Siège social : AB 303 Bis/II Ambodirano Ambohimamory

Itaosy 102 Antananarivo

E-mail : harintsoatoky@ht-agency-tours.com

Agence : Itaosy

RCS : 117131009818 Tél : (+261) 34 20 00 198

NIF : 5002571682

N° Statistique : 79120112017000413

License : Nᵒ065-MINTOUR/SG/DGDT/DAIT/SAT-EDBM.18

GREAT DESCOVER DURATION: 15 days

AREA : East and South of Madagascar

TRIP : Private

PLACES TO VISIT : Antananarivo – Andasibe - Morondava –Antsirabe – Ambositra – Manakara -

Ranomafana – Ranohira (Isalo) – Tulear - Ifaty

ACCOMODATION TYPE : Mid-range and Luxury (Half Board)

TRANSPORT TYPE: Private car/Flight BACK TO ANTANANARIVO: Flight

ASSISTANCE: Guide / Local Guide

DETAIL OF THE PROGRAM

DAY 01 : ANTANANARIVO

Arrival in Ivato International Airport. Reception by HT Agency Tours, 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 the new SIM card, and anything else you need. We will provide 2 SIM

cards with Data + National Call + 5mn International call for your stay in Madagascar; it will be easier for

us to contact each other. Transfer directly to the hotel in town for check-in “Antananarivo”.

Night at the TRIPOLITSA HOTEL

DAY 02 : ANTANANARIVO - ANDASIBE (PERINET)

After breakfast, guided visit to the cultural and historical of Ambohimanga royal Palace, located at 20 km

from the way out of the North of the Capital. The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga consists of a royal city and

burial site, and an ensemble of sacred places. It is associated with strong feelings of national identity, and

has maintained its spiritual and sacred character both in ritual practice and the popular imagination for the

past 500 years. It remains a place of worship to which pilgrims come from Madagascar and elsewhere.

After the visit, transfer directly to the East to reach Andasibe (130 Km from Antananarivo).

Night at the FEON’NY ALA HOTEL

DAY 03 : ANDASIBE (PERINET)

After breakfast, Guided visit to Analamazaotra National Park (It is better to leave the hotel at 7:30AM).

This morning you need an early start to catch the Indri-Indri and the Diademed Sifaka in their forest home.

The visit takes about 4 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.

Lunch.

In the afternoon, 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..

Around 6:30PM, beginning of the Guided night visits, the visit will take 1hour and half, and then drive

back to the hotel.

Night at the FEON’NY ALA HOTEL

DAY 04 : ANDASIBE - ANTSIRABE

After breakfast, on rout to go to Antsirabe with some stops to enjoy the landscape, for photos and for

some little breaks if it is necessary. One special stop at the Pereiras park. The fascinating park owned by

the Peyrieras family, to see Cocquerel's Sifaka, and chameleons and many other reptiles, and some other

Malagasy animals such as butterflies, moths (the giant Atlas Moth) and tenrecs. Continue to the town of

“Fois Gras” for lunch. On the way, as you head out of the city into the country side, you will pass through

the beautiful landscapes of the Merina people, witnessing along the way the everyday life of the these

people, who were (and really still are) the ruling class in Madagascar. Stop briefly at Ambatolampy and

visit the manufacturers of pots and decorative items from aluminium. This is a really important local

industry and the artisan forgers now make, as well as the pots and pans used every day by all Malagasy,

beautiful polished trinkets made from aluminium, and then reach directly Antsirabe.

Night at the ROYAL PALACE HOTEL

JOUR 05 : ANTSIRABE – SAHAMBAVY (FIANARANTSOA)

Early in the morning, after breakfast, city tour in Antsirabe by rickshaw (visit: Independence Avenue, the

famous Hotel des Thermes, the stone market and the horn small factory). Then transfer directly to the

south with enjoying the beautiful landscape of Betsileo composed of rice terraces. Main stop in

Ambositra for lunch, followed by a short city tour to discover the typical Malagasy crafts of the region:

marquetry, weaving and especially wood carving. Then continue to Sahambavy.

Night at the LAC HOTEL

JOUR 06 : SAHAMBAVY - MANAKARA

After breakfast, transfer to the train station to Manakara (by train). (Departure at 7 am in Fianarantsoa, it

will pass through 17 stations, including Sahambavy around 7:50 and where the breaking point is longer

than the others, and Manampatrana. The route of this train is composed of 67 bridges and 47 tunnels, it is

one of the steepest course in the world, you can admire one of the most beautiful landscapes of

Madagascar: the hill of the highlands leading to the sea. Plan for a picnic lunch. Reception by the driver

in Manakara, then transfer to the hotel.

Night at the PARTHENAY HOTEL

JOUR 07 : MANAKARA - RANOMAFANA

After breakfast, transfer to the place where you will begin your excursion by canoe on the Pangalane

Chanel. Visit to the village followed by a picnic lunch. Around 1:00 pm, drive directly to Ranomafana,

the village of Ifanadiana, well known for the Ranomafana National Park and to enjoy the green landscape

on the road. Arrival in Ranomafana late in the evening. Check in at the hotel.

