Day 1: Arrival in Antananarivo, Airport pick up
Our driver guide will pick you up at the airport and transfer you to the hotel by about 20 minutes’ drive. After check-in, have a good rest or hang out around by yourself. Accommodation: San Cristobal Hotel - Ivato Airport (3 stars)
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Day 2: Fly from Antananarivo to Antsiranana, Explore Surroundings & Three Bays
This morning, the driver guide will send you to catch the flight to Antsiranana. Upon your arrival, our local driver guide will pick you up to explore the surroundings with a visit to the famous Three Bays, namely Sakalava (meaning “the long valleys’) Bay, Pigeon Bay, Dune Bay, each name implying a signature view. Before you will be a pristine landscape, with white beach and turquoise water constantly rippling. Water-splashing turtles can also be found. Then you will be escorted to the hotel. Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Allamanda Hotel (3 stars)
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Day 3: Antsiranana to Joffre Ville, Visit Amber Mountain National Park
Today, the driver guide will send you to Joffre Ville, the gateway of Amber Mountain National Park, a famous rainforest biologically diverse for sitting over a volcanic mountain. After checking into the hotel, the local guide will meet you and then help you explore the Park. Beautiful cascades, crater lakes, unique wildlife featuring national animals of lemurs and fossae, curious chameleons as small as 2-cm (0.8-inch) long, and living fossils like tree ferns are there for you to spot! After the tour, we will drive back to the hotel. Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: Nature Lodge
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Day 4: Drive from Joffre Ville to Ankarana, with a Short Visit at Red Tsingy
We will leave Joffre Ville, have a short visit to Red Tsingy, and continue our trip to Ankarana. Let’s wonder at one of nature’s oddest water-carved artworks today! Arid, rouge, with a vast expanse of pointed laterite soil formations, the region of Red Tsingy has an extraterrestrial-like landscape to behold. Arrive in Ankarana 5 hours later, check into the hotel, and have a rest. Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Accommodation: Ankarana Lodge
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Day 5: Hiking Tour at Ankarana National Park
A whole day will be spent at the Ankarana National Park. Dominating the Park is a spiky stone forest similar to what you’ve seen at the Red Tsingy, yet grey, of limestone, and brimming with life. Here, bats and crocodiles in deep caves, Sanford’s brown lemurs, endemic palms of thorny pachypodium might attract your most attention. When the tour ends, the driver guide will transfer you to the hotel. Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Accommodation: Ankarana Lodge
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Day 6: Drive from Ankarana to Ankify, Ship to Nosy Be
A 2.5-hour morning drive will send you to Ankify Harbor to take a shared speed boat to Nosy Be Island. Check into the hotel upon arrival. Whether you want to find more land wildlife, enjoy beach views, go on a diving safari (chances to see whales!), or experience Malagasy culture, the famous Nosy Be gets you covered. To cater to each of your personal interests, we’d like to leave the rest of today and next two days free for you to explore the island on your own. Get your body and camera ready! ● Nosy Be Offers Some Greatest Surprises for You to Check Off! In fact, as the best beach destination in North Madagascar, Nosy Be attracts visitors not only for itself alone, but also for its four surrounding islets. The following is an overview of what you can expect on each island or islet: Nosy Be: Learn the island’s colonial history in the capital of Hell-Ville; visit idyllic countryside to see local life and traditional dance performances; go to Lemuria Land to learn how scented ylang ylang flowers are extracted in distillery to make perfume; find land wildlife at Lokobe National Park. Nosy Sakatia: See the island’s iconic orchids and green turtles. Nosy Iranja: Walk the white sandy road that appears during low tide linking two islets of Big Iranja and Small Iranja. Nosy Tanikely: An uninhabited island to experience world-class snorkeling in the water around. Nosy Komba: Get your fill of black lemurs, or “komba” in Malagasy; pick up local crafts such as embroideries and wood carvings as souvenirs at Sakalava fisherman’s village. Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: L'heure Bleue (4 stars)
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Day 7: Your First Free Day at Nosy Be
On your free days, we suggest you take the chance to go on excursions by day and later enjoy what the bohemian-style hotel has to offer, like swimming in freshwater pool, drinking cocktail, and sampling food cooked by Malagasy chef at the restaurant. Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: L'heure Bleue (4 stars)
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Day 8: Another Free Day at Nosy Be
Make the most of another free day and take tons of Instagrammable pictures! Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: L'heure Bleue (4 stars)
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Day 9: Fly back from Nosy Be to Antananarivo
Today, take a flight back to Antananarivo. Our driver will wait for you at the Ivato International Airport and escort you to the hotel. During the free rest of the day, why not savor those beautiful memories you’ve collected? Meals: Breakfast
Accommodation: San Cristobal Hotel - Ivato Airport (3 stars)
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Our driver will send you to the airport for your homeward trip. Hope to see you again! Meals: Breakfast
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