10-Day Western Madagascar Tour with Tsingy and Baobab Sunset

Meet and pick up at the airport, then transfer directly to the hotel for rest after the flight. Hotel check-in, dinner, and overnight stay at Green Palace Hotel.

After breakfast, drive to Antsirabe for about 4 hours from the capital city. Cross the fertile region of colourful landscapes, including green rice fields and red houses made of bricks and mud.

Take a short break in the village of Ambatolampy to visit a workshop and see the process at the aluminium foundry. Then continue driving until the destination.

On arrival, visit the craft shops displaying miniature means of locomotion made from recycled cans, pieces of wood, and the zebu horn factory. Hotel check-in after the visit. Dinner and overnight stay at the Royal Palace Hotel.

After breakfast, enjoy a full-day drive from the town of water to reach the west coast of the island, with some stops en route to take pictures of the beautiful landscape.

Pass through small villages of stone cutters, gold miners, and many typical villages that reflect the Malagasy population's way of life. Lunch in the town of Miandrivazo.

Afterwards, continue driving with views of big rivers. You will start to see baobab trees near Morondava and take pictures. Check-in on arrival, dinner, and overnight stay at Trecicogne Hotel.

Morning free. Lunch in town, and then take the off-road to Kirindy.

Stop at Baobab Alley for pictures, then continue until the destination. Upon arrival, check in at the hotel before an evening walk into the forest to see several species of nocturnal lemurs and some reptiles.

This is the only place to see the fossa, which is the biggest predator animal in the wild. After the visit, return to the hotel, have dinner, and overnight stay at Relais du Kirindy.

After breakfast, meet the local guide before visiting the dry Kirindy deciduous forest to see two diurnal species of lemurs; the visit will take 2 hours.

After the visit, drive along the off-road to Bekopaka. Stop for lunch in Belo sur Tsiribihina town after crossing the Tsiribihina River by ferry boat.

Arrive late in the afternoon, then go directly to the hotel for check-in, dinner, and overnight stay at Orchidee De Bemaraha Hotel.

Explore the Tsingy of Bemaraha National Park. Start with a river trip by dugout pirogue at the gorge of Manambolo to see caves of stalactites and old tombs of the Vazimba people.

After that, you will be driven to the big Tsingy, about an hour's drive from the village. Get ready for a great adventure accompanied by your local guide.

This Tsingy is about 30 to 50 meters high. Walkways and wooden suspended bridges, well integrated into the landscape, will help you continue your visit more easily.

Picnic lunch inside the park, then return to the hotel in the middle of the afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay at Orchidee De Bemaraha Hotel.

Leave the Tsingy of Bemaraha area after breakfast, then drive back along the RN8 to the town of Morondava. Stop again at Belo sur Tsiribihina for lunch.

There are some interesting stops along the way, such as the sacred Baobab and lovers' Baobab. Make the last stop at the Avenue of the Baobabs for the amazing sunset.

Afterwards, continue until the destination. Hotel check-in, dinner, and overnight stay at Chez Maggie Hotel.

Another full-day drive to return to Antsirabe (8 hours' drive). Stop for lunch at Miandrivazo, which is halfway.

Hotel check-in on arrival, dinner, and overnight stay at Royal Palace Hotel.

After breakfast, drive to reach the capital of Antananarivo. Lunch near the town.

Upon arrival, drive to the highest point - Queen's Palace - Manjakamiadana to learn more about the origins of the Imerina tribe and Madagascar, and enjoy the viewpoint.

After the visit, you will be driven to the hotel to relax. Dinner and overnight stay at Citizen Hotel.

On the last day in Madagascar, drive to the artisanal market to buy some souvenirs before the transfer to the international airport to catch your international flight.