Itinerary

1. Day 1 : Arrival time in Antananarivo and drive to Andasibe

   • Arrival at the Ivato International Airport, Antananarivo. You will be welcomed by HT Agency Tours representative. 
   • Meet and greet. Once you have passed customs formalities, it is to the Guide to smooth through the rest of the arrivals process changing money, setting up your phone with a new SIM card, and anything else you need. This will make our contact easier. Then, drive directly to Andasibe.
   • On the national road number 2, to the east, we enjoy panoramic views of the stepped rice fields. We see various mountains and then continue to the east through the green and luxuriant vegetation. 
   • On the arrival, after check-in at the hotel around 6:30PM, you end this day with a guided night visits which will take 1 hour and half, and then drive back to the hotel.

   DRIVE DURATION: ABOUT 4 TO 5 HOURS DRIVE  

2. Day 2: Andasibe-Perinet National Park

   • After breakfast, you start with a guided visit at Analamazaotra National Park. It is better to leave the hotel early (about 7:30AM) to meet easily the Indri-Indri and the Diademed Sifaka in their forest home. 
   • The visit takes about 3 hours. Within a mile of the park you can hear the peculiar call of the indri very early in the morning until noon and again in the late afternoon. Indris (called Babakoto in Malagasy) are the largest living lemurs at all reaching up to 1 meter. 
   • Andasibe is the best place to observe the Indris given that there are a couple of families habituated to humans. It lives in small groups and cannot survive in captivity. 
   • There are several legends trying to explain its origins since it is considered a sacred animal in the whole Madagascar. 
   • Apart from the Indri, another 13 lemur species inhabit these forests, such as woody lemur, grey bamboo lemur, diademed sifaka, brown lemur, red mouse-lemur, red-bellied lemur, black and white ruffed lemur and even aye-aye. 
   • In the afternoon we visit Andasibe village, known as “the City of Waters”, and stroll through the local market to see some Malagasy craftspeople working. 
   • Then, you will enjoy an amazing up close and personal experience with lemurs on the private Lemurs Island and then on to view many other species in the Vakona Reserve Zoo, where you will see many crocodiles in the huge river enclosure, native birds, and other wildlife in well-kept surroundings.

   DRIVE DURATION:  ABOUT 20 MN  

3. Day 3 : Drive from Andasibe to Antananarivo

   • Breakfast, then, we depart early back to the capital city and have around 4 hours drive through the spectacular eroded hills called lavaka. 
   • On the road, we visit the Peyrieras Madagascar Exotic. 
   • The famous exotic animal breeding centre owned by naturalist Andre Pereyras, where we see almost all the chameleon species of Madagascar – as well as leaf-tailed geckos, lemur, cockerels Sifaka, and other interesting animals, such as butterflies, moths (the giant Atlas Moth), and teres. 

   DRIVE DURATION:  ABOUT 4 TO 5H DRIVE 

4. Day 4 : Fly from Antananarivo to Morondava

   • After breakfast, transfer to the airport for flight TNR (Departure at 11:00am) to the west coast of the island, destination to Morondava MOQ (Arrival at 12:00pm). Then, check-in at your hotel. 
   • After lunch, enjoy the rest of the day in Morondava : Relax on the beach for the rest of the day, and admire the incredible sight of sunset. 

    DRIVE DURATION:  ABOUT 1H35MN FLIGHT  

5. Day 5 : Drive from Morondava to Kirindy

   • After breakfast, drive directly to the North, about 42 km following the secondary road which a bit dusty, to reach the famous Kirindy Park. Check-in at your hotel (Relais du Kirindy). 
   • Around 6:30 PM, beginning of the Guided night walk at Kirindy Reserve. Kirindy is the best place in the whole island to observe fosa. 
   • Other nocturnal species included: the rare Coquerel's giant mouse lemur and pygmy mouse-lemur, fork-crowned lemur, grey mouse lemur, western fat-tailed dwarf lemur and red-tailed sportive lemur. 
   • Several bats, tenrecs, mongoose and rodents complete the mammal population.Kirindy is also known for its endemic flora. There are three species of baobab: the Andasoniarubrostipa or the fony baobab, with a bottle shaped trunk with major horizontal branches, between 5 and 20 meters, the AndasoniaZa, a tall tree that ranges from 20 to 30 meters, and the Andasoniagrandidieri, the biggest of the six species of baobab, up to 30 meters. 

   DRIVE DURATION: 2H30MN DRIVE (BUMPY ROAD)

6. Day 6 : Visit at the Kirindy Reserve and drive from Kinindy to Morondava

   • After breakfast, around 7:00 AM, beginning of the Guided day visits at Kirindy reserve. 
   • Kirindy Reserve is home to seven species of lemur. 
   • The most common are the common brown lemurs and the Verreaux's sifakas. 
   • These long-legged, seven-pound lemurs, white with dark patches, leap among tree trunks high in the canopy, propelled by their powerful hind legs but continually maintaining an upright posture. 40 bird, 50 reptile and 15 amphibian species are also found in this magnificent forest. 
   • After Kirindy’s Reserve visit, back to the road to Morondava, and we stop at the most scenic road in Madagascar: Baobab Avenue. Stuning, this is the popular attraction all day long. 
   • However, sunset is the best and most popular time of the day. Arrival in Morondava at the end of the afternoon, transfer to the hotel. 

   DRIVE DURATION: 2H30MN DRIVE (BUMPY ROAD)

    

7. Day 7 : Fly from Morondava to Antananarivo

   • After breakfast, relax or last visit in the area. After, you will take a flight back to the capital Antananarivo. 
   • On arrival, check in at the hotel. 
   • Depending on your arrival time in Tana, you can choose whichever tour you want to do in this day, in consultation with your local guide and your driver : purchase some souvenirs at the craft market, visit some places… 

   FLIGHT DURATION: 1H30MN FLIGHT

8. Day 8 : Transfert for external flight

   • This day, you will be picked up by your driver, then transfer to the international airport for your external flight.

   DRIVE DURATION : ABOUT 30MN DRIVE