TOUR’S HIGHLIGHTS: The highland’s landscapes,   Antsirabe and the surrounding, the canoe – trip down the Tsiribihina, the national park of Tsingy de Bemaraha and the baobab alley

IMPORTANT INFORMATIONS:
Duration: 10 days / 9 nights
Number of people: from 2 people
Type of service: hotel with breakfast + camping
Accommodation: hotel (top) and midrange
Vehicle type: tourism or minibus

Barge or Dugout canoe

Language spoken of driver / guide: French, English, Malagasy
Period: May till November
Price: from 400 Euro per person

DETAILED ITINERARY

Day 1: TANA

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

Day 2: TANA - ANTSIRABE

Leave Antananarivo to Antsirabe
Drive through the high land’s landscape. It is an area of rolling hills interspersed with terracing and rice paddies, dotted with picturesque villages. Arrive in Antsirabe. Visit the surrounding: lake sacred Tritriva, Andraikiba and the workshop of semi - precious and precious stones. Hotel Le Retrait (midrange)
Hotel de Thermes (top)

Day 3: ANTSIRABE - MIANDRIVAZO

Drive from Antsirabe to Miandrivazo (220 km)
Miandrivazo primarily is notable as the starting point for canoe trip down to Tsiraraka.  This area is one of the hottest in Madagascar, so bring thin clothes and umbrellas. Overnight at Hotel Baobab (midrange)
Hotel Lakana

Day 4: CANOEING

The beginning of the river - trip with a dugout canoe seems a bit tiring advanture but fun, also quieter and giving you a chance to observe natural attractions. Well the boat is comfortable and fast.
The first day of the river trip allows you to meet cameleons and birds.
Camping  

Day 5: CANOEING

The best part of the canoe trip.
Passing the Gorge of Bemaraha, a thick forest, sifaka lemurs and lemur fulvus are drinking water on the side of the river. The bird life along the river is particulary noteworthy.
Camping  

Day 6: CANOEING

It is a good opportunity to meet the people in the village, to learn the tradition and the customs.
Camping

Day 7: TSARAHOTANA - TSINGY

After finishing breakfast, ten minites walk following the cart to reach the place where the 4WD is. Leave Tsarahotana and drive to Tsingy. The Tsingy is 152 000 hectares (66 630 hectares of which have national park status) is one of the largest protected areas in Madagascar.
The Tsingy is a vast forest of rugged and eroded karst pinnacles.  There are about 90 species of birds, 8 species of reptiles and 11 species of lemurs

Overnight at the Hotel Olympe de Bemaraha (midrange and top)

Vazimba Hotel (top)

Day 8: TSINGY VISIT

Full day visit at both small and big Tsingy. Bemaraha is a high spot of endemism and diversity. The scientists estimate that the general endemism of this park is 86, 7% and the ecoregional one is 47%. 11 species of lemurs are listed from there, five families of Bats, 103 species of bird species.  The index of the reptiles and amphibians is as large as Bemaraha possesses 34 species that are all endemic. There is a broad canyon which is crossed by a swinging suspension bridge.

Amid all this grey are splashes of green from the Pachypodiums and other succulents. And there is plenty of wildlife too, expecting to see long eared owls perched on a branch. In the forests there are troops of Decken’s sifaka and red fro, ted brown lemurs

Overnight at the Hotel Olympe de Bemaraha (midrange and top)

Vazimba Hotel (top)

Day 9: TSINGY - MORONDAVA

Drive back to Morondava, an hour stop at the babaob alley, this good apportunity to take a photo during the sunset. Overnight at Renala Sable d’Or (midrange / Top)

Hotel Baobab café (midrange and top)

Day 10: MORONDAVA - TANA

This day, we take a flight to get to Tana, our final destination before flying back home.