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Itinerary

Day 1: Antananarivo - Antsirabe

Stop At: Gare d’Antsirabe, Antsirabe, Antananarivo Province
Breakfast offered at Karibotel in avenue of independance from 7:30 a.m. Check-in and departure at 9:00 a.m. Drive along the national road number seven or RN7. For this first day, you can see typical village and landscape of former Imerina Kingdom : houses are made of red bricks and strow, tombs are in cement and next to the village, rice field not far from their home. They believe that spirit of their friends who are passed-away are guiding them through everyday life. In some season, you may see the famadihana which is the fact of returning and wrapping the human bones before moving it to drier place. Arrival to Antsirabe in afternoon : short ride by rickshaw pulled by man from hotel to the avenue of independance. Night at the hotel Camelia
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Camelia

Day 2: Antsirabe - Ranomafana

Pass By: Carved balconies, Ambositra, Fianarantsoa Province
Discover more about Madagascar talent and creation : visit of the craftman’s home where they make handicraft from horn of zebu and small bikes from recycled object. At Ambositra, 100km from Antsirabe, they are specializing to work of wood: woodcarving, marqueterie, and furniture. The marquetery is the most amazing work and the craftman will show you how they make small object with different slice of wood. Continuation to Ranomafana. Short walk to the thermal spring where people swim into the public swimming pool while others have a massage aside to cure themselves. Check in to the hotel. Nightwalk at the national park to see mouselemurs, frogs, and chameleons. Night at the hotel Grenat

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Grenat

Day 3: Ranomafana – Fianarantsoa

Stop At: Ranomafana National Park, Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa Province
Visit of Ranomafana National park for 04 hours along the talatakely circuit that has become the aureus circuit from 2018. As a part of Atsinanana Rainforest, this park shelters different species of animals : various species of lemurs including bamboo lemurs and sifaka, birds of all kind, reptiles and geckos.
Departure to Fianarantsoa, the second city buit in the model of Antananarivo with up and low land. Tour of the old city in up-land on foot with local guide. Night at the Hotel Cotsoyanis

Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Cotsoyanis

Day 4: Fianarantsoa - ANJA – Ranohira

Stop At: Anja Reserve, Ambalavao, Fianarantsoa Province
Drive about one hour to Ambalavao know as the market of zebu every Wednesday. Visit of craftman’s home to see how they make a silk in Madagascar before going to the paper antaimoro. The tour continues to the market of zebu on a very red soil up on a hill full of buyers and sellers with their traditionally clothes. Remember that zebu is a symbol of richness, a labour companion on ricefield and transportation, the a gift on traditional wedding, meat for special day and traditional ceremony, the sacrifice for benediction, … Of course, it is also for handicraft and fertilizer.
After Ambalavao, the panorama changes to hilly mounts and the road is more straight and bigger. Visit of ANJA reserve for 02 hours to see ring-tailed lemurs or makilemurs. Continuation to Ranohira. Night at the Hotel Satrana Lodge
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Satrana

Day 5: Isalo

Stop At: Isalo National Park, Isalo, Toliara Province
Full day visit of Isalo national park. It starts from the natural swimming pool, and walk to NAMAZA for lunch inside the park. Continuation to the blue swiming pool, dark swimming pool and cascade of nymphe. You can stay longer in each place to swim or admire the canyon as the park is closed at 04 :00 p.m. Night at the Hotel Satrana Lodge
Duration: 7 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Satrana

Day 6: Ranohira - Toliara – Ifaty

Stop At: Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park, Sakaraha, Toliara Province
For this last day, you can see people looking for saphir at ilakaka and Manombo. Visit of Zombitse national park for one hour looking for the dancing sifaka in their natural habitat. You may see other animals like boa, chameleons and birds during your visit of this last section of forest. As you are already on the west part of Madagascar, you can see baobab trees from there to Toliara. Visit of spiny forest at the baobab forest Reniala. After, the visit you take zebu pulled wagon to join the car. Our team will take you to the hotel of your choice – not included – before coming back to Toliara.
Remind that they – driver and guide - will leave Toliara to Antananarivo next day and it takes two days drive with nightover at Fianarantsoa. You can think about that option if you prefer to drive back to Antananarivo instead of taking the internal flight. Contact us for availability and price.

Duration: 5 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.