Tsingy Aventure : Wild Madagascar Experience

Bemiray Tours

Day 01Arrival to – Antananarivo

Welcome and transfer to your hotel

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Day 02 Antananarivo – Morondava

Depending on the flight schedule, after taking breakfast, transfer to the airport and flight to Morondava. Welcome and check in at your hotel. Lunch on the way in your charge

Morondava

Day 03 Morondava – Zaza malala As – Baobab alley

Wake up earlier and after taking breakfast, meeting with your guide-driver, we strat our day by visiting Zaza malala association. The Zazamalala concept for nature protection and reforestation encompasses a holistic approach, including protection of animals and plants, and involving the local people. Apart of reforestation and breeding of endangered animals, community development is a prime issue. This means giving as many local people as possible paid work in the forest and thereby making them economically independent. It also implies education about issues such as nature conservation, climate change, health care. Lunch on the way in your charge. In late afternoon, let’s drive to the famous Baobabs avenue which is located in western Madagascar, around 40 minutes from the city of Morondava. Everywhere along the road between those two cities, you can find the impressive Baobab trees, only a small part of 250 meters length is known as Baobab Avenue due to its photogenic silhouette. Those up to 30 meters high trees belong to the species of Adansonia grandidieri and are considered to be Madagascar’s landmark. Some of these giant trees are allegedly on the island for more than 800 years.

Baobab alley

Day 04 Morondava – Betania fishing village

Betania is a coastal village in Western Madagascar south of Morondava with a population of around 2,400 Vezo fishermen.] This village belongs to the municipality of Morondava and is situated on the southern side of the mouth of the Morondava River. This little village is just a short (10min) canoe ride across the river from Nosy Kely. Very traditional living. See life as it really is for the local Madagascans. Housing, fishing & life is virtually uncorrupted by western society. Lunch on the way in your charge

Betania fishing village

Day 05 Morondava – Bekopaka (190 km +/- 08H30 of bumpy track)

Since 06am, wake up and quick breakfast before leavin for Belo/mer. Lunch on the way by our care. We have to reach the fairy before 12h00 we take lunch (by our care) transfer by ferry to the other bank it will take 01h15 and continue on track to reach Bekopaka village and get at the Bemaraha National Park.

Bekopaka

Days 06 & 07 Bemaraha National Park

Classified as UNESCO Wolrd Heritage in 1990, the tsingy occupy a part of the limestone plateau of the same name, and are part of the Bemaraha National Park, which was classified in 1997. The tsingy are one of the most spectacular landscapes in Madagascar with their network of rifts, crevasses, and limestone blocks carved in sharped blades. The Bemaraha Reserve has a considerable number of endemic and diverse species. Nearly 400 animal species (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians) are listed in the park, and no less than 900 native plants of the island grow there.

Two large rivers cross the park : the Tsiribihina and the Manambolo. Accompanied by your guide, you will go down in pirogue those rivers that border steep gorges and the sharp points of the tsingy. To wit, if you wish to explore the underground galleries of the canyons, caving tours are also available. Piknik Lunch by our care.

The national park centers on two geological formations: the Great Tsingy and the Little Tsingy. Together with the adjacent Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve.

Bemaraha National Park

Day 08Bekopaka – Morondava (190 km -/+08H00 - of bumpy track)

On the way back we go through the Avenue of the Baobabs is 15 kilometers from Morondava. This unavoidable site, with massive trees, offers a wonderful landscape, especially when the sun goes down on the red and dusty soil of Menabe. Lunch by our care. Morondava shelters a people with typical customs. You will discover a typical funeral art called the sakalava art, which is characteriwed by its erotic frescoes and sculptures. They tell stories of the dead and they symbolize life and procreation.

Baobab alley

Day 09 Morondava – Antananarivo

According to the flight schedule, transfer to the airport and flight back to the City of thousands. Welcome and Vehicle at your disposal for an orientation tour. We will visit the upper town, passing by the Queen’s palace. Lunch by our care. Afternoon, especially for purchasing of souvenirs.

Antananarivo

Antananarivo – Deaprture

After taking breakfast, according to your flight schedule, we can make an orientation tour of City of thousand. free lunch in your charge, last time for souvenir shopping before the transfer to the airport, assistance and flight back to your country  

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