6 to 7 DAYS TRIP

>Circuit: Canoe trip, 2 or 3 nights campimg, brown lemurs, sifakas, waterfall, Baobab trees
-Itineraries: Tana-Antsirabe-miandrivazo-Tsiribihina river-Morondava

Day 1
Tana-Antsirabe: 175 kms distance
-Drive from Tana to Antsirabe, see handcraft market on the way, beautiful landscape of the Merina tribe area, the everyday life of the Merina people.
-Visit of Antsirabe: the hot spring city with its rickshaws, semiprecious stones, lakes…
Overnight in a hotel

>Hotel: INCLUDED

Mid range:
Hasina Hotel: Nice rooms
Le Retrait Hotel: Nice and quiet rooms

Luxury:
Villa Camellia: Beautiful private hotel with restaurant ( I personally suggest )
Arotel: centrally located
Hotel des Thermes: Nice Hotel and beautiful garden ( The first Hotel built in Antsirabe )

Day 2
Antsirabe-Miandrivazo: 220 kms distance
-Drive from Antsirabe to Mandrivazo
NB: Miandrivazo is the Sakalava people’s village where starts the canoe trip
Picnic lunch between the 2 cities, beautiful landscape on the way
Overnight in a hotel

-Hotel: INCLUDED

>Mid range:
Lakana Hotel ( Bungalow; restaurant with nice view on the river )
Rasalimo hotel ( Bungalow with restaurant )
Baobab Hotel ( restaurant; rooms )

Day 3
- First day on the river:
Sakalava tribe’s way of life, beautiful scenery and landscape, birding, chameleons
Lunch on the river bank
Get to the gorge of the Tsiribihina for camping:

- CAMPING:
On the river bank, beautiful sunset, stars or moonlight

Day 4
Always on the river:
Exploring the gorge of the Bemaraha area
-Lemurs watching, shower and swim at the waterfall, lunch
-Paddling from the waterfall to the second camping site, in between: walk to visit a Sakalava traditional village.
-Camping:
Always on the river bank: beautiful sunset, stars or moonlight

Day 5
Third and last day on the river: see crocodiles, bats, lemurs and sifakas, baobab trees
Pass across the second gorge, see flying foxes ( bats ) and other bird species, crocodiles if lucky then lunch under some trees.
- Walk in the forest to see lemurs and sifakas
-Finish the river trip once out of the second gorge

-Last night camping
NB: Another possibility is to take a zebu cart, walk through remote villages then spend the third night in a basic bungalow where cold drinks are served under a baobab tree.

Day 6
Drive from the river bank or the bungalow to Morondava.
- Visit different baobab species on the way
- Lunch in a local restaurant
- Spend the sunset at the famous and unique Baobab Avenue for unforgettable moment to make pictures.
- Drive to the hotel in Morondava and spend one night there.

>Hotel: INCLUDED

Mid range:
Trecicogne - Morondava Beach

Luxury:
Baobab Café – Chez Maggie Hotel

Day 7
-Transfer to the Airport then fly to Tulear or to Tana.

PRICE

HOTEL	2 people	Single	2 people and more
Mid range	660 Euros	545 Euros	545 people+245 Euros/additional person
Luxury	690 Euros	590 euros	590 Euros+280 Euros/additional person

Including:
- Transfer from the Airport to the Hotel and from the Hotel to the Airport
- Car and fuel with the driver from Tana to Miandrivazo ( the river )
- The dug out canoe for 3 days
- The guide-cook ( me ) during the whole trip.
- The boatman for 3 days
- 3 nights hotel 1 night in Antsirabe+1 night in Miandrivazo+1 night in Morondava
- The food and mineral water: Full board during the 3 days trip on the river
- 4WD from the river bank to Morondava.

Excluding:
- Your food and drinks in Antsirabe, in Miandrivazo and from the river bank to Morondava.
- Tips

1. It is possible to drive straight from Tana to Miandrivazo if you have less time.

2. It is possible to go down the river with only 2 nights camping and get to Morondava on the 3rd day.

3. The best way to leave Morondava is to fly with Air Madagascar.

4. Young and fit people instead of flying, can take a taxi brousse back to Tana or Antsirabe to save money; check: Taxi brousse.

5. If don’t have anytime to go to the beach, Morondava offers an opportunity to stay on the beach which is on the North of the city.

Also you can visit a fisher’s village of the Vezo people and know more about this nomad people who work on the sea, camp on small Islands and only go to Morondava to sell sea food. 

NB: Taxi Brousse is the public mean of transport which connects the provinces to Tana
(the center).

 

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Sincerely,
ANDRY

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