"Mada Southward"

G1: Paris - Antananarivo
Arrival at the international airport of Antananarivo. there you meet one of our responsable or your Tour Manager who is going to take you to your Hotel.

G2: Tana - Antsirabe (165Km)
DEparture at 8 am after breakfast. Then you have a city tour in the capital which starts at the independance alley, where stands the train station of Soarano which is historicly interesting for it was built in the time of Frenchmen who imited the little station of theirs. Little & little go up to the old city, the place where was born the history of the Merina Monarchy & where still stands the Queen's Palace. An interesting place for it takes us back to hundreds times ago & where the architectural structure are quite ancient as well! Just right in front of the Palace is edified the First prime misnister's palace which has now becaome a Museum where the Old facilities of the Queens and king are exposed! After that go on your tour down to Anosy where you're gonna see the popular quartier and the market of flowers, strecht out your legs there for it a lovely piece which oyu ought not to miss. Get on your car now & go southward takinf the National road 7 that takes you totaly out of the Capital. At 64 Km, you'll reach Ambatolampy where you have lunch. But before lunch, go & visit the little familial fabric of Aluminium. That latter makes pot, spoon, knives... with tha matter. Indeed it is said that that region provides all the Pot in the whole Isle! What makes that visit so interesting is that the way the do and make their product, still so primitive. they  don't use any modern material nor any machines but with their own hand & feet! It is just astonishing!
After Lunch, you only 2 hours road befor you reach the next checkpoint. During that itinerary, from time to time, take advantage to take photos of the scenery which is so nice!
Once arrived at Antsirabe, before you go to the Hotel, let us take you to a couple of visits. The miniatures one, the corn and the sweet fabrics! The first visit is the miniature. There, discover the talentfull family who makes little car model, bike, plane with little box of Alu that have been used! so great! In the second one, discover how an associatin of brother transform the Corn of Zebus into jowel, decoration models... And in the last one, but not the least, the fabircants of malagasy sweet, a family that has found their living in making "BonBon". The particularity of this one is that they make their sweet with product that are purely natural and in a traditional manner! After a full day, you can go and reach your hotel. Sleep and diner in Hotel

G3: Antsirabe - Ranomafana (193 km)
After an earlier breakfast, don't deprived yourself of a last visit in the town of water, the jewellery where are exposed all the existing precious and semi precious stone in Madagascar. then go on your road to the south till Ambositra. To notice that the scenery changes every 50 Km, so don't miss them! After 92Km, you reach Ambositra the capital of the artcraft of the Island. This little town has its fame in the wood working! According to the legend,the ancestors of the local people (zafimanry) there were such a great cultivators. But after burning their stock of rice, for they were so full and for they thought they would never be hungry, God has punisched them making their land unfertiles. So forced to survive these ancestors were to find another source fo revenu...and so the wood working was born. Now their works are considered as to be an international cultural heristage by the UNESCO. Before taking lunch have some visits of the workingshop of these people "Zafimaniry".
After lunch you continu southward to enter definitely to the Betsileo territories, another tribu who build its fame in rise production. We'll notice the beauty of their terraced rice field, heristage from their asiatic ancestors! After some kilometers, turn left leaving the National road 7 to enter into a cooler, greener and fresher ambient. You are now getting to the National Park of Ranomafana! Overnight in Hotel.

G4: Ranomafana N.P - Fianarantsoa (70km)
Today is your first contact with the malagasy nature which used to being called as a nature sanctuary for its biodiversity! Many researchers from different countries come & make research into that park, but Americans remains the greater number. After breakfast, meet the rainforest of Ranomafana and its inhabitants, the Lemurs, birds, frogs... You go back to your hotel for lunch. About 3 of the afternoon, get on your car and go back to reach the national road 7 to reach Fianarantsoa. Once there, go up to the ancient town, savequard by an association to keep its ancient aspect and structures. Sleep & diner in Hotel.

