Arrival by international flight to Madagascar at Ivato Airport in Antananarivo, known locally as Tana, you will be met and assisted as necessary and transferred to your hotel for the remainder of the day to relax and to overnight.

Overnight : Le Relais des Plateaux

This morning you have an early start to head further east to the Andasibe National Park.
On your arrival at the lodge, you can take the time to relax or alternatively visit the “Lemur Island” where previously captive lemurs now live a relatively free life.
Overnight: Vakona Lodge***

Today morning, you go to explore Analamazaotra National Park with your local wildlife
guide.
This is a mountain forest park offering the chance to spot a variety of lemurs, reptiles
and birds. One of its most famous inhabitants is the Indri Indri – the largest of lemurs
with a black and white teddy bear like appearance. You hear the Indri before you see
them and waking up to their songs of communication in the early hours of the morning
with the mist still hugging the rainforest canopy is a highlight of your trip to the Red
Island. It is best to leave early morning to be near the Indri when they make their
distinctive morning group communication calls. Other lemurs which can be seen here
are the red-bellied lemur, brown lemur, lesser bamboo lemur, with nocturnal lemurs –
brown mouse lemur, greater dwarf lemur (Sep/Oct – May), Eastern woolly lemur, sportive lemur, aye aye (seen once each year!).
Visit finished, you head back to Antananarivo for the afternoon.

Overnight : Le Relais des Plateaux****

Pick up at Morondava airport and transfer to Morondava city. Before installation at the hotel, formality and briefing from your guide driver. Overnight: Palissandre Côte
Ouest hotel****

After breakfast, morning visit of the Kirindy National Reserve to meet diurnal animals and
birds. After this visit, you return to Morondava. Along the way, you make a stop at the baobabs in love and the baobab alley to see the sunset.
Overnight: Palissandre Côte Ouest hotel****

Today you will have a journey of 551 Kilometers. The landscapes from the west to the
highlands are diversifying. also you will see the change of ethnique group Don’t forget the photo breaks to fully appreciate the beautiful landscapes during your trip with the
explanations of your guide driver. At noon, you will be to Miandrivazo, the warmest town on
the big island. And at the end of the afternoon, you will arrive in Antsirabe nicknamed the
water city , the coldest city in Madagascar.
Antsirabe you discover the stone-cutting and crafts of the region of Malagasy ethnicity
Vakinankaratra: production of minibicycles and rickshaws and mini processing horn
zebu. Located downtown, the hotel welcomes you for your dinner and night . Overnight:
Hotel des Thermes***

Breakfast finished and the luggage in the car, you will go for 98 kilometers of good paved
road to the capital Ambositra Crafts Malagasy. Throughout the route you will admire the
tremendous work that was done to “make” this beautiful landscape of rice paddies and
terraced fields.
After visiting shops and craft workshops sculptors Ambositra, you will take the winding
road lined with rice terraces, rivers, mountains and cultures, to reach Ranomafana village
where you will visit Ranomafana National Park. You will visit this Park early morning where you will discover the endemic fauna and flora, its lemurs and the hot springs which the village takes its name from Ranomafana. Overnight: Setam Lodge**

You will be escorted into Ranomafana National Park for a day to be spent enjoying its diverse attractions. Covering an area of 41,000 hectares, Ranomafana National Park has
dense rainforest, fast flowing rivers with rapids and spectacular waterfalls. It is home to 12
species of lemur including the Golden Bamboo. Lemurs are not the only attraction for 118 species of bird have been recorded. There are also geckos, chameleons, brightly colored
frogs and many varieties of orchids can be seen. A number of trails and footpaths lead you through this dense jungle with its tree palms and ferns. The day spent here will be tiring
but will provide lasting memories.
Overnight: Setam Lodge **

The journey into the highlands continues, stopping en-route at the Anja Reserve where
Ring Tailed Lemurs might be seen playing amongst the granite rocks. Here you will be met and will begin the drive with your car to the sandstone massif of the Isalo National Park.
You will explore the canyons and plateaux of the massif.
Overnight: Le Jardin Du Roy***

There will be an opportunity for the adventurous to trek through impressive canyons and
along dramatic bluffs. Not to be missed is a walk along the Massif marveling at the
stunning views and arriving late in the afternoon at a natural swimming pool known as ‘La
Piscine Naturelle’ which is fed by a waterfall and fringed by swaying palm trees. A bathe
here is a wonderful way to recover from the walk and freshen up. There is also the option
of visiting natural canyons in the area. A wonderful way to finish the day is to watch the setting sun through “La Fenetre”, a natural rock formation framing the setting sun!!!
Overnight: Le Jardin Du Roy***

After breakfast, off to Tuléar along a straight road. The landscape is composed of dry
forests, baobabs and some proudly decorated Mahafaly tombs. Arrival at Tuléar visit of the
Arboretum with many species of endemic plants. Transfer to Ifaty –a seaside resort
protected by a coral reef. Overnight: Bamboo Club**

You enjoy the lagoon, its clear and warm water and the white sand. We have however
planned a visit to the baobab forest. Also, you can do other extra activities that the hotel
will suggest: sailing in an outrigger canoe with Vezo fishermen, snorkeling, quad biking, etc. And it is always at the Bamboo Club hotel that you take your overnight stay.

After relaxing in Ifaty, you return in Antananarivo for your night. Overnight : Le Relais
des Plateaux****

When you’ll arrive, the car of the hotel takes you along to the airport for your transfer. For
today, you are free to do what you want. You can inquire at the hotel for different hobbies
and activities. Overnight: Jardin Vanille***

After breakfast, you and your local guide are going to visit Nosy Komba.
Nosy Komba, is the hyphen between Nosy Be, the famous island perfumes, and mainland
Madagascar.
This peak of the island is at an altitude of 622 meters, covered by dense tropical forest.
The mapof the island strangely looks like a giant turtle, it is surrounded by volcanic rocks,
protecting shores from rough waters.

The island is also called Nosy Ambariovato, meaning the island surrounded by rocks.
Nosy Komba is known for its many small and inhabited beaches as well as for its emerald
like water. Nosy komba is a small jewel of nature, increasingly visited and becoming a
mirror of its larger neighbor, Nosy Be.
It is home to many Makis, a variety of lemurians also called Macaco.

Tranquility prevails as there are no cars, neither electricity. Beauty of nature and
sweetness of life make it a most attractive place to be.
Visit finished, you come back at your hotel for your overnight. Overnight: Jardin
Vanille***

Today, you leave Nosy Be to come back to Antananarivo. On arrival, our guide driver will ensure your transfer and it will be himself who will take you to the airport for your
international flight. Day use: Le Relais des Plateaux****