Voyage Madagascar : Itinerary Yellow Blue (15 days/13 nights)
Itinerary Yellow Blue (15 days/13 nights)
Discovered of the two principal parts SOUTH and NORTH :
From the high lands to the coast of the Capricorn, the famous town of Diégo with its natural bays and its reserves as well as the archipelagoes of Nosy Be.
Itinerary
D1 Paris / Antananarivo (flight)
Take off for Antananarivo.
D2 Antananarivo / Antsirabe
Meet and departure to Antsirabe. Ambatolampy: unexpected visit of a small artisanal foundry for the aluminium ots melted, clothes industry of the horns of Zebu in ustensils. Overnight, half-board in the hotel. See : fine stone gem cutting, the Tritriva lakes, Andraikiba.
D3 Antsirabe / Ranomafana
Proceed by car to Ranomafana. Ambositra: the capital of the Craft industry of Madagascar, known especially for marquetries and sculptures of invaluable wood (purple wood, bois de rose). Overnight, half-board in the hotel. Night visit of the reserve.
D4 Ranomafana / Ambalavao
Visit of the reserve. Proceed by car to Ambalavao. Visit of Fianarantsoa. Overnight, half-board in the hotel.
D5 Ambalavao / Ranohira
Proceed by car to Ranohira. Ambalavao: visit workshop of factory of famous Antemoro paper, then small escapade to see the lemurs Catta (Maki), beautiful panoramic sight and endemic and medicinal plants of the area in the Park of Anja. Overnight, half-board in the hotel.
D6 Ranohira
Discovered of l'Isalo National park. Overnight, half-board in the hotel.
D7 Ranohira / Tulear
Drive to Tuléar. Visit of the "arboretum". Overnight, half-board in the hotel.
D8 Tulear / Antananarivo (flight)
Transfer to the airport and flight to Tana. Meet and transfer to the hotel. Sightseeing tour of Tana and visit of its markets. Overnight, half-board in the hotel.
D9 Antananarivo / Diego Suarez (flight)
Transfer to the airport and flight to Diego Suarez. Meet and transfer to the hotel. Sihgtseeing tour of Diego city and its surroundings. The town of Diégo is an old port of the French frigate, colonial style with its old frontages and its old port. With the surroundings, the bay of Diégo deserves the turning with its famous sugar loaf. Overnight, half-board in the hotel.
D10 Diego Suarez / Parc National d'Ambre
Drive to the Montagne d'Ambre. Excursion: Montagne d'Ambre Park. To forty kilometers in the south of Diégo-Suarez, the Montagne d'Ambre is a wet forest covering a volcanic solid mass. The vegetation is luxuriant, but the forest is very dense. There are 7 species of lemurs there, 1000 species of plants, 5 lakes of craters and cascades. Overnight, half-board in the hotel.
D11 Montagne d'Ambre / Ankarana
Proceed by car to Ankarana. Excursion: Tsingy of Ankarana. Ankarana is the second place in Madagascar, after the reserve of Bemaraha where one can see of Tsingy, of karstic forms offering the rather amazing vision of hundreds of needles and peaks limestones drawn up towards the sky. Curiosities: tsingy, caves, canyons, lemurs, birds... Overnight, half-board in the Guest house.
D12 Ankarana / Ankify / Nosy Be
Proceed by car to Ankify. Transfer by boat for Nosy Be. Meet and transfer to the hotel. Free stay. Overnight, half-board in the hotel.
D13 Nosy Be
Excursion: Nosy Komba and Tanikely. One day excursion in boat to discover the two islands in the surroundings of Nosy Be. Nosy Komba: the island with the lemurs and Nosy Tanikely: Pretty small island, ideal for snorkelling or diving, natural aquarium. Return to Nosy Be. Overnight, half-board in the hotel.
D14 Nosy Be
Free stay. Overnight, half-board in the hotel.
D15 Nosy Be / Antananarivo / Paris (flight)
Free stay. Transfert to the airport and take off for Tana. Connection filght to Paris.