River Expedition & Tsingy

Tsiribihina River - Tsingy National Park - Marofandilana Reserve - Kirindy Reserve - (Allée de Baobab) Baobab Avenue
11 days & 10 nights

Highlights

Tsiribihina River: Remote river
 trip
Tsingy National Park: Limestone formations and observation of the Van der Decken's sifaka
Marofandilana Reserve: Observation of the smallest primate of the world, the Madame Berthe's mouse lemur

Kirindy Reserve: Observation of the largest predator of the island, the fossa
Allée de Baobab: The national monument

Tour description

Day 1: Antananarivo (or Tana)
Arrival at Ivato International Airport. Meeting with English speaking agent and transfer to the hotel.

Day 2: Tana - Miandrivazo (D)
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.)

Day 3: Tsiribihina River trip

 (B, L, D)
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.