Itinerary

1. Day 0: Antananarivo

   Meet and pick up at the airport, then transfer directly to the hotel for rest after the flight. Hotel check-in, dinner and overnight stay at Green Palace Hotel.

2. Day 1: Antananarivo - Antsirabe

   After breakfast, drive to Antsirabe for about 4 hours from the capital city. Crossing the fertile region of the colourful land, such as green rice fields and red houses made of bricks and mud. Short break to the village of Ambatolampy to visit the workshop and see the process at the Aluminium foundry. Then, keep driving until the destination. On arrival, a visit to see the crafts shops exposing means of locomotion in miniature made from recycled cans, pieces of wood and the zebu horn factory. Hotel check-in after the visit. Dinner and overnight stay at the Royal Palace Hotel.

3. Day 2: Antsirabe - Morondava

   After breakfast, we will have a full day drive from the town of water to reach the west coast of the Island, with some stops en route to take pictures of the beautiful landscape. Passing through small villages of stone cutters, gold miners, and many typical villages which reflect the Malagasy population’s way of life. Lunch in the town of Miandrivazo. Afterwards, keep on driving with some views of big rivers. You will start to see baobab trees near Morondava and take pictures—check-in on arrival, dinner and overnight stay at Trecicogne Hotel.

4. Day 3: Morondava - Kirindy

   Morning free. Lunch in the town, and then take the off-road to Kirindy. Short break at Baobab Alley for pictures, then continue until the destination. Upon arrival, check in the hotel before an evening walk into the forest to see several species of nocturnal lemurs and some reptiles. This is the only place to see the fossa, which is the biggest predator animal in the wild. After the visit, return to the hotel, have dinner and overnight stay at Relais du Kirindy.

5. Day 4: Kirindy - Bekopaka

   After breakfast, meet the local guide before visiting the dry Kirindy deciduous forest to see two diurnal species of lemurs; the visit will take 2 hours. After the visit, drive along the off-road to Bekopaka. Stop for lunch at Belo sur Tsiribihina town after crossing the Tsiribihina River by ferry boat. Arrive late in the afternoon, then go directly to the hotel for check-in—dinner, and overnight stay at Orchidee De Bemaraha Hotel.

6. Day 5: Bekopaka (Tsingy National Park)

   Explore the Tsingy of Bemaraha National Park. Start by doing a river trip with a dugout pirogue at the gorge of Manambolo to see caves of stalactites and old tombs of Vazimba people. After that, you wil be driven to the big Tsingy, about an hour's drive from the village. Get ready for the great adventure: Accompanied by your local guide. This Tsingy is about 30 to 50 meters high. Walkways and wooden suspended bridges, well integrated into the landscape, will help you to continue your visit more easily. Picnic lunch inside the park, then back to the hotel in the middle of the afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay at Orchidee De Bemaraha Hotel.

7. Day 6: Bekopaka - Morondava

   Leave the Tsingy of Bemaraha area after breakfast, then drive back along the RN8 until the town of Morondava. Stop again at Belo sur Tsiribihina for lunch. There are some interesting stops along the way, like the sacred Baobab and lovers’ Baobab—the last stop at the Avenue of the Baobabs for the amazing sunset. Afterwards, continue until the destination. Hotel check-in, dinner and overnight stay at Chez Maggie Hotel.

8. Day 7: Morondava - Antsirabe

   Another full-day drive to return to Antsirabe (8 hours drive). Stop for lunch at Miandrivazo, which is halfway too. Hotel check-in on arrival, dinner and overnight stay at Royal Palace Hotel.

9. Day 8: Antsirabe - Antananarivo

   After the breakfast, drive to reach the capital of Antananarivo. Lunch near the town. Upon arrival, drive to the highest point - Queen’s Palace - Manjakamiadana to learn more about the origins of the Imerina tribe and Madagascar and profit from the viewpoint. After the visit, you will be driven to the hotel to relax. Dinner and overnight stay at Citizen Hotel.

10. Day 9: Antananarivo

    On the last day in Madagascar, drive to the artisanal market to buy some souvenirs before the transfer to the international airport to catch the international flight.