6 days On the Road to Natures Wonders. Diego Bay, Ankarana, Nosy Komba, Nosy Be, Antananarivo. Madagascar

Day 1: Diego Bay. Madagascar

Arrival in Diego Suarez, Diego Bay. Transfer to Hotel Colbert. Diego is situated in the north of Madagascar , it is the place where the first Europeans landed on the island. Surrounded by the Mozambique Channel and the Indian Ocean it offers a spectacular sight with its numerous bays and beautiful beaches.

This is the domain of Antakarana (Those-of-the-rocks ) people, they are fisherman or cattle raisers whose rulers came from the Sakalava dynasty. Their houses are usually built, raised on stilts.

Overnight in Hotel Colbert.

Day 2 : Amber Mountain - Ankarana. Madagascar

Day excursion to Montagne d'Ambre National Park . Situated in the high mountain of Ambre , this park is very rich with a huge tropical forest, with an endemic fauna and flora, luxuriant vegetation and many waterfalls. Exploration of the park with a special guide. A huge tropical forest about 18,200 ha it covers a volcanic massif composed mainly of basaltic rocks.

Numerous rivers arise here and flow out in different directions, so the park is a vital water catchments area for the nearby town in Diego Suarez. There are several attractive crater lakes and some spectacular waterfalls. Much of the park is covered with upland tropical moist forest, with numerous giant trees, smaller ferns and several species orchids. The reptile fauna is impressive, stump-tailed chameleon, snakes, insect life is particularly rich. In the afternoon, continuation to Ankarana where you spend your night in tents. Night in camping on full board .

Day 3: Ankarana. Madagascar

After breakfast, day exploration of the 'Tsingy Ankarana', where the limestone highland has been worked by the erosion and which gives us the impression of walking on a spiny land. It offers us an extraordinary spectacle. The vegetation itself is as unusual as the Tsingy itself. The area consists of 18,225 ha covering a massif of Jurassic limestone rising abruptly from a surrounding savannas-like plain. Dominant canopy trees include Dalbergia and casia various figs, and superb specimens of the baobab Adansonia madagascariensis as well as numerous palms.

The Tsingy harbours a fascinating assemblage of drought-adapted succulent plants. These include Pachypodium decaryi , Adenia neohumbertii and so on...Abundant wildlife in forested canyon.

Night in camping on full board.

Day 4: Ankarana - Ankify - Nosy Komba. Madagascar

Departure after breakfast to be at Ankify at 12.00. We start our drive to Ankify around 08.00 across the coffee, cacao and ylang ylang plantation. This 5 hours drive will bring us to a volcanic and the most fertile land of Madagascar. Then we pass the mountain chain of Tsaratanana, the 1st peak of the island.

Stop to Ambilobe to visit the picturesque market of this Muslim city, drive to Ankify where we take the boat to Nosy be. Situated on the mainland on beautiful beach, Ankify is the main harbour to Nosy Be, we will see many small speed boats with many goods and many passengers waiting for the boat to Nosy Be.

Arrival in Ankify around noon. The car will bring us to Hotel Le Baobab Ankify where a speed boat is waiting for us to transfer us until Nosy Komba. This boat transfer lasts about 1 hour, so we'll arrive in Nosy Komba around 13.30.

Night in Hotel Floralies on bed and breakfast.

Day 5: Nosy Komba. Madagascar

Nosy Komba is a tiny isle on the south east of Nosy be, it is doted with the most beautiful beaches with white sand and sea of emerald colours. Named as ' the kingdom of black lemurs', it is a place where we can see the lemurs maccacco maccacco which are endemic in the north. Along the small village we will see many embroidery made by local women to sell to the tourists coming to the isle.

Night in Hotel Floralies on bed and breakfast.

Day 6: Nosy Komba - Nosy Be - Antanarivo. Madagascar

Morning free. Around 15.00, boat transfer to Nosy Be. Arrival in Nosy Be Hell Ville around 15.45 then around 17.30, transfer to the airport Fascène to fly back to Tana. Arrival in Ivato airport at 20.20, then connection for international flight to Paris, or Johannesburg

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