Madagascar: Southern Madagascar with National Parks, tour including beach holiday

Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Rest of the day free. Accommodation.

Breakfast and departure to Andasibe National Park, with the possibility of stopping at a local settlement en route. Afterwards, departure and tour of the Peyrieras Reserve, where you'll find chameleons, crocodiles, reptiles, and other species native to Madagascar. At the end of the visit, transfer to Andasibe and check-in at the hotel. Night-time visit to the VOIMMA Reserve. Dinner and overnight stay.

Breakfast and morning visit (approximately three hours) to the Analamazaotra Special Reserve in search of sifaka and indri lemurs (the largest in Madagascar). This park is rich in typical flora, as well as orchids. In the afternoon, tour of the private reserve of the Vakôna Forest Lodge with the lemur island and the crocodile park. Dinner and overnight stay.

Breakfast. Return to the capital city and visit to the Royal Hill of Ambohimanga, which includes a citadel and a necropolis, as well as a series of sacred sites. This settlement is main symbol of cultural identity of the Madagascan people according to UNESCO and of central Antananarivo. Accommodation.

Breakfast and departure to Antsirabe on the RN7 road through the terraced rice fields of the Madagascar Highlands. Stop in Behenjy, the capital of foie gras, where you can savour its foie and canard in all its forms (not included, direct payment at destination). Behenjy is the first foie gras producing city in Madagascar where everything is made by hand. Onward journey to Ambatolampy to visit a family-run foundry of aluminium objects. Arrival in the colonial city of Antsirabe and check-in at the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.

Breakfast. Short tour in a pousse-pousse through the city centre. Visit to some craft workshops before leaving for Ranomafana. Stop at Ambositra, the capital of Zafimaniry Art, with a tour of woodcarving workshops and shops. Arrival in Ranomafana and check-in at the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.

Breakfast and departure to Ranomafana National Park. Daytime visit of approximately three or four hours. This is a tropical rainforest home to lemurs, frogs... and an exceptional endemic flora. Onward journey to Fianarantsoa, the capital of Betsileo. Visit to the upper part of the city with its churches and its viewpoint. Dinner and overnight stay.

Breakfast and departure to Ranohira. Stop at Ambalavao to visit an artisan paper workshop of the Antemoro people and a silk workshop. After that, hour-long tour of the village of Ny Anja to see the ring-tailed lemurs that roam freely around the village and the Betsileo tombs. Onward journey to Isalo National Park. Arrival in Ranohira and check-in at the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.

Breakfast and full-day visit to Isalo National Park (about 7 km on foot), the most visited park in the country with its natural pool, its black and blue pools, its waterfall, etc. Possibility to go swimming in the natural pool. You can also admire the sunset at the Isalo Window. Return to hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.

Breakfast and morning departure to the city of Toliara through the domain of the Bara people (zebu nomads). On the way, you'll see the Mahafaly tombs and their famous totems. Two-hour (approximately) stop at Zombitse National Park, home to 47% of Madagascar's endemic birds, eight species of lemurs, the local endemic gecko (Phelsuma standigi), the strangler tree, ficus, and baobabs. Afterwards, tour of the Antsokay Arboretum, a botanical garden with about 900 species of plants, 90% of which are endemic to Madagascar, and 80% of which are considered to have a medicinal value and are in danger of extinction. Onward journey to the town of Mangily Ifaty to visit the Reniala Private Reserve. This 60-hectare reserve boasts an exceptional wealth of flora and fauna with more than 1,000 species of endemic plants with notable xerophytic adaptations (to a dry climate), and numerous endemic birds (including Uratelornis and Monias), reptiles, turtles (Astrochelys and Pyxis), lizards, snakes, mouse lemurs, and much more. You can also learn about the work of the Lemur Rescue Centre, created by the NGO Reniala in collaboration with the reserve and other stakeholders in the project. Transfer to Toliara. Dinner and overnight stay.

Breakfast. Visit to the centre of Toliara (depending on the flight departure time). Transfer to Toliara Airport for flight to Antananarivo at the prearranged time. Arrival and visit (depending on the flight arrival time) to the Digue craft market and the city centre. Transfer to hotel. Accommodation.

Breakfast. Transfer to the airport. Flight to City of origin destination. Night on board.

Arrival. End of the trip and our services.