TOUR’S HIGHLIGHTS: The highland’ s landscapes,   Antsirabe and the surrounding,  Ambositra and the trekking to village of Razafimandiry & surrounding,   Ranomafana  national park,   Ambalavao and the small park of Anja, Trekking through Andringitra national park  up the Pic Boby, Isalo national park,  the savannath of the south, Tulear

IMPORTANT INFORMATIONS:
Duration: 15 days / 14 nights
Number of people: from 2 people
Type of service : hotel with breakfast+ camping (full board).
Accommodation: hotel (top) and midrange
Vehicle type: tourism or minibus
Language spoken of driver / guide: French, English, Malagasy
Period: Mai to October
Price: from 900 Euro per person

DETAILED ITINERARY

Day 1: TANA

Arriving at Ivato international airport and meet Ortour representative for transfer to Anjary Hotel (midrange) ou Grand Mellis (top)

Day 2: TANA- ANTSIRABE

After breakfast, morning drive toward the national route R7, through the high plateau’s landscape: mountains and ricefield scenery.
Visit the surrounding: Lake Tritriva, Lake Andraikiba and the workshop of semi and precious stones.

Stay at Hotel Le Trianon (midrange) or Hotel de Thermes (top), Villa Camélia (top)

Day 3-4-5: ANTSIRABE – AMBOSITRA-TREKKING

After two hours drive from Antsirabe to Ambositra, the capital of woodcarving

Visit the workshop of Jean et Freres and a few other shops of craft.

Drive to Antoetra and continue by foot to Ifasina and the surrounding, two nights camping.

Back to Ambositra on the last day, overnight at hotel l’Artisan or Hotel Violette

Day 6: AMBOSITRA -RANOMAFANA

This day, we leave Ambositra and our destination is to get to Ranomafana National Park; arriving there, half hour stops at Namorona waterfall. The park is home of the famous Golden Bamboo lemur, the Greater Bamboo lemur. You can have a nice walk in the village or just relax at the hot-spring swimming pool.
Overnight at:

Setam Lodge (top) or

Hotel chez Cristo (midrange)

Day 7: RANOMAFANA PARK VISIT

For the whole day, in the morning, just after breakfast, mild walk to the forest to see the Golden Bamboo lemur, Greater Bamboo lemur and many species of birds. In the afternoon, move to Sahambavy tea field and spend a night at Lac hotel.

Day 8-9-10: SAHAMBAVY– ANDRINGITRA -TREKKING

Leave Sahambavy to Andringitra, the National Park of Andringitra is located in the South East. It shelters the Boby Peak, the roof of Madagascar. The nature, traditions and mystery surrounding Andringitra have made this Park a mystical and a panoramic place to discover. The Park covers 31,160 ha. Perched on the heights, its altitude varies between 650 and 2658 m.

It counts seven species of crustaceans, 205 species of bugs, 78 species of amphibian, 50 species of reptiles, 54 species of mammals (lemurs, carnivorous, bats…) and 106 species of birds.
Andringitra is one of most attractive park because it has fabulous landscape form of rock hills with such lovely waterfalls and beautiful plants

Go trekking up until you reach the peak Bobby, the second highest peak in Madagascar.
Some 1,000 plant species are known within the National Park of Andringitra.

Camping (full board) during two nights.

Gite Lodge (Homestay) one night (full board).

Day 11: ANDRINGITRA - ISALO 

Drive from Andringitra to Ranohira (Isalo National Park).
The National Park of Isalo is covered of 81 540 hectare with eroded Jurassic sandstone massif.
Isalo‘s topography is characterised by alternating flat grassy plains and sandstone ridges, sculpted by wind and water into fanciful shapes.
Stay at Hotel Orchidée (midrange comfort) or at Jardin du Roy/ Satrana Lodge (top).

Day 12-13: TREKKING AT ISALO

Walk from the monkey canyon to Namaza. The animals of the Isalo are typical of the climate with vegetation and the geomorphology of the park. These are for a very strong majority of the endemic species. 77 species of birds live in Isalo among which the Benson rock-thrush Pseudocossyphus bensoni, an endemic species of Madagascar that is well protected. We can also find 14 species of nocturnal lemurs, 8 of which are introduced and seven endemic to Madagascar. Reptilian, amphibian, carnivores, insectivorous and gnawing completes the list.

Camping (full board)

Day 14: ISALO – TULEAR

Long drive toward the western capital of the Vezo fisher people. Along the way, just right after the Zombitse/Vohibasia national park which is home Appert’s Greenbul, you can see a few species of Baobabs, and Mahafaly tombs on the way after Sakaraha. Overnight at Victory or Paletuvier (top)

Day 15: TULEAR - TANA

Take a flight in the morning to get back to tana