RN7 Madagascar: Adventure and Nature to the Isalo

Upon arrival at Ivato International Airport, our team will greet you and transfer you to the hotel we have carefully booked for you.

Departure after breakfast to reach Ambositra the famous city of art and tourist town of the Central Highlands; On the way, green landscape pleasantly decorated by mountain massifs as well as tributaries of rivers simply sumptuous. We will enjoy a small visit to the workshop of the artisanal manufacture of aluminum kitchen utensils in Ambatolampy; We arrive in Antsirabe, we will take a little walk in shoot Visit to embroidery workshops, gem cutting and shaping zebus horns; Lunch in Antsirabe; We continue our journey in the afternoon; On the doorstep of Ambositra, the capital of inlay and wooden sculpture, you will have the opportunity to buy Zafimaniry art objects as souvenirs in workshops and specialized shops;

After Ambositra, en route to Ambalavao via Fianarantsoa, the ethnic Betsileo capital; Along the way, we see a clean landscape of the Betsileo region as rice paddy does terrace, traditional houses and zebus in cart; Lunch in Fianarnatsoa; In the afternoon, we will start a climb of the old town of Fianarantsoa to better understand its past and history; Possibility to visit the studio of the famous photographer Pierrot Men; Arrival in Ambalavao, visit of wild silk workshop and breeding; Visit to Antemoro Papermaking Workshop; Overnight in the hotel.

After breakfast, visit Ambalavao market, opportunity to attend, on Wednesday, the “zebus market”, Madagascar’s second largest zebus market with 2,000 head on sale each week; Visit to the Anjà Municipal Reserve; We will leave to reach Ranohira; During the route a magnificent landscape in African style to admire on the vast plateau of Ihorombe; a real authentic, original and mythical landscape worthy of the photographs of Pierrot Men; Possibility to meet herds of zebus crossing the road; Towards the end of the afternoon, we will have an exceptional appointment at sunset on the Window of Isalo which is the reputation of the Malagasy Wild West. Within the massif, you would be succumbed to the most unusual sculptures of the ruiniform relief of the Isalo; Overnight in the hotel.

We will devote a whole day to visit the park; We will visit the park on foot; At the rendezvous, ruiniform landscape, canyons as far as the eye can see, typical vegetation of the Isalo, natural pool, splendid statues sculpted by erosion that offers an unusual charm of the landscape; The park contains floristic species endemic to the island and lists the medicinal plants most used in traditional care or empirical medicine; As for faunal species, the park is home to rare bird species, lemurs, as well as reptiles; Within the park, discover the Bara and Sakalava tombs on the rocks; We will also have to go through the splendid statues sculpted by erosion that offers an unusual charm of the landscape. For a return to the source, nature lovers can take a short swim in a natural pool; Picnic lunch in Namaza Canyon Return to the hotel around 4pm; Overnight in the hotel.

After breakfast, we take the road back to the city of Tulear; On the way, we see the Mahafaly tombs, equipped with the funerary arts "the famous Aloalo" and zebu horns; You will be amazed by the succession of savannahs and grasses where there are Baobabs and Lataniers; Lunch in Tulear; We continue the journey to Ifaty where we will spend the night; Free afternoon; Overnight in the hotel.

Transfer to Tulear airport to take the domestic flight Arriving in Antananarivo, we will go on a historical and cultural discovery in the Capital; We will take a tour of the City Centre which includes almost all the monuments and historical statues of the City bearing witness to its glorious past; We go to the Blue Hill where a royal palace of Ambohimanga is nestled, which is part of the cultural heritage of UNESCO; Transfer to Ivato International Airport according to the international flight schedule.