ACROSS AFRICA TOURS & TRAVEL 2035 Sunset lake Road Newark Delaware 19702 | (+1)800-205-5754 | Fax 1 (424) 333-0903 | [email protected] Madagascar Wildlife Tour 14D/13N ( Comfort) Madagascar is known for his unique wildlife. Most of people are thinking that 02 days is too short to see wildlife. It’s not true. This tour is designed to see several animal species around Antananarivo. Animals are not in a cage except in Perieyras reserve where the reptiles are in good condition. You can hear the loud yelling of the biggest lemurs of Madagascar called Indri-Indri or Babakoto and the ring tailed lemurs at lemurs park for sure. This is a suitable tour for weekend or 02 free days in Madagascar Itinerary Day 1 Arrive in Madagascar Upon Arrival at Ivato International Airport. You will be welcomed by our Tours Staff. Once you have cleared customs formalities, our Guide will smooth through the rest of the arrivals process – currency exchange, setting up your phone with a new SIM card, and anything else you need. We will provide you 2 (two) SIM cards with Data + National Call + 5mn International call during your stay in Madagascar. Overnight and dinner at Pietra hotel Day 2 TANA - PALMARIUM After breakfast, you are going to join the Palmarium Reserve. Your trip will take around seven hours with some stops for photos or breaks if it is necessary. You need to take a boat to get there (From Manambato to Palmarium). You will arrive there at the end of the day, so you will check-in at the hotel and then begin the guided night walk — dinner and overnight at Akan’ny nof hotel. Day 3 PALMARIUM In the morning, you will start a guided day walk at the Palmarium Reserve. It is a little island where inhabits ten species of lemur as Indri, Sifaka, Coronatus, Varécia, Variegata, Propithèques, particularly the well known Aye-Aye. There is also the best and endemic Madagascar palm tree as Dypsis, Ravenea, Orania, Voanioala, and Lemurophoenix). Dinner and overnight at Akan’ny nofy Day 4 PALMARIUM – ANDASIBE After breakfast, you will reach Andasibe. You check-in at the hotel and then beginning of the guided night walk in a Village Reserve. The visit will take 1 hour and half, and then drive back to the hotel. Night at the Feon’ny ala Day 5 ANDASIBE Early in the morning, you will start your visit in the Andasibe Mantadia National Park. The primary forest is formed by two distinct protected areas – the Analamazoatra special reserve and the Mantadia national park. Almost the whole park is created by the primary forest, which has never been modified by human beings. It is also a refuge for many animals and plants. Thus, it is not uncommon to come across a multitude of species: lemurs, birds, chameleons, and insects of all kinds. You will enjoy this primary forest and its wildlife the whole day. You will also go trekking along this beautiful landscape and the natural swimming pool. Night at the Feon’ny ala Day 6 ANDASIBE - TANA After breakfast, you will start with a guided visit to Analamazaotra National Park (It is better to leave the hotel at 7:30 AM). This morning you need an early start to catch the Indri-Indri and the Diademed Sifaka in their forest home. The visit takes about 4 hours. Within a mile of the park, you can hear the peculiar call of the Indri very early in the morning until noon and again in the late afternoon. Indris (called Babakoto in Malagasy) is the giant living lemurs at all, reaching up to 1 meter. Andasibe is the best place to observe the Indris, given that there are a couple of families habituated to humans. It lives in small groups and cannot survive in captivity. Apart from the Indri, another 13 lemur species inhabit these forests, such as woody lemur, grey bamboo lemur, diademed sifaka, brown lemur, red mouse- lemur, red-bellied lemur, black and white ruffed lemur, and even aye-aye. After lunch, you will transfer directly to Tana Night at Grand Hotel Urban Day 7 TANA - MORONDAVA - KIRINDy You will take a « domestic flight TLE – MOQ.» Upon arrival Morondava, you will be transferred directly to Kirindy National Park, the beginning of the guided night walk. Kirindy National Park may be best known as the only location where the endangered giant jumping rat (Hypogeomys anti-men) and the Madagascar endemic mammalian species of fossa occurs. There are a number of species of nocturnal lemurs present: Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur (the world’s smallest primate), red-tailed sportive lemur, pygmy mouse lemur, gray mouse lemur, pale fork-marked lemur, Coquerel’s giant mouse lemur, and the fat-tailed dwarf lemur. Further mammalian as narrow-striped mongoose, Verreaux’s sifaka, common tenrec, greater hedgehog tenrec, and red-fronted brown lemur are also found here. Some of Best safaris in Africa … live the dream © 2021 https://www.acrossafricatours.com ACROSS AFRICA