Day 01: Departure Tana – Antsirabe
Morning Departure from Antananarivo, Have a meet and greet with our representative, your first turns of the wheel make you discover a colourful universe of rice fields and villages characteristic of the Highlands. You can take a break at Ambatolampy to discover the rather astonishing work of the manufacturers of aluminium casserole dishes.
You may give the windshield a little clean before heading back to Antsirabe. On site, another means of transport is available to you: the tuc tuc, the time for a short visit of the city in the manner of the Antsirabeans.
Meals Included: None
Day 02: Antsirabe –Ambositra –Fianarantsoa
After early breakfast, A turn of the key and you are back on the road on the RN7, to the south.
The small town of Ambositra offers you the opportunity to take a break and stretch your legs by going antiquing in the shops of the Zafimaniry sculptors, renowned for their marquetry work. Do not forget to taste the local specialties in one of the many small restaurants on site.
Now, the road is more and more sinuous between mountains and valleys because we are close to the highest peaks of the Big Island. You arrive in Fianarantsoa and you are now in Betsileo country, the ethnic group occupying the southern part of the Malagasy Highlands.
Meals Included: None
Day 03: Fianarantsoa –Anja –Ranohira
After early breakfast, it’s time to leave for the South. You soon leave the Highlands behind. A stop at Ambalavao allows you to visit the artisanal factory of Antemoro paper, this paper made from the bark of the Avoha mulberry tree is still made according to a secular process dating from the 15th century.
About 30 km further south, you arrive at the small village reserve of Anja. The Ring-tailed Lemur hides in its forest nestled at the foot of the granite blocks!
After a short excursion and a lunch in the small local restaurant, you are now driving on the largest plateau in Madagascar, the Horombe, made up of a beautiful herbaceous steppe punctuated by giant termite mounds. Ranohira, your base, is at the foot of the ruiniform massif of Isalo, at the entrance to the National Park.
Meals Included: None
Day 04: Visit National Park Isalo
After breakfast, Accompanied by a park guide, you set off quietly with a small bag on your shoulder on a hike through astonishing landscapes made up of canyons, pools and rocks with magical erosions. Your day of walking in this spectacular setting begins in the morning with a visit to the Natural Pool lost in the middle of this immensity of rocks, it continues with a picnic near the Nymphs waterfall where lemurs live and ends with the discovery of the Black and Blue Pools.
NB: the pace and duration of the walk depend on you (minimum 2 hours). Your guide will advise you. Overnight at the same hotel.
Meals Included: None
Day 05: Ranohira –Tuléar –Ifaty
After breakfast, you leave the Isalo region to drive towards the coast and Tuléar on the banks of the Mozambique Channel. The road unrolls its ribbon of tar for 245 km and the vegetation of the South gradually takes its place in the landscape: baobabs, aloes, and euphorbiaceous. You will undoubtedly come across impressive herds of zebus and make stops at the Mahafaly tombs, surprisingly decorated and erected with wooden sculptures. , you will make a small visit of the city before taking the sandy track which runs along the beach and the mangrove towards Ifaty and your hotel, you start to enjoy your stay with your feet in the water or almost.
Meals Included: None
Day 06: Free day Ifaty Tuléar
This free day on the banks of the Mozambique Channel will allow you to taste the various activities offered by your hotel. For those who would like to enjoy the sea and the lagoon: diving, canoe trip with the Vezo fishermen, swimming or just lazing around. Hiking enthusiasts can explore the mangroves or discover, inland, a specific and singular vegetation made up of euphorbia, baobabs and aloes as well as a wide variety of spices: vanilla, cinnamon, pepper, cloves.
Day 07: Departure
After breakfast, departure for the airport Transfer. A trip has come to end. May the trip always be a sweet memory to you, Have a happy and safe Journey?
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