- Duration: 12 Days (approx.)
- Location: Tamatave
- Product code: roughMGnorth
Really Rough Remote Madagascar Tour Northbound: Tamatave to Maroantsetra/Masoala by Off-Road Car
(Note: This tour is NOT comfortable, and is not a mainstream route or destination. Tourists do not go here. It is for serious explorers or anybody who wants to get WAY off the beaten path. There aren't opportunities for sightseeing or comfort, for special diets or luxuries, or for tourist cultural experiences. The whole trip and the transit IS the experience, and is rough, and very tiring.)
DAY 1 : TOAMASINA-SOANIERAN’IVONGO
Leaving Toamasina in afternoon
Dinner and overnight at hotel le Fumet or similar
DAY 2: SOANIERAN’IVONGO-MANOMPANA
Taking the first ferry soon in the morning
Dinner and overnight at hotel Engrenage or similar
DAY 2 : MANOMPANA – ANTANAMBE
After the breakfast, visit a reserve Ambodiriana ( 240 ha, you can find Avahi larriger, Aye Aye, Eulemur rubriventer, Indri, Indri, uroplatus fimbrietus, orchids…)
Dinner and overnight at hotel Chez Grondin
DAY 3: ANTANAMBE-MANANARA
Antanambe is famous by his white sand, we can swim
After the breakfast, continuation to Mananara
Dinner and overnight at hotel Chez Roger
DAY 4: MANANARA
Visit the private small island for birdwatching
And visit Reserve Biosphère
Dinner and overnight at hotel Chez Roger
DAY 6: MANANARA- MAROANTSETRA ( 102 km)
Continuation by off road car
Dinner and overnight at hotel Hyppocampe or similar
DAY 7: MAROANTSETRA
Visit the City, its is famous by his handicraft
Dinner and overnight at hotel Hyppocampe
DAY 8: MAROANTSETRA- MASOALA
After breakfast, transfer by boat to Nosy MANGABE before going to Masoala
Dinner and overnight at hotel
DAY 9: -MASOALA
this park ( 235 000 ha) is the biggest in Madagascar where you can find 11 species of lemurs, 60 species of reptiles, 40 species of amphibiens, 4 species of marines turtles, 102 species of birds
Dinner and overnight at hotel Tampolodge
DAY 10: MASOALA
Visit Park Masoala
Dinner and overnight at hotel Tampolodge
DAY 11: MASOALA -MAROANTSETRA
Return by boat
Dinner and overnight at hotel Tampolodge
DAY 12: MAROANTSETRA-TANANARIVE
Return by plane
END OF SERVICES
INCLUDES:
1 Bungalow accommodation for 1 night at hotel LE Fumet
Tourist taxes
1 Bungalow accommodation for 1 night at hotel WEN KI
1 Bungalow accommodation for 1 night at hotel Chez Grondin
1 Bungalow accommodation for 2 nights at hotel YO YO BEACH
1 Bungalow accommodation for 3 nights at hotel Hippocampe
1 Bungalow accommodation for 3 nights at hotel Tampololodge
car
fuel
guide
additional local guide in some areas/parks
Entrance in Ambodiriana Reserve
Entrance in Biosphère Reserve
Entrance in Masoala Park
Transfer boat Maroantsetra- Masoala : come and back
DOES NOT INCLUDE :
Most meals (this is cheap)
Drinks
Tips
Extras
Tickets for flight from Maroantsetra - Tana
“We only had 11 days for our tour in November 2013, and a varied program fully satisfies us (Tana-Ifaty with Manakara train). All activities were well organized. We enjoyed our Désiré driver. The hotels were both simple, but always correct; especially that of Isalo with beautiful swimming pool, with a very good guide for the Jerome Park. We were 5 people in the minibus, so the seats unoccupied areas, which was nice for these long distances.”
- Brigitte Chevalier (Suisse)