TOURS & TRAVEL 2035 Sunset lake Road Newark Delaware 19702 | (+1)800-205-5754 | Fax 1 (424) 333-0903 | [email protected] the local reptiles present are: Labor’s chameleon, various plated lizards, Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko, big-headed gecko, Madagascar ground boa, giant hog-nosed snake, spear- nosed snake, and capitolo. Overnight at at Kirindy Lodge Day 8 KIRINDY - MORONDAVA After a guided day walk in Kirindy forest, transfer directly to Morondava with two main stops in baobab Lamoureux and the Avenue of the Baobabs to enjoy the sunset. The Avenue of the Baobabs, or Alley of the Baobabs, is a prominent group of Grandidier’s baobabs (Adansonia grandidieri) lining the dirt road between Morondava and Belon’i Tsiribihina in the Menabe region of western Madagascar. Night at Palissandre Day 9 MORONDAVA - ANTSIRABE Today you will have a very long drive, so we suggest you lease early as possible (at 7:00 AM). So after breakfast, transfer directly to Antsirabe with some stops on the road for pictures and some breaks if it is necessary. Lunch in Miandrivazo. The landscape is decorated with rice fields, hills, red soil. Arrive in Antsirabe toward the end of the afternoon. Night at Plumeria Day 10 ANTSIRABE – RANOMAFANA In the morning, you will join Ranomafana directly, the village of Ifanadiana, well known for the Ranomafana National Park, and to enjoy the green landscape on the road. Arrival in Ranomafana late in the evening. You will start your stay in this area by a guided night walk. If you like nature and animals, you won’t be disappointed: many birds, butterflies, and lemurs live in these forests. You will also find unique plant species that grow only in this park. There are a number of lemur species, including Peyrieras’s woolly lemur, Avahi peyrierasi, Daubentonia madagascariensis Crossley’s dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus crossleyi Sibree’s dwarf lemur, Cheirogaleus sibreei, Greater bamboo lemur, Prolemur simus Golden bamboo lemur, Hapalemur aureus Ranomafana grey bamboo lemur, Hapalemur griseus ranomafanensis, Red-bellied lemur, Eulemur rubriventer Red- fronted brown lemur, Eulemur rufifrons, Small-toothed sportive lemur, Lepilemur microdon., Southern black and white ruffed lemur, Varecia variegata editorum,Red mouse lemur, Microcebus rufus Milne- Edwards’s sifaka Propithecus edwardsi. Night at the Thermal Hotel Day 11 RANOMAFANA In the morning, departure for a visit to the heart of the rainforest of Ranomafana National Park, a typically reserved area belonging to the last forest corridor along the eastern part of the Big Island. Discovery of the wealth of endemic biodiversity of the region, such as rare species and lemurs seriously endangered, many species of rare and endemic plants used by the local population for traditional medicine.Trekking in the forest by following a track longing the forest passing through a beautiful waterfall, meeting the rare species on the way. Back to the hotel for lunch. After the long day of tiring morning or visit of the spa source, nap and rest for the end of the day. Around 17:30, the start of the guided night walk. Night at the Thermal Hotel Day 12 RANOMAFANA - ISALO After breakfast, back to the road RN7 for the South to reach the city of Ranohira to meet Isalo National Park. During the journey, we take one stop at the reserve of Anja, small peasant associative park which shelters in several particular species of orchids and makis catta little wild, these famous lemurs striped white and black! Arrival at Isalo at the end of the day. Night at the Isalo Rock Lodge Day 13 ISALO This day will start with a guided visit to Isalo national park, then end in the sunset in the famous Isalo window. A total of 340 faunal species are known to inhabit Isalo National Park, including 82 species of birds, 33 species of reptiles, 15 species of frogs, and 14 species of mammals. Notable examples include the Madagascar ground boa Acrantophis dumerili, the white-lipped bright-eyed frog (Boophis albilabris), and the Malagasy rainbow frog (Scaphiophryne gottlebei). The many species of birds found here include Benson’s rock thrush (Monticola sharpei bensoni), the knob- billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos), and the Madagascar ibis (Lophotibis cristata). Several different species of lemur are found in the park. There are over 400 species of plants in the park, many of them endemic to the region. They include the Bismarck palm (Bismarckia Nobilis), which recovers well after fires, Catharanthus ovalis which has medicinal uses, the elephant’s foot plant (Pachypodium rosulatum) and the aloe Aloe isaloensis named after the mountain massif. Night at the Isalo Rock Lodge Day 14: ISALO - TULEAR - TANA You leave Isalo early in the morning to reach Tulear with a stop at the Zombitse National Park.