| MADAGASCAR TRAIN RIDE FROM ANTANANARIVO TO ANDASIBE FOR 2 DAYS. |
| “Train ride, landscape, lemurs, guided walk, local people, villages” |
| TOUR ROUTES : ANTANANARIVO - MANJAKANDRIANA - MORAMANGA - ANDASIBE. |
| Day 1 : TRAIN RIDE FROM ANTANANARIVO TO ANDASIBE NATIONAL PARK. (5 hours by La Micheline train). |
| Pick you up from your hotel in Antananarivo and transfer you to the train station and start the train from tana at 08:00 am to andasibe national park or known as Perinet Park at 12:00 am. The ride takes about 5 hours and this is the best option to have confortable train in Madagascar after years of colonization. We call this La Micheline train as a car train since it runs as fast as a car and much confortable than the old train we have between Fianarantsoa to manakara. Unfortunately it does not run regularly but it runs every weekend from Saturday to Sunday. You can find our train schedule at Train schedule 2011. While you arrive in andasibe park at the train station, our guide will wait for you and transfer you to the hotel. After you have unpacked and rested in the bungalow style for a while. Your personal guide will take you to lemur’s island at vakona reserve to observe groups of lemurs, terencs birds, crocodiles etc ……… then back to the hotel and wait for the night walk. |
|
|
|
| Recommended accommodation : ( bed and breakfast are included ) |
|
| Day 2 : TRAIN RIDE FROM ANDASIBE NATIONAL PARK BACK TO ANTANANARIVO. |
| After the morning breakfast, you will check out from the hotel and pack your luggage in the car and then you will visit Perinet national Park with your local guide. Andasibe hosts 11 species of lemurs of which the biggest, the Indri Indri, is easily spotted because of its impressive shrieks. It cannot bear being in captivity, so it can be admired only in its natural milieu. The park also shelters several species of birds, reptiles, insects and batrachians. Return to the vehicle after visits. While your visits is done then you will be transferred to the train station and take a train from andasibe park at 02:00 pm back to Antananarivo at 06:00 pm . When you arrive in Tana, we will take you to your hotel or to the airport. |
|
|
|
| NB : "This Michelin train always starts from tana every Saturday and return from Andasibe Park every Sunday. If you want to take a car with driver from tana to Andasibe Park but return from andasibe to tana by train, this is possible and address to Mr Benjamin to set up your new plan and quote new price for you. The trip can be combining with any tour you wish. And if you just want to have this train for round trip or one way but you want to organize your visits in andasibe including your hotels, parks etc ……this is possible too and require from Benjamin your train ticket fare only. The booking should be made 10 days in advance or even more. If you are group of 6 or more and want to hire this train with your personal disposal, this is very good option and contact Benjamin to confirm your fare. " |
