ISALO PARK AND AMBATOMILO SEA STAY

Arrival in the capital according to the flight schedule.
Management of airport formalities, reception and transfer to the hotel.

Overnight at the hotel LE LOUVRE.

Breakfast. Transfer to the airport to fly to Tulear, «the City of the Sun» built on the Tropic of
Capricorn. Upon arrival, visit the botanical garden of Antsokay or the arboretum. Located 12
km from the city of Tuléar 4km from the airport, you can admire all the endemic plants of
Madagascar, including a large thorny forest, and of course the vanilla trees and the
unmistakable baobabs.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel BAKUBA CONCEPT.

Km 250 : about 5 hours’ drive (asphalt road)

Breakfast and departure to Ranohira crossing Ilakaka, land of researchers of Sapphires,
traveling the typical landscape of southern Madagascar: arid vegetation, baobab, and thorny
forest. Along the way, you can admire the different forms of Alo Alo, artistically carved wooden
funerary stems, which adorn the graves Sakalava, Mahafaly, Antandroy covered with showy
paintings. Arrive in Ranohira and settle down at the hotel.

Relaxing afternoon or possibility to take a walk to the natural pool of Isalo Rock Lodge. In the
late afternoon, aperitif at the famous Giorgio window of the hotel.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel ISALO ROCK LODGE.

5/6 hours of simple trekking

Day dedicated to the visit of the Isalo park through the magnificent Namazaha circuit with stop
at the natural swimming pool formed by a small stream that you can see rocks, surrounded by
Pandanus aquatic plants and lush palm trees. Beautiful flora and fauna. Nature could only
choose better than Isalo to celebrate the majesty and richness of the landscape of
Madagascar. Plausible witness of continental drift. This rocky landscape is one of the most
beautiful Malagasy landscapes, dating from the Jurassic with gorges carved for generations by
deep canyons, such as the Maki canyon and the Souris canyon forming strange environments.
Many gatherings in the Isalo, baptized by the Malagasy « Colorado Malagasy» are organized
and can be pedestrian or easy to interpret: the natural pool, the waterfalls of water lilies, etc…
Isalo is a national park, with the UNESCO convention, in 1962 and covers an area of 80,000
hectares. Located between 500 meters and 1200 meters above sea level, it is a granite massif
that offers at a glance a uniform relief in the middle of a meadow resembling the African
savannah. A totality of endemic flora, especially the "Pachypodium" and the "Aloe" share the
territory of the lemurs: lemurs Fulvus, Propitheque, and Verreaux, small reptiles, chameleons,
geckos and varieties of insects. The park also contains many sacred places of the local
inhabitants, the Bara, who bury their dead in the caves of the canyons. Possible encounter
with the Lemur Fulvus Rufus, observation of the Pachypodium rosolatum «Baobab nano» from
50 to 60 cm which, during the flowering period, are covered with extraordinarily yellow
flowers. Lunch box during the excursion. During the visit, another chance to admire the
friendly lemurs Catta, with white and black anew tail….

In the late afternoon, appointment with the sunset at the "Isalo window", an unusual rock
formation from which you can admire a splendid sunset.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel ISALO ROCK LODGE.

Isalo / Tulear Km 250 : about 5 hours’ drive (asphalt road)
Tulear / Ambatomilo Km 120 : about 4 hours of sand track

Breakfast and departure to Ambatomilo via Tulear.

Arrival in the late afternoon at one of the most beautiful beaches of Madagascar, an infinity of
white sand. Peace and nature is at your disposal.

Dinner and overnight at MAMIRANO LODGE.

Free sea stay.

Dinner and overnight at MAMIRANO LODGE.

Free sea stay.

Dinner and overnight at MAMIRANO LODGE.

Free sea stay.

Dinner and overnight at MAMIRANO LODGE.

Tulear / Ambatomilo Km 120: about 4 hours of sand track

Breakfast and transfer in time to Tulear to take the flight to Antananarivo.
On arrival, transfer to hotel.

Overnight at the hotel LE LOUVRE.

Breakfast. Transfer in time according to the flight schedule to take the return flight.