Itinerary
- Day 1
Arrival in Antananarivo
When you land at Ivato Airport, someone will meet you and take you to your hotel. After you check in, the rest of the day is yours to walk around the city depending on when you actually arrive. You'll have dinner and spend the night at the hotel.
Optional Activities
- City exploration based on flight schedule
- Day 2
Antananarivo to Antsirabe
Following breakfast, you'll head to Antsirabe and stop in Ambatolampy along the way to meet craftspeople who make aluminum casseroles. Once in Antsirabe, you can check out Tritriva Lake and Andraikiba Lake, each with interesting local stories attached to them. Later you'll take a rickshaw through the water city before heading back for dinner and overnight.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Visit to aluminum casserole manufacturers in Ambatolampy
- Visit to Tritriva Lake
- Visit to Andraikiba Lake
- Rickshaw ride through water city
Landmarks/POIs Tritriva Lake Andraikiba Lake - Day 3
Antsirabe to Ranomafana
You'll leave after breakfast and travel toward Ranomafana, passing through countryside with rice terraces on both sides. There's a stop in Ambositra to look at the Zafimaniry Arts workshop before checking into your hotel. In the evening, you can go on a night walk to look for chameleons and nocturnal lemurs. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Visit to Zafimaniry Arts workshop in Ambositra
- Night visit to discover chameleons and nocturnal lemurs
- Day 4
Ranomafana to Sahambavy
After breakfast, you'll spend the morning in Ranomafana National Park walking through thick evergreen forests. In the afternoon, you'll move on to Sahambavy, which has a nice lake and rice terraces where you can see how local people work. You'll have dinner and stay at the hotel for the night.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Visit to Ranomafana National Park
Landmarks/POIs Ranomafana National Park - Day 5
Sahambavy to Ambalavao
Start with breakfast and then head to tea plantations where you can learn how tea gets made and try some local varieties. Later you'll go through Fianarantsoa for a city tour that shows off its older buildings and history. After lunch you'll travel to Ambalavao to see Antemoro paper making and silk workshops. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Visit to tea plantations with cultural process explanation and tea tasting
- City tour of Fianarantsoa
- Visit to Antemoro paper making workshop
- Visit to silk workshop
Landmarks/POIs Fianarantsoa - Day 6
Ambalavao to Ranohira
Following breakfast, you'll visit the Community Reserve of Anja near Ambalavao where you can see lemurs, chameleons, and snakes all in one area. From there you'll travel through open grassland toward Isalo, arriving in Ranohira by midday. Lunch is included during the journey. You'll have dinner and stay at the hotel.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Visit to Community Reserve of Anja
Landmarks/POIs Community Reserve of Anja - Day 7
Isalo National Park
You'll spend your entire day in Isalo National Park, which has a distinctive rocky terrain from the Jurassic period. You can hike through the natural swimming pool area and the Namaza circuit to see the blue and black pools, then go for a swim at the nymph cascade. A picnic lunch is provided. You'll spend the night at the hotel.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Picnic lunch)
Included Activities
- Visit to Isalo National Park - natural swimming pool circuit
- Visit to Isalo National Park - Namaza circuit with blue and black pools
- Visit to Isalo National Park - nymph cascade with swimming opportunity
Landmarks/POIs Isalo National Park - Day 8
Ranohira to Ifaty
After breakfast you'll travel through Antandroy territory, passing through Ilakaka, a village where people mine sapphires. You'll arrive in Toliara for lunch and then visit the Antsokay Arboretum to see plants and animals that live only in southern Madagascar. Later you'll head to Ifaty for dinner and overnight.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Visit to Antsokay Arboretum
Landmarks/POIs Antsokay Arboretum Ilakaka - Days 9 - 10
Ifaty
You have two free days to do whatever you'd like. You can swim, go diving, take a local pirogue boat to explore the fishing village, or visit the baobab forest. The hotel staff can suggest activities and help you arrange whatever interests you.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Optional Activities
- Swimming
- Diving
- Ride in local pirogues
- Visit to fishing village
- Visit to baobab forest
Landmarks/POIs Baobab Forest - Day 11
Ifaty to Antananarivo
After breakfast, you'll get a ride to Tulear Airport for your flight to Antananarivo. Once you land at the capital, you'll be picked up and taken to your hotel. You'll have lunch at the restaurant, and if you want you can check out the craft market to look at local handmade items. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Optional Activities
- Visit to craft market for Malagasy handicrafts
- Day 12
Antananarivo Departure
After breakfast you'll drive on RN3 to see the Royal Palace in Ambohimanga Rova. Along the way you'll stop at Padre Pio Charity House, which works with autistic children and young people. If your flight allows, you might visit the dam market for handicrafts. The team will have a free dinner before you check out and head to the airport for your flight.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner (Free dinner and meeting with tour team)
Included Activities
- Visit to Royal Palace in Ambohimanga Rova
- Visit to Padre Pio Charity House
Optional Activities
- Visit to dam market for Malagasy handicrafts (depending on flight schedule)
Landmarks/POIs Royal Palace in Ambohimanga Rova
