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Arrival at [[Ivato International Airport]]. Meeting with English speaking agent and transfer to the hotel.

We leave Tana and drive to Miandrivazo (about 7 hours), from where the river trip starts the next morning. We have a quick stop in the town of [[Ambatolampy]] to visit some workshops where aluminum cooking pots are made by skilled worker. Most of the cooking pots that we use in Madagascar come from this town. Thereafter we continue driving, after [[Antsirabe]] we’ll get a panoramic view of rice paddies, cornfields, vegetable fields and [[Merina]] family tombs. 
Overnight and dinner at the hotel. (Dinner, bed and breakfast.)

Boarding the local boat at the jetty of the Tsiribihina River. We slowly follow the river downstream. Although we have a busy itinerary planned, sometimes we stop and go on land to visit various villages. Lunch and dinner on the boat. When the sun goes down, we set up the tents on the sandy riverbank.
 Camping on the riverside.




Continuation along this river with a stop at Anosin’Ampela, where we take a shower in a beautiful waterfall. We will have the opportunity to discover beautiful landscapes, [[baobab tree|baobab trees]] and steep mountains. Overnight camping on the riverside.



Arrival in Belo sur Tsiribihina and heading towards Tsingy de Bemaraha. Check-in at the hotel, in the afternoon we walk around [[Bekopaka]]. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Bekopaka.



Day visit to the Tsingy of Bemaraha National Park, which is classified as UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pirogue trip along the gorges of the Manambolo River (about 1.5 hours) to discover the limestone walls. We get out of the pirogue and walk through the forest of the Small Tsingy. Picnic lunch inside the park. Thereafter we continue our hike and walk back to the hotel. Dinner and overnight in the hotel in Bekopaka.