your day to day trip

D 1. Paris    Departure from Paris on Air Madagascar flight. Night on board.  

D 2. Antananarivo – Antsirabe   Arrival at Ivato airport. Meet your guide at and have breakfast in town and then start driving to the south. We stop at Ambatolampy to discover how to make the local aluminum cooking-pot. Continuing towards Antsirabe.

D 3. Highlands hiking  The walk is organised by a local association, a partnership with young Malagasy from Antsirabe. We stay in a traditional house equipped with dormitory and a dining room where we eat while we meet locals.   

D 4. Antsirabe – Fianarantsoa    We stay on the road number 7 and progress towards the south.

We walk around Ambositra town and lunch in a restaurant.  Go on towards Fianarantsoa. Arrival at the end of the afternoon. 

D 5.  East coast train journey  To move gradually to the Indian Ocean the train passes through the big Eastern rainforest with its luxuriant vegetation. At each stops, there are many people, itinerant sellers sell bananas, fritters, grilled chickens. You get to Manakara station at about 5p.m....may be!

D 6.   Outing on the Canal des Pangalanes    Transfer to the landing stage where we embark on a big local canoe along the Canal des Pangalanes heading to the south. The sea is there, we stay on the beach for a picnic lunch, relaxation and swimming.

D 7. Manakara – Ranomafana    We leave the seaside vegetation scenery by the Ravinala road to get into Madagascar eastern rainforest. We arrive at Ranomafana village in the afternoon. Stroll around the village and then join the hotel.

D 8. Ranomafana – Ambalavao   This is one of the best sites which Madagascar rainforest can give you.

We walk to visit the National Park with a local guide. Back on the road number 7, we join Fianarantsoa town and carry on to Ambalavao. 

D 9.  Ambalavao – Ranohira    We leave the highlands soon. Visit Ambalavao to see the hand-made Antemoro paper workshop. We drive through a dry and arid huge plateau,  Ihorombe, and then we reach Ranohira village where Isalo National Park gate is. 

D 10. Isalo National Park    Hike inside the massif with just a small rucksack. This simple walk takes us to an amazing landscape towards the natural swimming pool. It is possible to walk around and explore the surrounding mountains summit to enjoy the view. 

D 11. Ranohira – Tuléar – Ifaty    Today we join the sea. On the way to Tuléar we make some stops to see Mahafaly tribe typical tombs, which are painted and decorated, also amazing carvings are erected on them. Walk around the market and have lunch in town before heading north to ifaty.   

D 12 & J 13. Ifaty lagoon stay   Leisure day on the beach. Several activities are possible from the hotel. Sea options are : diving, snorkelling, outing with local fishers Vezo on their small fishing boat, swimming or just relax on the beach.  

D 14. Ifaty – Tuléar – Antananarivo (departure)   After breakfast and a last swimming, transfer to the airport.  Fly to Tana and connecting flight to Paris.