15-Day Madagascar Wildlife and Beach Tour from Andasibe to Anakao

Drive: 5 hours

Activities:

Meet and greet at your hotel, or at the airport depending on your flight arrival, then pick up and drive to Andasibe.

Enjoy the scenic drive through the eastern rainforest corridor. Stop for a visit to Madagascar Exotic Park to see reptiles and amphibians such as chameleons, geckos, and frogs.

Hotel check-in on arrival.

In the evening, enjoy a night walk accompanied by a local guide at VOI MMA Community Park.

This is an opportunity to spot nocturnal species of lemurs such as the mouse lemur, the woolly lemur, and the fat-tailed dwarf lemur, as well as chameleons and nocturnal birds.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Andasibe

Hotel Vakona Lodge or similar

Activities:

Morning hike at Analamazaotra National Park to spot diurnal species of lemurs, especially the largest living lemur in Madagascar, the Indri Indri, as well as the dancing lemur, the brown lemur, and the bamboo lemur in their natural habitat.

Visit Vakona Private Reserve in the afternoon for another opportunity to see more species of lemurs, crocodiles, and tortoises.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Andasibe

Hotel Vakona Lodge or similar

Drive: 5 hours

Activities:

Enjoy a long drive to Antsirabe with a lunch stop around Antananarivo.

Stop in Ambatolampy for a quick tour of a workshop that produces various kitchen appliances made from recycled aluminum.

Continue to Antsirabe, a famous city known for its thermal pools, which are rich in healing properties and attract both tourists and locals. It is also known for its cool climate and as the capital of rickshaws and beer, especially THB, the local beer.

Hotel check-in on arrival.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Antsirabe

Hotel Couleur Café or similar

Drive: 7 hours

Activities:

Morning drive from Antsirabe to reach Ranomafana National Park.

Spectacular scenery awaits throughout the journey, including terraced rice fields along the hills and the traditional houses of the Betsileo ethnic group.

Stop in Ambositra, the center of Malagasy craft, to visit some workshops of Zafimaniry marquetry and woodcarving, and to buy souvenirs.

Lunch, then continue to the destination.

Upon arrival, hotel check-in.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Ranomafana

Hotel Thermal or similar

Activities:

Enjoy a morning hike at Ranomafana National Park with a local guide to explore nature.

This park is home to twelve species of lemurs and a high number of endemic birds, reptiles, and amphibians.

After the hike, return to the hotel for lunch and enjoy a free afternoon. There is a possibility to swim in the thermal pool near the village or visit a typical Tanala village. The Tanala are the ethnic group who live in this region.

Late in the afternoon, go for a night walk with a local guide along the road outside the park to spot nocturnal lemurs, frogs, and different genera of chameleons.

Then return to the hotel.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Ranomafana

Hotel Thermal or similar

Drive: 5 hours

Activities:

Leave Ranomafana National Park and travel to Tsaranoro Valley, passing through Fianarantsoa, the capital of the Betsileo tribe, who are well known for being invincible.

Continue to Ambalavao, a beautiful town where the biggest zebu market in Madagascar is held.

Stop to visit silk-weaving workshops and Antemoro paper workshops.

Continue to Anja Reserve to see groups of ring-tailed lemurs.

Then continue to the destination.

Upon arrival, hotel check-in.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Tsaranoro Valley

Hotel Camp Catta or similar

Activities:

Go hiking in Andringitra National Park to conquer Mount Chameleon, enter the corridors of Tsaranoro among huge rock blocks, luxurious vegetation, and the sacred forest. This is a medium hike.

Learn more about the traditions of the Betsileo and Bara ethnic groups, who are mixed in this area.

Enjoy a picnic lunch inside the park, then return to the hotel.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Tsaranoro Valley

Hotel Camp Catta or similar

Drive: 4 hours

Activities:

Departure to Isalo National Park via Ihosy, the capital of the Bara people, a nomadic community that occupies a huge territory for their herds.

Drive through the Ihorombe Plateau, where the landscape of grassy plains will amaze you.

Upon arrival, hotel check-in.

Afternoon at leisure.

Late in the afternoon, enjoy the sunset at the Window of Isalo.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Ranohira

Hotel Le Jardin du Roy or similar

Activities:

Enjoy a half-day excursion in Isalo National Park to discover the different landscapes of the massif, reach the canyon and forest of Namaza, and enjoy the natural swimming pool and waterfall inside the massif. This is a medium hike.

The hike takes about 6 hours, followed by a picnic lunch inside the park.

Return to the hotel.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Ranohira

Hotel Le Jardin du Roy or similar

Drive: 6 hours

Activities:

Morning drive from Isalo National Park to Tulear.

Stop at Ilakaka, the sapphire town, to visit the showroom and see sapphire digging.

Continue the drive through Zombitse Vohibasia National Park, where you will begin to see baobab trees.

Along the way, see some Mahafaly tombs with their totems carved from aloalo.

Hotel check-in on arrival.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Tulear

Hotel Moringa or similar

Activities:

After breakfast, transfer by speedboat to Anakao. The journey takes about 3 hours.

Hotel check-in on arrival.

Afternoon at leisure to enjoy the beautiful lagoon and relax.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Anakao

Hotel Anakao Ocean Lodge or similar

Activities:

After breakfast, go whale watching, then continue with an excursion to Nosy Ve.

Return to the hotel in the afternoon.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Anakao

Hotel Anakao Ocean Lodge or similar

Activities:

Day at leisure.

Optional activities are available at the hotel, including snorkeling, diving, and fishing.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Anakao

Hotel Anakao Ocean Lodge or similar

Activities:

Transfer by speedboat from Anakao to Tulear. The journey takes about 3 hours.

Upon arrival in Tulear, hotel check-in.

In the afternoon, visit Reniala Forest in Ifaty.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Tulear

Hotel Moringa or similar

Flight: 1 hour 30 minutes

Activities:

Transfer to the domestic airport of Tulear to catch the flight back to Antananarivo.

Arrival in Antananarivo, where you will meet the driver, be picked up, and transferred to the hotel.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Antananarivo

Hotel Grand Urban or similar