G5: Fianarantsoa - Ambalavao - Camp Catta (110 Km)
After breafast go to Ambalavao, a big village about 50 Km from Fianar, which is considered as the Big South's Gate. On the road discover some village and the daily life of people. You accurately visit the village of the Sisal workers. A sisal is plant that looks like an Aloe, from wich these people make differents artcrafts such as hat, basket, rope...
For you who are a wine connaisseur, in the entrance of the village you can go and visit one firm fo wine. To notice that that region is very famous for wine production. After a vry few minute's drive you will reach another familial firm that works in silk production. there you will discover from A to Z all the steps to obtain one particular product. After the silk, let us now take you to another place, another firm which actually makes the fame of this village, "the Antemoro paper". When the arabs arrived in Madagascar the brought with them their culture. A that time ther weren't paper to make their holy book "the coran", so they made the paper themselves. It's that practise that the Antemoro (one ethni in the East), the descendant of these arabs that improved the work by adding flowers to embellish the paper. In that firm, in the estate of the restaurant Bougainvillier, that you're going to discover how that beautiful paper is made. You go on your road southward, at about 13Km you shall reach the Private Parc of ANja where you are gonna have an hour's walk in the dry, cool forest to run after the lemurs Catta who is the famous King Julian in the Cartoon Madagascar. Apart from these Lemurs discover the Cave as well. It is said that during the wars that succeded, tribal war & the war against French troops, that cave used to be their QG and a place where people hid! After such a morning you must be hungry, it's why you'll be tken to one notorious restaurant "La varangue du Betsileo". In the same time take advantage of the place to admire the wonderful grantic landscape. Afterward, you only have an hour and a half to reach Camp Catta where you're gonna have your night. Camp Catta is one lovely Ecolodge in that part, the most beuatiful and famous in the region. The place we consider as the most lovey, beautiful. You will understand why!

G6: Camp-Catta
We spend all day long here, in this corner of paradise and the day will be dedicated to discover, meeting with local people and above all to Landscape which deserves to be in a postal card. Lunch pic nique.

G7: Camp-Catta - Isalo National Park (247 Km)
After breakfast, rejoin your car and be ready for long drive for you're gonna have 4 hours drive. However have some break for photos and village visit! To notice that the scenery is still wonderful and it's gonna change! Have you pic nic lunch ander a mangoes tree and ander the breez of the south! You begin to meet another kind of person, of tribe, the Bara people reputed to be Zebu's robbers or "Dahalo". These bara are the image of the Masay tribe in Africa. By the end of the afternoon, approfitate the beauty of the Sunset on the plateau of Horombe! After a long trip, you deserve a quite place for relaxing.

G8: Isalo National Park
Today, you discover the National Park of Isalo also called the Malagasy Colorado you can understand why! After breakfast, have 6 to 7 hours' walk to discover the park. The Lemurs will be on your company! You will meet the Lemurs catta, the Fulvus and the Sifaka! And apart from these cameleon & birds. Pic nic lunch! You will finish the you visit at the Isalo window by the sunset taking in the same time the apero!

G9: Isalo - Tulear (270 Km)
Today is certainly the longest raod you have to drive on. After an early breakfast leave the hotel and drive on to the south till the end of the National road N°7.
On your road you'll come across couple of Saphire's town. The most famous one is Ilikaka where the persons are combined, many different tribes have come there in order to run after the Preciou stone. Not only malagasy but also foreigners such as american, french but especially Iranian and Pakistanese! To be amongst the sceneries are these big trees called Baobab. There are 8 kinds of baobabs in the world, one kind in Australia, one in Africa and six in madagascar. And in the entrance of tulear, the dry and spined forest. A little tour in the city, including the last shopping efore reaching the restaurant!
After lunch, the airport, Tulear - tana, and Tana - Paris


Another possibility, according to your availability, is to continue to Ifaty, the Beach!

 

 

 

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NB: This is our Tour for the coming summer, however it can be modified according to your availability & expectations.

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