Day 1: Antananarivo
You will be met on arrival at the airport and transferred to your city hotel. Dinner and overnight at Pavillon de L’Emyrne (D)

Day 2: Antananarivo - Antsirabe
Depart early after breakfast for Antisarabe arriving in time for lunch. After lunch why not enjoy a pousse-pousse tour of the town with its leafy boulevards and old colonial buildings.
Dinner and overnight at Hotel les Thermes.(BLD)

Day 3: Antsirabe - Ambositra - Ranomafana
After breakfast continue south towards Ambositra - the cradle of Malagasy art, also called the city of the roses. This is the capital of wood carving in Madagascar; we will visit some workshops and craft centers. After lunch continue to Ranomafana and check in at your hotel, enjoy a short visit to the park of Ranomafana in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Le Domaine Nature.(BLD)

Day 4: Ranomafana - Fianarantsoa
Enjoy a morning walk in the park, the best time of the day to discover the diurnal species of fauna. After lunch continue to Fianarantsoa a landscape of vineyards and red plains, capital of the Betsileo tribe. Dinner and overnight at Tsara Guest House.(BLD)

Day 5: Fianarantsoa – Andringitra
After breakfast continue to Andringitra, arriving in time for lunch at the hotel. Andringitra is a dream locale for those who love climbing and trekking. Enjoy an afternoon walk in the park.Dinner and overnight at Camp Catta Hotel.(BLD)

Day 6: Adringitra
A wide range of activities and walks are available within the park or from the hotel. Lunch will either be at the hotel or a picnic depending on which activities you have chosen.
Dinner and overnight at Camp Catta Hotel.(BLD)

Day 7: Andringitra– Ambalavao – Ranohira/Isalo
After breakfast drive to Isalo with a picnic lunch, you will cross the high plateau of Horombe which offers a very peculiar landscape, characterized by a multitude of small palm trees. Dinner and overnight at Le Relais de la Reine. (BLD)

Day 8: Ranohira
A full day of activities and walks are available in the park. The park is characterized b canyons, cliffs, gorges and other striking geological features, due to wind and rain erosion. It sports an exotic flora of native palm trees and giant cactus and is home to lemurs and harmless reptiles. Dinner and overnight at Le Jardin Relais de la Reine.(BLD)

Day 9: Ranohira - Tuléar
After a morning visit to the park continue on to the coastal city of Tulear, a green a oasis emerging from the dry semi-desert landscape. For those interested in botany we will stop and visit the Arboretum about 15km before the city. It is a splendid botanical garden gathering most of the endemic species from this part of the south. Dinner and overnight at the Saxophone Hotel.(BLD)

Day 10: Tuléar - Anakao
After breakfast (for those not returning to Antananarivo) transfer to the jetty and embark by boat to Anakao, situated to the South of Tuléar. Anakao offers the perfect coastal retreat after the long journey south. Set next to a fishing village enjoy spectacular sunsets as you watch the fishing fleet land – a mass of multicolored boats and sails. There is a wide range of excursions available from the hotel: snorkeling, boat trips, quad biking and visits to Nosy Ve.Dinner and Overnight at Anakao Ocean Lodge.(BLD)

Day 11: Anakao
A day at leisure. Excursions and visits can be organized from the hotel. Do not miss an excursion on the island of Nosy Ve, a beautiful island protected by coral reef, where you can find multicolored fish, lobsters, shells, a variety of different corals, and of course the famous "Paille en Queue" bird .Dinner and Overnight at Anakao Ocean Lodge.(BLD)

Day 12: Anakao
The day is at leisure, a tour with quad bikes to Tsimanampetsotsa Park is highly recommended. Dinner and Overnight at Anakao Ocean Lodge.(BLD)

Day 13: Anakao – Tulear – Tana
After an early breakfast transfer to Tulear airport for your return flight to Antananarivo. On arrival in Antananarivo, transfer to your city hotel (not included) or connect with your flight home.

2010 PRICE PER PERSON SHARING:

• INCLUDES:
  Accommodation, meals as specified, land and air transportation as specified, entrance fees and excursions as specified, guide and transfer fees.

• EXCLUDES:
  Any airfare other than specified in the itinerary, airport taxes, visa fees, tips and gratuities, optional tours and all items of a personal nature.

• DEPARTURES:
  Daily on request with a minimum of 2 people.

• NOTES:
  B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner
  All prices are quoted in US Dollars
  We reserve the right to revise prices at any time due to currency and fuel fluctuations

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