Duration
14-Day
Bemaraha National Park, Madagascar
Looking for a change of scenery and breathtaking landscapes? This trip is for you. This tour will introduce you to all the tourist attractions of the west and south coasts. Passing through the treasures of the west, such as the Tsingys of Bemaraha, the Avenue of the Baobabs, and Kirindy Mitea National Park. As you travel along Madagascar's southwest coast, you'll enjoy a succession of magnificent beaches that will make you feel like you're at the end of the world.
Plan snapshot
Duration
14-Day
Route
Antananarivo (Day 1-2) to Antananarivo (City)
Via Ifaty (Town & Beach), Ambatomilo (Village), Andavadoaka (Village)
Country & park
Madagascar / Bemaraha National Park
Style
Mid-range shared safari
Group size
1-12 travelers
Starts
Any day if available
Minimum age
1 years
Activities
walking safaris (with an armed guide) & nature hikes/walks
Accommodation
The Louvre Hotel & Spa - Mid-range hotel in Antananarivo (City) – Breakfast & Dinner Included
Meals
Breakfast & Dinner Included; Breakfast Included
Pickup
Airport transfer included
Booking
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Currency
USD
Solo travelers
Can join this group tour
Rates
USD
Before booking
Quote flow
This mid-range tour uses lodges and hotels.
On this shared tour, you will join a group of other travelers. Max 4 people per group.
If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour.
Single travelers can join this group tour.
The minimum age for this tour is 1 year.
Day 1-2
Mid-range hotel in Antananarivo (City) – Breakfast & Dinner Included
Breakfast & Dinner Included
Day 3
Mid-range hotel in Ifaty (Town & Beach) – Breakfast & Dinner Included
Breakfast & Dinner Included
Day 4-5
Mid-range lodge in Ambatomilo (Village) – Breakfast & Dinner Included
Breakfast & Dinner Included
Day 6
Luxury lodge in Andavadoaka (Village) – Breakfast & Dinner Included
Breakfast & Dinner Included
Day 7
Budget hotel in Manja (Town) – Breakfast & Dinner Included
Breakfast & Dinner Included
Day 8
Mid-range hotel in Morondava (Town) – Breakfast & Dinner Included
Breakfast & Dinner Included
Day 9-10
Mid-range hotel less than 1hr drive from Bemaraha NP – Breakfast & Dinner Included
Breakfast & Dinner Included
Day 11
Mid-range hotel just outside Kirindy Forest – Breakfast & Dinner Included
Breakfast & Dinner Included
Day 12
Mid-range hotel less than 1hr drive from Allée des Baobabs (Highlight) – Breakfast & Dinner Included
Breakfast & Dinner Included
Day 13
Mid-range hotel in Antananarivo (City) – Breakfast & Dinner Included
Breakfast & Dinner Included
Day 14
(No accommodation)
Breakfast Included
Tour step
You'll be collected from the airport. Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.
