TOUR’S HIGHLIGHTS: the national park of Andasibe, the reserve of palmarium and the channel of pangalane, the lovely beach of Mahambo and the splendid landscape of the East coast, the island Sainte Marie.

IMPORTANT INFORMATIONS:
Duration: 10 days / 9 nights
Number of people: from 2 people
Type of service: hotel with breakfast.
Accommodation: top hotel and midrange
Vehicle type: tourism or minibus
Language spoken of driver / guide: French, English, Malagasy
Period: April to December
Price: from 470 Euro per person

DETAILED ITINERARY

Day1: TANA

Arriving at Ivato international airport, meet Ortour representative and transfer to Anjary Hotel (midrange) or at Hotel de Louvre (top) for overnight.

Day 2: TANA, ANDASIBE
Morning drive to go to Andasibe where tourists are expected to see and meet the biggest quasi-untailed lemur known as the Indri (indri indri). Andasibe is a rainforest area covered of 810 hectare; the national park of Analamazaotra often referred to Périnet, the Indri’s home. Mantadia and the Special Reserve of Indri of Analamazaotra form the complex Andasibe Mantadia. These two protected areas are identical but unfortunately the human pressures separated them. Mantadia spreads over 15 480 ha.
Stay at Hotel Feon’ny Ala (Midrange) or Hotel Vakona (top).

Day 3:  VISIT AT THE PARK

Morning walk at the reserve to see the biggest lemur (Indri). The park of Andasibe accommodates a lot of animals which assure their perpetuity at the same time. 108 species of birds are known in the park, of which some play a role in the survival of plants like Terpsiphone mutata. We can also find 14 species of lemurs in there, 51 species of reptiles Boa of which the famous Boa manditra and 84 species of amphibian. Overnight at Hotel Feon’ny Ala (Midrange) or Hotel Vakona (top)

Day 4-5: ANDASIBE - MANAMBATO - PALMARIUM

Leave Andasibe to Manambato; take the boat to Ankanin’ny Nofy.
This is a relaxing place, with its lovely seaside and lakeside full of vegetation. The edge of this Channel is often bordered by typical lush vegetation which characterizes the eastern part of the Great Island. This luxuriant vegetation, the palmarium is more than relaxing place because you can visit the small private reserve of palmarium in which the lemurs are easy to find. The Palmarium is located on a peninsula of more than 30 hectares on the Ampitabe Lake. Overnight at Palmarium bungalow (midrange)

Day 6: PALMARIUM - TOAMASINA - MAHAMBO

In the morning, leave Ankanin’ny Nofy and take a boat to go to Toamasina. Drive from Toamasina to Mahambo. Mahambo is a coastal village which is 84 km north of Toamasina; it is very notable for its beautiful beach (it is safe for swimming) and for its striding vegetation, rich of seafood.

Stay at Hotel La Pirogue (high midrange) or at

Hotel Ylang ylang (midrange)

Day 7-8-9: MAHAMBO - SOANIERANA - SAINTE MARIE

Morning boat riding from Soanierana Ivongo to go to the  Island of Sainte Marie at 9:00 am to Sainte Marie which is a small paradise of beach and a good place to see whales.
Stay at North la Crique and the South Iles aux Nattes.

Hotel La Crique (north) (Midrange)
Maningory Hotel (south) (high midrange)
Hotel Soanambo (top )

Day 10: SAINTE MARIE -TANA

Fly back to Antananarivo. The end of the trip