South tour of Madagascar
Name of tour: Zaha
 10 days/9 nights accompanied by driver-guide
Hotels: class ** and ***
Cost: €1571 per person, based on 2 people.
The price includes:
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The Antananarivo-Ifaty tour in 4 wheel drive vehicle
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Entry fees at all places mentioned in the programme
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Half-board lodging throughout
The price does not include:
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The cost of international flights and Toliary-Antananarivo flights
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Cost of visas: these can be purchased at Antananarivo airport or at the
Madagascan consulate in London (16 Lanark Mansions, Pennard Rd., London W12
8DT ) or the embassy in Washington (2374 Massachussets Avenue NW, Washington
DC 20008 )
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Airport taxes
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Personal expenses
NOTE: This programme is only a guide and may change according to circumstances.
For more information, please contact us.
DAY 1
Arrival at Ivato international airport. Reception and transfer
to hotel in Anatananarivo.
DAY 2
Visit to Ambohimanga, site of a royal palace built on one of the twelve sacred
hills that surround Antananarivo.
Lunch.
Visit to a crocodile breeding farm. Along the way, visitors can see ricefields
and traditional Malagasy washing.
Return to Antananarivo via a scenic route offering spectacular views of the
queen's palace and the ‘Basse-Ville' (lower town).
Dinner and night at hotel.
DAY 3
Travel to Antsirabe (160 km), crossing the high plateaux with the famous red
earth and beautiful landscapes.
Registration and lunch at hotel.
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Pousee-pousee drivers take a well-earned break |
Tour of the city in a ‘pousse pousse', a unique Malagasy mode of transport similar
to a rickshaw.
Visit to local artisans specialising in confectionary, stonework and products
from the horns of the Malagasy cow (zebu),
Dinner and night at hotel.
DAY 4
Travel to Ranomafana (230 km), named after the natural springs which rise there,
via Ambositra.
The journey includes the ‘pass of tapias' and views of traditional Malagasy
houses.
Arrival in Ambositra, a major craft centre. Visits to shops and craft workshop/studios.
Lunch
Continue to Ranomafana, passing though eucaplytus forests with wild beehives.
Dinner and night at hotel.
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hotsprings: even the swimming pool is delightfully
warm |
DAY 5
Two hour visit to Ranomafana National Park
Lunch at hotel.
Bathing in natural hot springs and visit to the Park's museum.
Dinner and night at hotel.
DAY 6
Travel to Ranohira (250 km), passing through Fiarantsoa.
Arrival at Ambalavao. Visit to a wine cellar.
Lunch.
Continue journey to Ranohira, passing through “the door to the south”, Horombe's
plateau and the Isalo massif.
Dinner and night at hotel.
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on the road to the south |
DAY 7
Travel to the Isalo national park (10 km from Ranohira).
1 hour walk through park to natural swimming pool.
Picnic lunch
Dinner and night at hotel.
DAY 8
Travel to the coastal resort of Ifaty (250 km) via Toliary. The journey takes
us through Ilakaka, the home of the sapphire mining trade which resembles a modern-day
Wild West, the zombitse park, tombs with Mahafaly art forms.
Lunch in Toliary.
Visit to the shell market.
Continue journey to Ifaty. Dinner and night at hotel.
DAY 9
Day at Ifaty, where a range of activities (sailing, diving, etc.) are available
DAY 10
Travel to Toliary for internal flight to Antananarivo.
At Antananarivo, depending on your flight times, several options are available
before your tour ends:
- visit to the handicrafts market
- visit to the crocodile breeding park
- visit to the Tsimbazaza zoological and botanical park |
Name of tour: Alavoly