Day 1
Arrival at the international airport of Ivato-Antananarivo. Upon arrival, you'll meet with our staff at the customs area. You'll get assistance for visa delivery and luggage formalities. You'll transfer to your hotel. Depends on your time, but this day is possible for a city tour after check-in at your hotel. Mid-range hotel located in Antananarivo (City) Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 2
Here, you can find the best day tours, designed to be easy and enjoyable for everyone. We offer ideas for the best things to do in and around Antananarivo, and our professional historian and cultural tour guides will give you a true understanding of the city’s history. Antananarivo highlights in downtown, middle town, and upper town! You'll explore the bustling markets, visit historical buildings and monuments, and discover its hidden gems. Lunch on the spot. You'll go back to your hotel for an overnight stay. Mid-range hotel located in Antananarivo (City) Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3
Breakfast at the hotel. Destination to Tulear. You'll meet your driver at the airport. You'll be driven to Ifaty. Ifaty brings together the small Malagasy seaside villages along Ranobe Bay in the south-west region. It is located about thirty kilometers north of Toliara, on national road 9 (RN9). The village of Ifaty is also a fishing village made up mainly of Vezo and Masikoro People. Mid-range hotel located in Ifaty (Town & Beach) Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 4
Early departure to reach the Ankasy lodge after you visit the Renala forest reserve and the Turtle Village. Ankasy is an exceptional site, on the edge of an emerald and turquoise lagoon, on a superb white sand beach. Welcome to Ankasy Lodge, a small world at the end of the world, still preserved from mass tourism. Nestled in a wild and virgin nature, an ecolodge that fits perfectly into its environment to offer you a break of happiness and serenity. Ankasy Lodge is one of the best-kept secrets of Madagascar, a paradise without artifice, where natural luxury and exotic charm combine to delight the senses, an exceptional discovery that will mark your stay in Madagascar. Mid-range lodge located in Ambatomilo (Village) Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 5
Half a day for sea excursions. You can admire the different colors of the sea with the aquatic activities offered by the hotel. Possible activities offered by Ankasy Lodge: Water activities: water skiing, towed buoy, hobby cat catamaran, mask and snorkel, diving, traditional canoe ride, kite surfing, speedboat excursions, humpback whale watching in season (July, September, see conditions on site). Land activities: quad or jeep excursions to the typical Vezo village of Tsiandamba, massages, botanical trail, beach volleyball, pétanque, kite flying, archery and pellet rifle, board games, and reading. After the excursion, you'll return to the hotel, have dinner, and stay overnight. Mid-range lodge located in Ambatomilo (Village) Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 6
Departure around 6:00 am for Andavadoaka, crossing the magnificent beach, where the Great Barrier Reef of Madagascar begins to disappear. Along the way, the fishing villages will attract your curiosity and the characteristic tombs and funerary art that make them original. On the way, you will cross the forest of dwarf baobabs, then the forest of Mikéa (ancestral people of the region), before following magnificent sand for several kilometers. Arrival at Andavadoaka, installation at your hotel. Luxury lodge located in Andavadoaka (Village) Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 7
This is the longest stage with a day of sand, dirt, and rock. You'll depart early in the morning, around 6:00 am, before crossing the town of Morombe, on the program, the visit to the forest of dwarf baobabs and the largest baobab in Madagascar. You'll continue on a sandy track. You will cross the Mangoky River by ferry, which is essential for our circuit. There is only one hotel, and it is not very comfortable in Manja (compared to other hotels on the tour). You will only have this option for this step. Budget hotel located in Manja (Town) Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 8
Long drive to Morondava, the capital of the Sakalava people. Morondava is located in the west of the country. It is located on the national road No. 35, about 700 km from Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. The population of Morondava has tripled in the space of fifty years and counts approximately 72,000 inhabitants. Morondava is populated mainly by the Sakalava and Vezo people, as well as a notable Indo-Pakistani colony, arrived at the time of French colonization and paid into the trade, by a few descendants of mixed Chinese and European races, and since the independence of the colony of the Comorians. Its name means in the Malagasy language "the large beach" as a contraction of "morona lava". Economically, fishing is the main activity of the region, especially shellfish. Morondava is also a shipyard with a mechanical workshop. Around the city, rice, corn, cassava, and cotton are grown; sugar (by the Chinese) and zebus are raised. Mid-range hotel located in Morondava (Town) Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 9
You'll enjoy breakfast in the morning and departure by 4X4 car for Bekopaka. After crossing the Tsiribihina River by ferry. Lunch at Belo Sur Tsiribihina is included. You'll check in at Bekopaka in the early evening. On arrival, you will admire the landscape of the gorge of the Manambolo River. Mid-range hotel located less than 1hr drive from Bemaraha NP Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 10
You'll have breakfast at the hotel and a 2-hour visit to a small tsingy with a traditional canoe. Chance on Decken`s sifaka, red-fronted brown lemur, crested coua, Madagascar green pigeon, heron, Madagascar fish eagle, Madagascar harrier hawk, Madagascar pigmy kingfisher, Madagascar magpie-robin, crested drongo, then continuation for a 6-hour visit to the big Tsingy. Unesco World Heritage Site, the Tsingy of Bemaraha is without doubt one of the most prestigious protected areas in Madagascar. The limestone massif is an ancient coral reef. At Bemaraha, erosion has created deep vertical cliffs, filled with faults and a deep fissure, which form a complex labyrinth of caves and rivers. Mid-range hotel located less than 1hr drive from Bemaraha NP Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 11
You'll have breakfast, then head south to get to the Kirindy forest. This may be one of the most rewarding wildlife sites in Madagascar, but it has only recently received official conservation under a protected area in the Menabe region. Although previously exploited, Kirindy remains the best place to see several endemic dry forest species like the giant jumping rat, narrow-striped mongoose, Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, brown lemur in red front of Verreaux, red vanga, blue vanga, Madagascar beaked snake, and plated lizard. You'll arrive around two in the afternoon and check in at the hotel before night walk inside the forest. Mid-range hotel located just outside Kirindy Forest Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 12
You'll enjoy a morning visit to Kirindy forest. Kirindy comprises some 10.000ha of deciduous forest growing on sandy soils of the western coastal plain. The tree species are similar to other western deciduous forests, with a canopy height typically of 12 -15m, reaching 20 -5m in more humid areas along watercourses. Beneath the canopy, throughout much of the forest, the understory and intermediate layer are densely vegetated. Three species of baobab live here are Adansonia rubrostipa, Adansonia Za, and Adansonia grandidieri, the last being the largest of the baobabs, sometimes exceeding 30m in height. After the visit, you'll go back for lunch at the hotel and then have a little break before sunset at the Avenue of Baobabs. . Mid-range hotel located less than 1hr drive from Allée des Baobabs (Highlight) Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 13
You'll have breakfast at the hotel. You'll visit the fishing village before back to Antananarivo. This small village, located on the seafront and adjacent to Morondava, was thus renamed by pious Norwegian settlers in the 19th century. You'll arrive in Antananarivo, meet, and transfer to your hotel. Accommodation on a half-board basis. Mid-range hotel located in Antananarivo (City) Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 14
After breakfast at the hotel, you'll transfer to the airport. Possibility to do shopping at the handicrafts or the shop market before your transfer to the airport. Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Tour step
Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost. You'll be dropped off at the airport.
Park fees (For non-residents)
All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
A professional driver/guide
All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
All flights during the tour
All Taxes/VAT
Roundtrip airport transfer
Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Drinking water (On all days)
International flights (From/to home)
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Offered by
Tour To Madagascar is a family business that focuses on value-for-money personalized tours with a personal touch. The company represents an incoming tour operator with a dynamic, modern approach to tourism. We’re expanding our tourism services to not only focus on international markets but also include the domestic market, which allows local populations to explore the incredible biodiversity of their country. Tour To Madagascar is formed by a dynamic team of multilingual employees.
Office In
Madagascar
Size
5-10 employees (Founded in 2019)
Tour Types
Custom mid-range & luxury tours that can start every day
Destinations
Madagascar
Practical answers
Rates are per person and exclude the international flight from/to your home country.
This tour is offered in US dollars (USD).
This tour accepts children who are 1 year and older.
If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour.
The Louvre Hotel & Spa - Mid-range hotel in Antananarivo (City) – Breakfast & Dinner Included. Meals: Breakfast & Dinner Included
This tour starts and ends in Antananarivo
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Operator policy
This tour is offered by Tour To Madagascar, not SafariBookings.
This operator reserves the right to change rates advertised on SafariBookings.
If you request changes to this tour, the advertised rates will likely change.
Rates include a fixed budget for flights during this tour. If flights cost more, your quote will reflect this.
The exact order, contents and rates of this tour are subject to availability.
If an accommodation is fully booked, the operator will suggest a comparable alternative.
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