AMBASSADOR Indigo Be: José Antonio Masiá

Since I was very young my passion has been the mountains, nature and traveling. All this led me to propose a life project where these activities would allow me to live. From all this Trekking and Adventure was born. This atypical year we have completed 40 years of activity, a lifetime that has allowed me to visit almost a hundred countries, walk through all the mountain massifs of the world and climb dozens of mountains. But above all, today I can boast of having hundreds of friends on all continents, people with whom I work and exchange trust and appreciation. Little more can be asked of a life.

 

Why Madagascar?
Because it hides things you can’t find elsewhere.

Why Indigo Be?
I was lucky enough to meet them working in another country and spend a lot of time with them. Serious, brave and enterprising people that you can always trust.

What is your favorite area of the island?
I still have a lot to learn

Are you a lover of ….?
Travel, mountains andnature.

A smell?
The one of the spices

A taste?
Cinnamon

A peculiar celebration you have attended?
Famadihana (return of the dead)

Your favorite restaurant?
Le Rossini in Antananarivo and Mad Zebu in Belo Sur Tsiribihina.

A hotel that stands out?
Isalo Rock Lodge, in Isalo National Park.

A curiosity of the island?
Lemurs

A beautiful word in Malagasy?
Masoandro (sun)

The best-kept secret?
Your fauna

Your favorite Malagasy dish?
Cebu and foie fillet

Beach or national park?
National Park

A word or phrase that defines Madagascar?
Endemism

A book?
Journey to the ends of the earth by Robert Kaplan

A movie?
Mogambo

Other destinations that have seduced you?
The Algerian Sahara, Sudan, India, Pakistan, the Himalayas, Bolivia, Patagonia, Antarctica and the Arctic, Myanmar, Chad,…

A travel tip for Madagascar?
Travel out of season, at leisure, in a small group. Remember that it is Africa and everything has its rhythm and times.

 

If you wish to know the routes to Madagascar offered by Trekking and Adventure Travel click here.

Discover our selection of circuits

THE ISLAND CONTINENT
THE ISLAND CONTINENT
BEST SELLER MADAGASCAR
South + North + Highlands + Nosy Be
Group trips . Comfort . Wildlife .
14 days
2.995
REMOTE RIVER EXPEDITION
REMOTE RIVER EXPEDITION
EMBLEMATIC MADAGASCAR
East + West
Group travel flights included . Adventure . Wildlife .
BAOBAB EXPEDITION
BAOBAB EXPEDITION
EMBLEMATIC MADAGASCAR
South + East + West + Highlands
Group travel flights included . Adventure . Wildlife .
ESSENCES OF THE SOUTH
ESSENCES OF THE SOUTH
BEST SELLER MADAGASCAR
South + East + Highlands
Group trips . Comfort . Wildlife .
12 days
2.300
Following the Green Heart
Following the Green Heart
BEST SELLER MADAGASCAR
North + East + Nosy Be
Group trips . Comfort . Wildlife .
10 days
2.222
Sylvia Pallarès

Sylvia Pallarès #indigo_team

Co-founder and Marketing Director of Indigo Be, a travel agency in Madagascar that is pure inspiration. A space that combines creativity, passion and love for things well done, based on respect, balance and collaboration between people and their environment.

Since 2007 I have been permanently settled in Antananarivo, although my journey through the island began 4 years earlier, guiding travelers eager for new experiences in a destination that was very unknown at that time.

This chaotic city has seen my 8 dogs grow up, and 5 of them continue their journey... I brag about being a dog mom.

I studied photography at the Institut d'Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya and my work was reflected in several travel magazines. Art Director of Nomads Magazine and Director of Islands of the World magazine, both now defunct. Tireless traveler, I have had the enormous privilege of visiting places that I could not even imagine in my best dreams.

I have lived and shared the immensity of the desert with the Tuareg in southern Algeria, my host country for four intense years that brought me unique experiences and magical moments.

I set foot in Africa for the first time in 1996 and since then I have never left the mother continent. More than 20 years designing experiences, conscious and responsible travel that transform both travelers and destinations, including myself.

An unconditional animal lover and passionate about photography, I am currently pursuing a Master's degree in Communication at ENEB.