Duration
4 days
Max Group Size
30
Tour Code
MOTHER OF FOREST
Tour Type
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Departure Type
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Age Requirement
0 - 99 Ages
Guiding Method
Fully guided
Operated In
Physical level
easy
Madagascar
12:50
Madagascar
23:59
Activities
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Characteristic of the Menabe protected area, Grandidier’s baobab is the largest of Madagascar’s six endemic baobab species. The avenue of baobabs is now a world heritage.
Highlights
- Differents types of baobabs
Itinerary
D1. - Arrival in Tana
Upon arrival, meet our airport representative and transfer to your hotel, nearby the airport.
Enjoy a walking tour with the guide to the old part of Tana capital city. After the city tour, get somewhere for dinner or go back to your hotel. (Overnight at Au Bois Vert into Bed and Breakfast).
D2. - Tana – Morondava –Kirindy (domestic flight)
Early morning transfers to the airport. You will be picked up at 4:15AM for your internal flight with Tsaradia (TZ 702 Antananarivo – TNR 06:30 Morondava – MOQ 07:35).
Upon arrival, meet your guide, allocated for this part of the trip. Transfer directly to kirindy forest (2:30hours by car 4x4), on the way stop at Ankiba lodge to visit “baobab amoureux”. Walk in the forest for the baobabs in love as well as the different species of lemurs and birds. By the afternoon (5 PM), get ready for the walk-night excursion to the reserve.
(Overnight at Relais du Kirindy hotel into Bed and Breakfast)
D3. - Kirindy - Morondava (dirt road – 62km – around 2h30 drive)
Leave the hotel by 6AM for your daily visit in Kirindy reserve. After four hours walk in the forest drive back to your hotel for lunch and check out the hotel.
Kirindy is a privately managed forest in one of Madagascar's most threatened ecosystems: its dry deciduous forests. It it famous for the giant jumping rat, but is also home to seven species of lemur and a number of endemic reptiles. The flora is equally unusual -- a number of unique species are found at Kirindy.
Around 2p.m, drive to the alley of baobabs. This unforgettable travel day because today you will admire the beauty of these giant trees with the sundown. We will wait until 6:30 in the evening to see and take a sublime picture the different colors of the sky with the baobabs.
Back to the hotel in Morondava around 7pm. (Overnight at Vezo Beach into Bed and Breakfast)
D4. – Morondava – Antananarivo (domestic flight)
Leave the hotel by morning. Transfer to the airport for your domestic flight to Antananarivo.
Upon arrival at Antananarivo, meet and city tour for a souvenir after than transfer to the airport and flight back home.
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Trip includes
Included
ü Accommodation in Bed and Breakfast
ü The meals such as indicated to the program
ü All the transfers
ü A 4x4 car or a BUS with driver and fuel
ü A large bottle of water per person
ü English-speaking guide
ü All visits and excursions mentioned in the program
Excluded
Accommodation in Bed and Breakfast (B,)
Benefit from the “Coup de coeur” rate from Antananarivo to Morondava.
Cheapest flight to Morondava from Antananarivo. (rate with 20kg of checked baggage, without possibility of modification or refund). Limited offer depending on the number of places available. Three times a week (Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday). Economic class.
Company airlines: Madagascar airlines . https://madagascarairlines.com/
English speaking guide, German speaking guide and french speaking
American or continental Breakfast
at your charge
Plane, car 4x4
The international flight and domestic flight
The meals not indicated to the program
Optional activities
Tips and drinks
Your insurances
The price of the visa: +/-35 €/person
Activity offer by hotel
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