SOUTHERNMOST EXPEDITION

Arrival at the international airport of Antananarivo, visa formalities, reception by IndigoBe's Spanish-speaking guide and private transfer to the hotel. Delivery of information material and briefing of the next stage.

• AU BOIS VERT LODGE 4*.

Breakfast and departure to Andasibe National Park. Lunch in the city of Moramanga, crossroads between several secondary roads and with important confluence of ethnic groups from the east of the island: bezanozano and betsimisaraka mainly where we will visit its lively popular market. Continuation to Andasibe National Park. Installation at the Lodge.

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  • RELAIS DE MANTADIA 3*.
  • VAKONA FOREST LODGE 3*.
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  • Breakfast

Breakfast and early departure to Analamazaotra National Park (within the Andasibe National Park) where we will make a walking tour of ± 4 hours to observe the largest lemur of the island, the famous Indri-Indri as well as the propithecus diadema and hapalemur griseus. After lunch walk through the small village of Andasibe where we will meet the Betsimisaraka ethnic group. At the scheduled time, nocturnal visit to the Private Reserve of VOIMMA or VAKONA, where we will appreciate various species of endemic and nocturnal fauna.

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  • RELAIS DE MANTADIA 3*.
  • VAKONA FOREST LODGE 3*.
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  • Breakfast

Very early breakfast and continuation to the Malagasy "Highlands" between a landscape of terraced rice paddies, along the famous RN7 road. Free lunch in the city of Foie-gras, Behenjy, where we can taste various varieties of this exquisite delicacy. Continuation to Ambatolampy, to see the curious handmade manufacture of aluminum pots. In the afternoon, arrival in the colonial city of Antsirabe and installation at the hotel.

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  • ROYAL PALACE 3*.
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Breakfast and departure to the extensive valleys of the Vakinankaratra region, one of the most fertile on the island considered the "garden" of Madagascar. From the village of Manandona we will walk for about an hour through a landscape of rice fields to learn about the agricultural culture and the daily chores of its inhabitants: we can share their daily chores, visit a traditional house, pry about their "fady" and perhaps, if the magic works, enjoy an impromptu musical play. Along the way we will observe the summit of Mount Ibity, the third highest mountain on the island with 2,345m, a waterfall and a natural pool where we can take a bath (in our austral summer). Return to our vehicles that will take us back to Antsirabe. After lunch tour in Pousse-Pousse (similar to Indian rickshaws) or on foot to tour the historic center of the city. Visit the Atsena Kely (small market), the Cathedral of Notre Dame de la Salette, Train Station, Ethnic Monument, as well as the countless buildings of the French colonial era such as the decadent Hotel des Thermes.

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  • ROYAL PALACE 3*.
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  • Breakfast

Breakfast and departure to the capital of Malagasy crafts, Ambositra. Visit to the marquetry and silk workshops to observe the handicraft work of the Zafimaniry ethnic group. In the afternoon, arrival at Ranomafana National Park and installation at the hotel.

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  • CENTREST HOTEL 3*
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Early breakfast and walking tour of the Ranomafana National Park, which belongs to the "Atsinanana Rainforest" and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We will hike for ± 4 hours in search of lemurs such as the propithecus Edwardsi, the Hapalemur Griseus Ranomafanensis, the Eulemur Rubriventer and with a little luck the Varecia Variegata, crossing a rainforest full of huge tree ferns, orchids, pandanus, giant bamboo (cathariostachys, endemic to Madagascar). After lunch panoramic view of the waterfall over the Namorona River. Continuation to the rural village of Sahambavy where we will walk through the famous tea plantations, unique on the island. We will learn first-hand about the elaboration process and taste the different varieties of tea that are produced. Installation in the hotel next to the plantation and over the Sahambavy lake.

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  • LAC HOTEL 3*
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  • Breakfast

Breakfast and departure to Ranohira. Walk through the "old city" of Fianarantsoa and panoramic view of the city from the "Haute Ville". Continuation to the village of Ambalavao, where we will visit the Antemoro paper factory and the Anjà Natural Reserve, where we will see lemurs of the maki catta species with ease, as well as chameleons and betsileo-Sur tombs (Hiking ± 01h30). Lunch and continuation to Isalo National Park. In this stage, we finish our journey through the highlands and begin our descent through the Malagasy savannah, desert landscapes, and towns grown in the middle of nowhere.

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  • RELAIS DE LA REINE 4*.
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  • Breakfast
  • Dinner

Breakfast and visit to Isalo National Park (easy-medium level). Visit the waterfall of the Nymphs, blue pool and black pool in the famous Namaza Canyon and the spectacular sunset from the "window of the Isalo". This national park is one of the most famous in the country and has a variety of landscapes that make it a unique enclave. The most visited park on the island has deep canyons where water flows in the form of streams, Bara tombs, caves where the Portuguese and Arabs used to hide... this park is a living testimony of the history of Madagascar. Isalo is a real natural zoo where there are several species of lemurs such as the Eulemur Fulvus, Rufus, Eulemur Rufifrons, Propithecus Verreauxi Verreauxi among others, as well as the endemic palm of Isalo, Bismarkia nobilis, aloes, pachypodiums... Return to the lodge.

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  • RELAIS DE LA REINE 4*.
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  • Breakfast
  • Dinner

Early breakfast and drive south observing on the way the famous Mahafaly tombs - stone tombs with carved funerary steles or with paintings of animals, couples, scenes of daily life ... They are almost always covered with skulls and horns of zebu - and photographing the first baobabs of southern Madagascar. After lunch (free) at the Auberge de la Table, we will be able to observe the original Monument to the Tropic of Capricorn, work of the Belgian artist living in Tulear, Bruno Decorte, since we will be in the exact place where it crosses the imaginary curved line of the Tropic of Capricorn, where we will be given a diploma certifying our passage through one of the great parallels of the planet.

Continuation to the Reniala Reserve for a walking tour of ±1h of duration in its beautiful baobab forest, in every corner of the Reniala Reserve, nature unfolds at its best, offering a visual and emotional spectacle that is impossible to forget. Installation at the hotel in the Ifaty area.

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  • LA MIRA DE MADIORANO 3*
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  • Breakfast