your day to day trip
D 1. Paris Departure from Paris on Air Madagascar flight. Night on board.
D 2. Antananarivo – Diego Suarez Flight arrival in Tana. Connecting flight to Diego. Welcome in the airport hall by your guide. Stroll around town towards the market and the port. We make our way to the huge Diego bay to admire the Sugarloaf Mountain. Drive to Joffreville where we set up in nice hotel bungalows.
D 3. Three bays by the Indian Ocean Drive around first and then walk around the bays: Dunes and Pigeon bay. Go on to Orangea following Ramena beach and the sea cliff, the gate to the Indian Ocean is close. Walk to the lighthouse.
D 4. Montagne d’Ambre National Park Start the visit of Amber Mountain National Park with a local guide to this luxuriant forest, an amazing vegetation and special fauna. There is a possibility of walking down going back to the hotel.
D 5. Diego Suarez - Tsingy Rouges – Ankarana Visit Tsingy Rouges (red). Back on the main road we join Mahamasina village where we spend night with in a nice mood. Night on camping.
D 6 & 7. Tsingy of Ankarana (Mahamasina) It is ancient coral reef eroded by water and wind and the result is a limestone formation looking like a sharp stone forest. Visit of ‘bats cave’ so bring a powerful torch to explore the best of it.
D 8. Ankarana – Ankify On the way to Ankify we pass through cashew trees, coffee, cacao and ylang ylang plantation. We reach the hotel at Ankify in the afternoon by the sea facing Nosy Be.
D 9 to 12. The pirogue Océane Be as Robinson Crusoe during a few days…Get aboard a ‘boutre’, a 10 to 15 meter sailing boat, you need nothing… only bring your personal stuff such as sleeping bag, tooth brush, solar cream and a hat, …that’s all. We invite you to forget and leave everything behind.
D 13. Nosy Be – Antananarivo After a last morning navigation we join Nosy Be. We have a shower before transfer to the airport. Fly to Tana (1h15).
D 14. Antananarivo (departure) Stroll around the upper town in the morning. Shop in the crafts market in the afternoon. Fly with Air Madagascar to Paris in the evening.
D 15. Paris Air Madagascar flight arrival.