After breakfast, transfer to Antananarivo Ivato airport for your flight to Diego Suarez, the capital of the north with its cosmopolitan flair. On arrival, meet your driver and drive through the tree-lined streets to your hotel in the city center.
In the afternoon, city tour of the capital of the Antakarana tribe, a city known for the beauty of its bay, which is the second largest bay in the world after Rio de Janeiro and a member of the Association of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World. The tour is conducted in an old French Renault 4. You will have a sensational time discovering the colonial city with its columned houses and views of the Sugar Loaf Mountain.
Day 3:
After breakfast, you will go on a day trip to the bays of Diego Suarez with a picnic lunch.
Drive to Ramena through the French mountains with remnants of its military history. Stop to take photos of the endemic baobab "Adansoniasuareziensis" and other xerophytic plants. Take an off-road vehicle to discover the white desert sands bordered by filaos vegetation.
Sakalava Bay is known for water sports such as kitesurfing.
You reach the hotel in the afternoon.
Highlight of the stage
Antsiranana
The French colonial town of Antsiranana is home to the...
After breakfast at the hotel, drive southwest to Joffre Ville to discover Amber Mountain National Park, the oldest park in Madagascar and the main source of water in the area.
This volcanic mountain range is located around 30 km from Diego and stretches from 850 to 1,474 m above sea level. Covered by dense rainforest, it hides several small crater lakes hidden by lush vegetation. This place is very rich in fauna and flora and visitors will find several attractions: a wide variety of reptiles, endemic plants, botanical trails, numerous spectacular waterfalls and crater lakes.
After breakfast and check-out, drive south to Ankarana with a detour to Irodo to visit the Red Tsingy, a spectacular landscape of red color and green vegetation on the edge of the mountain.
Arrive in Mahamasina, the eastern entrance to the Ankarana Reserve. Discover the amazing Tsingy limestone karst pinnacles and learn more about their geological formation. Possibility to observe lemurs, birds and various reptile species. The massif is criss-crossed by numerous caves and gorges.
Highlight of the stage
Ankarana Reserve
Ankarana consists of an island of limestone landscape...
After breakfast, drive into the park. A guided hike through the dry deciduous forest takes you to a viewpoint from where you can enjoy a magnificent view of the Tsingy Mountains. Today's "WOW" factor is your time on the suspension bridge.
In the afternoon, continue by car to Ankify, driving through dramatic landscapes: rice fields, Raffia and Ravinala forest (traveler's trees), coffee trees, cocoa and Ylangylang plantations.
Highlight of the stage
Ankify Peninsula
With lush wilderness surrounded by ivory-colored sandy beaches,...
After breakfast, take a 45-minute speedboat ride to Nosy.
Arrival at Nosy Be's Hell Ville harbor, then transfer by car to your hotel. The picturesque road is bordered by endemia trees, mango trees or sugar cane plantations and leads through the village of Dzamandzar, one of the largest villages in Nosy Be.
After a 30-minute transfer, you will reach your hotel near Bemoko village in the northwest of the island.
Day 8:
Day trip to the Nosy Komba and Nosy Tanikely islands including lunch
Nosy Komba, a mountainous little island between Nosy Be and the mainland, is the most visited island because of its semi-tamed lemurs, which are even willing to eat bananas from the visitor's hand. Visit the fishing village and its handicraft market, famous for its embroidery.
Nosy Tanikely, the smaller neighboring island of Nosy Komba, is a national marine reserve that has been protected for centuries. The surrounding waters are a paradise for snorkelers and divers, where even amateurs can admire a colorful view of coral reefs and fish.
Day 9:
Day at leisure.
Optional visit to the island by car to discover Mont Passot, the highest viewpoint and Andilana Beach, the most beautiful beach on the island.
Highlight of the stage
Nosy Be
Nosy Be's is Madagascar's largest and most popular ...
Today, a full-day visit to Antananarivo is on the program.
After breakfast, departure for a city tour with a visit to the Ambohimanga Royal Palace.
Antananarivo, "the city of a thousand", is known for its upper or old town (Haute Ville).
The visit includes the old town, Independence Avenue, the main train station, the 15-storey Carlton Hotel, the modern government and radio buildings, the flower market and Lake Anosy, which is particularly beautiful in October thanks to the jacaranda trees and its purple flowers.
Then drive to Ambohimanga, the sacred blue hill, the cradle of the Merina monarchy and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ambohimanga is an important historical site of the Madagascans and was forbidden to Europeans for a long time. It is the home of Andrianampoinimerina, who was the first king to attempt to unite the different kingdoms into one country.
Transfer to the airport in time for your flight home.
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