Night at the THERMAL HOTEL

JOUR 08 : RANOMAFANA

In the morning, departure for a visit to the heart of the rainforest of Ranomafana National Park, a typical

reserved area belonging to the last forest corridor along the eastern part of the Big Island. Discovery of

the wealth of endemic biodiversity of the region, such as rare species and lemurs seriously endangered,

many species of rare and endemic plants used by the local population for traditional medicine ... Trekking

in the forest by following a track longing the forest passing through beautiful waterfall, meeting the rare

species on the way. Back to the hotel for lunch. After the long day of tiring morning or visit of the spa

source, nap and rest for the end of the day. Around 17:30, start of the guided night walk.

Night at the THERMAL HOTEL

JOUR 09: RANOMAFANA – AMBALAVAO

Breakfast at the hotel, then drive directly to Ambalavao with one stop at the capital of betsileo, guided visit in

the city of Fianarantsoa and the photo lab of the famous photographer Pierrot Men, buy postcards ....

(Fianarantsoa is the Kingdom of Betsileo, an important stage city needed to take up the next step in good

health, obligatory passage to reach the South. Fianarantsoa is somehow the Catholic center of the large island

with many churches towards the way to Ambalavao). Stop at Ambalavao. Visit of the Antemoro hand-crafted

fabrication shop. (The fabrication of the Antemoro paper provides this hand-crafted paper,which once dried,

is decorated with dried flower petals : rare handicraft, writing letter in the lampshade. Any chronology of this

craft can be seen in the site).

Nuitée à L’HOTEL TSIENIMPARIHY

JOUR 10: AMBALAVAO – TSARANORO VALLEY

In the morning, after breakfast, visit the paper making workshop Antemoro which made the reputation of

the village of Ambalavao. It is a handmade paper made from boiled Avoha bark, which was once used by

the soothsayers to write their astrological predictions! Departure for the reserve of Anja, small peasant

associative park which shelters in particular several species of orchids and makis catta little wild, these

famous lemurs striped white and black! By a chaotic track, continue to our camp of canvas, in a

sumptuous setting facing the huge granite cliff Tsaranoro 800 m high. End of free day to enjoy quietly

this idyllic setting: rest or optional walk (sacred forest, Chameleon mountain ...) in the valley from your

accommodation.

Nuitée à L’HOTEL TSARASOA

JOUR 11: TSARANORO VALLEY – ISALO

After breakfast, back to the road RN7 for the South to reach the city of Ranohira to meet Isalo National

Park by passing through the city of Ihosy for lunch. During the journey, we can often stop to notice the

various change of the mountain and rice field landscape. Arrival at Isalo at the end of the day.

Night at RELAIS DE LA REINE HOTEL

JOUR 12: ISALO

After breakfast, a day dedicated to trekking and discovery of the park, composed of massif in form of ruin

dating from Jurassic, discovery of the most beautiful landscape of Madagascar. Hike and visit across: the

natural pool, where you can go for a dip, etc… picnic lunch in the park. At the end of the afternoon, back

to the hotel, with a stop at the famous window of Isalo to appreciate a breathtaking and spectacular scene

of the color of the sun. Night at RELAIS DE LA REINE HOTEL

JOUR 13: ISALO – TULEAR - IFATY

After the breakfast, direction to the great city of the South, Tuléar. On the arrival, a little detour at the

arboretum of Antsokay for discovering the endemic and threatened plants of the area, then lunch at a local

restaurant. Continuation towards the small village of fishermen Vezo of Ifaty located at 30 km in the

North of Tuléar. Free times for the rest of the day to discover the beach one of the beautiful lagoons of the

great island.

Night at BELLA DONA HOTEL

JOUR 14: IFATY - TOLIARA - ANTANANARIVO

Today, early in the morning visit in the Reserve of Reniala, a dry forest typical of the dry south, meeting

the diversity of fauna and flora of the region, including the varieties of Baobab (Baobab forest). After the

visit, transfer directly to the airport for flight back to the capital Antananarivo. On arrival, 45mn visit in

the Queen's Palace on the top of the hill (Rova Manjakamiadana), then transfer directly to the hotel in

town.

Night at the TRIPOLITSA HOTEL

JOUR 15: ANTANANARIVO

After breakfast, shopping and purchase some souvenirs at the craft market of La Digue. And then, transfer

to the airport for the external flight.

NOTES

Your guide will manage all programs’ timing

Domestic flight: TLE - TNR

During the trip, the following dietary requirement(s) are served: Regular (typically

includes meat, fish, milk, sea food, ...). If you have special dietary requirements it's a good

idea to communicate it to us

Please note that the feasibility of the tour will depend on the availability of the

proposed accommodations

We do not take responsibility for any airline schedule changes that may occur after

quoting or booking. We will do everything we can to alleviate any disruption of your

itinerary or holiday but cannot be held responsible for any loss of funds, bookings, missed

connections or other prebooked/paid services.

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