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SOUTH PROGRAM + ANDRINGITRA

Journey : Origin country Antananarivo Ambositra Fianarantsoa Ambalavao Andringitra Ranohira Toliara Ifaty Antananarivo Origin country

Duration : 11 days / 10 nights.

Day 1 : Arrival at Antananarivo

  • Arrival at Ivato airport
  • Reception, transfer and a bed night at the hotel.

Day 2 : Antananarivo- Antsirabe (170 km)

  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Start to Ambatolampy, first stop over to visit the famous traditional foundry.
  • Independent lunch to taste the region culinary specialities.
  • Continuation toward Antsirabe, second stop at the end of the afternoon.
  • City tour by rickshaw then visit to some handcraft workshops making scale models, embroidery, confectioners shop, as well as jewellers.
  • Half-board lodging at the hotel.

Day 3 : Antsirabe- Ambositra (Antoetra) (180 Km)

  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Departure for Ambositra, the capital of Malagasy sculpture and marquetry, third call.
  • Continuation toward Antoetra,
  • Independent lunch on the spot.
  • Back to Ambositra at the end at the afternoon
  • Installation for dinner and a night rest at the hotel.

Day 4 : Ambositra- Fianarantsoa (140 Km)

  • Early breakfast at the hotel.
  • On the way to Fianarantsoa passing by a visit to Ialantsara reserve
  • Visit to Ialantsara reserve
  • Visit to Ialantsara reserve
  • Arrival in Fianarantsoa at the end of the afternoon
  • Dinner and a bed-night at the hotel
Antsirabe Ambositra Rizière

 

Fianarantsoa

Day 5 : Fianarantsoa- Ambalavao- Andringitra (101 Km)

  • Breakfast at the hotel.
  • Heading for Ambalavao
  • Visit to a workshop making Antemoro paper
  • Independent lunch on the spot
  • In the afternoon, visit to Anja reserve
  • Continuation toward Andringitra
  • Dinner and a night at the gite

Day 6 : Andringitra

  • Breakfast at the gite.
  • Trek start early in the morningrek start early in the morning.
  • Picnic lunch on the way
  • The visit continues in the afternoon.
  • Back for dinner and a bed-night at the gite.

Day 7 : Andringitra- Ranohira (234 Km)

  • Breakfast at the hotel then start for Ranohira
  • Independent lunch at Ihosy
  • Arrival at Ranohira by the end of afternoon.
  • Dinner and a night rest at the hotel of Isalo.

Day 8 : RANOHIRA

  • Wake up in the enchanting universe of Isalo
  • Breakfast at the hotel then transfer to the entrance of Isalo park.
  • Trek start and ballad through the massifs and bathe in the natural swimming-pool of Isalo
  • Independent lunch
  • Visit to the Monkey Canyon in the afternoon.
  • Sunset at the Fentre delIsalo (Isalo window). Photo making to immortalize this moment.
  • Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 9 : Ranohira- Tular- Ifaty (255 Km)

  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Start for Tulear passing by Ilakaka, the famous region of saphir working.
  • Arrival at Tulear for independent lunch around noon.
  • City tour or visit to the arboretum.
  • Continuation toward Ifaty
  • Dinner and bed-night at the hotel.

Day 10 : Ifaty

  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Continuation to Ifaty passing along the Mozambique Canal and mangrove.
  • Arrival at the hotel for a free seaside bathe (bathe, tour by canoe, or excursion on ship, training session of skin diving, jet ski, first flight by pendulous ULM.
  • Dinner and a bed-night at the hotel after admiring the magnificent sunset.

Day 11 : Ifaty- Antananarivo

  • Breakfast at the hotel
  • Transfer to the airport then flight to Antananarivo by Air Madagascar.
  • Reception and transfer to the hotel for day use.
  • Independent lunch before visiting the handcraft market to buy souvenirs .
  • Dinner at the hotel before the transfer to the airport to take a flight back to the origin country.
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HOTELS DESCRIPTIONS

AROTEL in Antsirabe*** A three star hotel in the sky of Antsirabe built by one of the biggest Malagasy insurance companies, excellent organisation located opposite the post office in a residential area.
Though construction, a restaurant, a bar, a lecture room (capacity 60 pax) a shop; takes credit card.
50 comfortable rooms: conditioned air, TV, telephone
Leisure: swimming-pool, tennis court
Other plus: capacity
Inconvenience: slow service

HOTEL DES THERMES *** in Antsirabe : Colonial architecture, ancient establishment, Mohamed V King of Moroccos exile residence during the colonisation. Large garden, colonial architecture in the middle of the city center.
Technique records
Services: a restaurant and a bar, a lecture room, shops. Tough big building
Lodging: 44 rooms: conditioned air, TV, telephone, a safe at the reception desk.
Leisure: swimming-pool
Other plus: the setting, a big garden
Inconvenience: no maintaining.

TSARA GUEST HOUSE *** in Fianarantsoa It is a guest house, situated in the city upper part, in an administrative area.
Construction in the Malagasy and swiss traditional architecture with furniture made of bamboo, Guest House as a whole is magnificent; a good view on Fianarantsoa city lower part.
17 rooms with 8 having private sanitary installations, TV, telephone, and 2 private sanitary rooms, telephone, and 7 common sanitary rooms, a restaurant, a bar.
Other plus: reception and service, a good restaurant.

ZOMATEL ** in Fianarantsoa Located in the middle of the city center, a 33 ventilated room hotel with 22 twinned ones, 6 singles, 2 suites, an apartment and 3 familial rooms with television, telephone, mini-bar, private sanitary with hot water.

HOTEL SOAFIA ** in Fianarantsoa Originally Asian architecture. Decorations change for each corridor. Nowadays, it is the biggest hotel complex of the Malagasy south. The owner is a coffee collector converted to tourism..
Tough construction, a restaurant, a bar, discotheque, a confectionery, shops, lecture room, takes credit card.
Lodging 83 rooms: conditioned air, TV, room service, telephone.
Leisure: swimming-pool and tennis court.
Other plus: reasonable price, large capacity
Inconvenience: slow service, no maintaining in the rooms.

RELAIS DE LA REINE in Ranohira Wonderfully integrated in a stone decoration and a greenery embellished by a splendid swimming-pool, an oasis of comfort, serenity and hospitality justifying fully a halt in the massif of ISALO.
Perfect illustration of harmony between nature and comfort. Water mains had been twisted to take the exact shape of the rocks. Moreover, to avoid stroking the eyes, the water tower is dug in the rock. Stone bungalows, with furniture made of palissander . Such stop has become necessary in the far West in Madagascar.
Construction: joined side by side bungalows, a restaurant and bars, a swimming-pool.
27rooms: equipped with private sanitary with hot water.
Other plus: an establishment in a fairylike place.
Inconvenience: problem of frequent availability, no phone.

JARDIN DU ROY at Ranohira Annex to Relais de la Reine, the natural astounding decoration will not stop amazing along the stay.
15 spacious and comfortable rooms with bath and shower, air conditioned the open on a vast sported park and the gallery forest which skirts Soarano River.

DUNES HOTEL at IFATY This charming hotel complex has at your disposal 19 villas and 22 luxury rooms, installed in the quietness of Tropical Park, allows those who stay there to take advantage of the beach. All the rooms are equipped with TV and international channel, individual safe, a mosquito net, hot water and private sanitary, swimming-pool, 2 bars, 2 restaurants, European and Malagasy dishes.