17-Day Wildlife and Nature Tour in Madagascar with the Train of Legend

• Connect with the guide and receive assistance at the airport.
• Then, go for a visit to the capital.

Check in at the hotel.

• After breakfast, continue to Antsirabe.
• Pass through Ambatolampy, which is home to the cooking pot makers.
• Then arrive in Antsirabe to visit the "Hot Water" Thermal Spring.
• Take a Pousse Pousse (human-pulled rickshaw) tour.

Overnight in a hotel.

• After breakfast, proceed to Fianarantsoa.
• Pass through Ambositra, the handicraft capital of the island, known for marquetry and basketry made of wood and plant materials.
• Then arrive in Fianar.
• Visit the Old Town (Tanana Ambony).
• Go to the wine factories (Lazan'i Betsileo and Soavita, etc.).

Overnight in the hotel.

• After breakfast, continue to Manakara by train.

Overnight in a hotel.

• Pass through 17 train stations and two tunnels. The route takes about 7 to 8 hours by train on the "Train of Legend."
• Arrive in Manakara.
• Check in at the hotel.

• You can have an overview of the town at a glance, as there are two significant neighbourhoods complementing each other - Manakara, where you first arrive, and Manakara-Be. It is a small town stretching between the river and the sea.
• Visit the fishing villages, an essential oils distillery, medicinal herbs of Madagascar, and a former settler's plantation. Tours here are generally done by rowing in a traditional canoe.

Overnight at the hotel.

• After breakfast, continue to Ranomafana to visit the "Hot Water" Thermal Spring.
• Arrive in Ranomafana and then check in at the hotel.

• Visit Ranomafana National Park, which is indeed a genetic pool of many rare and endemic plant and animal species, including Lemur Baboo, Happalemur Aureus, birds, insects, reptiles, lizards, geckos, and tonnes of endemic plants.

Overnight in a hotel.

• The national park is one of the most popular ecotourism attractions in the region and performs an important ecological mission in the south-central and eastern parts of Madagascar.

Overnight in the same hotel.

• After breakfast, move to Ranohira.
• Pass through Fianar and then Ambalavao.
• Visit the Antemoro paper makers, who make paper from a plant called "Avoho."
• Next, go to see silk fabrics made by craftsmen by hand.
• Lastly, visit the Zebu Market.
• Arrive in Ranohira for an overnight stay in a hotel.

• Visit Isalo National Park to see lemur catta, sifaka, iguanas, birds, reptiles and endemic plants.

Overnight in a hotel.

• Today, visit the natural limestone and desert.

Stay at the same hotel.

• After breakfast, continue to Ifaty.
• Pass through Toliara, a small town.
• Then go to see shell fabric and continue to the Mahafaly Tombs.
• Arrive in Ifaty and check in at the hotel.

• Beach and swimming lovers will have endless choices in the Mozambique Ocean and the magnificent lagoon.

Overnight in the hotel.

• Visit the Vezo fishing village and the magnificent lagoon.

Overnight in the hotel.

• Day at leisure.

• Transfer to the airport to board your return flight.

End of tour.