RN3 A: Zahamena Trek

• Flight to Antananarivo (TNR).
• Welcome and transfer to the hotel
• Dinner and overnight stay at Hotel.

Breakfast at Hotel

Mantasoa, whose name means “which is pleasant even when flooded”, is located 70 km northeast of Antananarivo. The three main attractions of this city are the artificial lake of Mantasoa, the industrial city built by Jean Laborde and his tomb: Soamandrakizay.

An excursion in the village will make you discover the villa of Jean Laborde, converted into a small museum. Close to the village, Laborde’s tomb, the largest in the region’s cemetery.

Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

A vehicle connection allows you to reach andasibe.

A long journey with beautiful landscapes, stop on the road for lunch, arrival at Andasibe transfer to the hotel. If possible night visit in the national park of Andasibe.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

You will begin with a very early morning breakfast. Direction : visit Andasibe-Mantadia National Park.

You will change into your walking shoes for a guided walking tour around the forest to visit the Indri Lemurs and enjoy the flora and fauna. The particularity of Andasibe is first of all the morning song of the Indri Indri, the largest of the lemurs: it offers a gentle awakening and arouses curiosity. It is an unmissable place in the region and deserves a closer look. About eleven species of lemurs live there alongside varieties of birds such as parrots and falcons. In addition, the flora is exquisitely beautiful thanks to the presence of majestic orchids.

After this visit on the way to the hotel for a good dinner and a sweet night.

Breakfast at the hotel.

On this fifth day, on the way to ambatondrazaka a journey of 187 km you will admire the landscape

The city of Ambatondrazaka is located in the Lake Alaotra region, in the northeast of the island. Small hills surround a vast rice-growing plain. Lunch break on the road.

We are not going to stay in ambatondrazaka but we are going to do the shopping for our trekking and our camping for 3 days in zahamena. Direction to the hotel for one night and a good dinner.

Zahamena National Park is the least visited National Park where you will see the real wildlife of Madagascar. Through this site you will able to capture the true beauty of this wonderful biome and ecosystem. You will learn about the different kinds of animals and factors in the Zahamena National Park, along with the plants. Zahamena is a beautiful national park and it is full of adventure. It is home to many unique species of animals, especially lemurs, that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Zahamena in Madagascar is such a beautiful place, and it is definitely worth a visit if you are looking for an amazing time full of fun!

TREK 1

Campsite dinner

Trekking in the forest

Night under tent.

TREK 2

Waterfall visit

Campsite dinner

Night under tent.

TREK 3

Campsite dinner

Trekking in the forest

Night under tent.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Departure for other adventures, let’s take the national road rn 44 towards rn3a for Andilamena. You will admire the landscape, the vast rice fields along your journey. Lunch on the way.

Overnight and dinner at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfert to the national park Marotandrano.

Special Reserve, dense evergreen forest, habitat of Babakoto and Varecia Variegata variageta, remarkable presence of Dalbergia monticola, syzugium emirnenca, canarium madagascariensis, rheedia aphanophladia. If possible night visit at this park.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.

The Marotandrano Special Reserve is a protected natural area in the north of Madagascar, on the border of the regions of Sofia and Alaotra Mangoro.

There are twelve species of lemurs, 104 species of birds (including 56 endemic), 19 species of amphibians and 16 species of reptiles. In addition, 11 species of insectivores and rodents have been identified in the reserve, 10 of which are endemic.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Early in the morning, we begin by a breakfast and start hiking.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Direction for mandritsara a distance of 42km. Transfer to hotel for lunch , free time arriving at mandritsara, you can visit the city as a tourist or more locally.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at Hotel

A new road on this day, direction antsohihy ;

lunch on the way. Long stage where several stops will be necessary to stretch a little. The largest and longest bridge in Madagascar spans the Sofia River 30 km from Port Bergé. Visit of this city famous for its chrome mines.

Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Breakfast at hotel.

Direction: the village of Mahamasina, nestled at the entrance to the Ankarana National Park. The journey therefore continues on the RN6, the road that leads to the northern tip of the Big Island.A section of track is a little difficult but the journey offers you a surprising scenery. Arrival at the end of the afternoon, installation at the hotel.

Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Beakfast at hotel.

Hike to enter the roof of the famous Tsingy (formation of sharp limestone peaks) which dominate the superb park. Visit of the caves with crystalline concretions… Free picnic lunch on site and return to the hotel towards the end of the afternoon.

The discovery of Ankarana National Park requires physical endurance. In the evening, the return to the gîte will be all the more appreciated.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at hotel.

Destination the second largest bay in the world where the picturesque fishing village of Ramena is located, 20km from Diègo Suarez. Once again, you will take the national road 6 (RN6) for a 6-hour drive to pass through Nosy Lonjo, “le pain de sucre”.

Your tourist guide will tell you the story of the famous “le pain de sucre ‘’” Sugar Loaf” or “Nosy Lonjo”, symbol of the city of Diégo Suarez, as soon as you see it.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at hotel.

The day is placed under the sign of relaxation and idleness. It begins with the presentation of the crew for a canoe trip on the Emerald Sea, a huge lagoon with colors sometimes turquoise blue sometimes emerald green with heavenly beaches.

Other relaxation activities are on the program: it is indeed possible on the emerald sea to go kite surfing.

When day falls on the beach, it will then be time to find Ramena. You will stay overnight at the same hotel. Dinner at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel

It is another variety of tsingy that we invite you to discover on this 8th day of your trip to Madagascar, a dream island. During your transfer to the Tsingy Rouge private park, you will already have a taste of the great adventure you are about to experience.

These tsingy prove to be fragile but you will have the opportunity to contemplate them, in particular the big and the small red tsingy, as well as the Canyon. Their ocher silhouettes rising in front of you majestic and austere, give the red tsingy the vision of an exceptional landscape, of an unreal world.

Then head to Anivorano where the main attraction is the Sacred Lake populated by crocodiles. Legend has it that a traveler passing by asked the inhabitants of the village for water, who refused to give it to him. He then cursed the village which turned into a lake while the inhabitants were reincarnated as crocodiles

Then return to the city of Diègo Suarez for one night and dinner at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel

In the program : Amber Mountain National Park.

Walk in primary forest to discover waterfalls, lakes, tree ferns, orchids, lemurs, chameleons…

Seven species of lemurs out of the 70 species in Madagascar, rub shoulders there. Five species like the day and are therefore diurnal and two species prefer the night. Randomly on the walk, you will meet birds – there are more than 75 species – and reptiles including the smallest chameleon in the world, the Tuberculous Brookesia.

Then visit the town of Joffreville.

At the end of the afternoon, you will return to Diègo Suarez and you will spend the night in the same hotel. Dinne at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel

On the program for this day, your transfer to DIEGO SUAREZ airport where you will fly to Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, the main departure point for international flights.

Our guide driver will welcome you at Ivato international airport, and will accompany you to the hotel where you will be installed.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel.