertebrates, and some of Madagascar’s many species of orchid .
In the afternoon, enjoy a visit to Lemur Island, Vakôna Forest Lodge’s private reserve that protects a number of habituated lemurs. There are four species to see, the bamboo lemur, the black & white ruffed lemur, brown lemur and one diademed sifaka.
Overnight at Mantadia Lodge– Full board basis
Day 5 Andasibe – Antananarivo - Bekopaka
After an early breakfast drive back to Tana and the airport for a private charter flight to the Amborodia.
You will be met there by your guide and drive and transfer to your hotel.
Overnight at Soleil des Tsingy – Full board basis.
Day 6 The Grand Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park
Early in the morning you will drive to the entrance of the Grand Tsingy. Here you face a hike of approximately 4 to 5 hours known as the Andamozavaky tour. This requires a good physical condition.
In1990, this was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage site. It forms a plateau of 934 meters high with a range of cracks, labyrinths, water shaped rocks, gulfs, canyons and dry forest by karsts to give the so called “ANTSINGY”.
From the top of the Tsingy, you will enjoy a 360° panoramic viewpoint.
Return to your hotel in the afternoon.
Overnight at Soleil des Tsingy – Full board basis.
Day 7 Bekopaka – Manambolo gorge & Morondava ~45mn-Private flight
After an early breakfast you will board a traditional dugout and paddle down the Manambolo gorge, stopping occassionally to look at caves and one of the famous tombs of the Vazimba tribe on the steep wall of the canyon.
Transfer to the airstrip for your private charter flight to Morondava.
Late in the afternoon, you will enjoy the sunset along the famous Baobab Alley.
Overnight at Palissandre Côte Ouest – Half board basis
Day 8 Morondava to Isalo ~ 1hour 15min-Private flight
After breakfast, drive to the airport and board the private charter flight to Isalo. On arrival you will be welcomed by the staff of the hotel.
Overnight at Isalo Rock Lodge– Full board basis
Day 9 Isalo National Park
A full day is devoted to this remarkable park. Occupying an area of 81,540ha consisting of a sandstone landscape, with monoliths rising from a plain like hundreds of tumbledown medieval castles. These date back the Jurassic age.
In the afternoon you will visit the House of Isall – an interpretive centre and museum where you will learn about the natural history of this region. Sakalava tombs are also housed in the here.
Overnight at Isalo Rock Lodge – Full board basis
Day Ten - Private charter flight to Tana.
Transfer to the airstrip of Isalo and board your private charter flight back to Antananarivo. Upon arrival at Ivato International Airport you will be met by your guide and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight at Citizen Guest House Café Restaurant – Half board basis.
Day 11 Antananarivo to Nosy Be with Tsaradia Domestic Flight
Transfer to the airport and board your flight to Nosy Be (depending on flight schedules, preferably the morning flight).
On arrival you will be met by your guide and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight at Home the Residence – Half board basis.
Day 12 Nosy Be – Excursion to Nosy Komba
Today, you’ll have an excursion to Nosy Komba. Visit the Lemur Park for that ‘lemur on the shoulder’ moment, the fishing village and its traditional pirogues.
Do a bit of retail therapy at the market for traditional handcrafted tablecloths, the famous sculptures of Nosy Komba, craft stalls and smiling faces.
Overnight at Home the Residence – Half board basis.
Day 13 Nosy Be – Turtle Safari to Nosy Tanikely & Nosy Sakatia
A morning departure for a Turtle Safari to the Tanikely Marine Reserve and the islet of Nosy Sakatia. Tanikely is really a giant aquarium and a favourite snorkelling spot. When you have seen enough you go by boat to Nosy Sakatia (~ 30min boat) for lunch on an idyllic beach. Nosy Sakatia is still very well preserved with a sacred forest and a protected area for Green Turtles.
In the afternoon we will take you swimming with the turtles.
Overnight at Home the Residence – Half board basis.
Day 14 Nosy Be to Antananarivo
Depending on the domestic flight schedules, you will be collected from your hotel and transferred back to Nosy Be airport for your flight to Tana.
Again you will be met and transferred to your hotel.
Overnight at Citizen Guest House Café Restaurant – Half board basis.
Day 15 Depart Antananarivo
Transfer back to the airport for your international flight back home.
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OPTION: Remain in Nosy Be for another week.