Beaches and Baobabs - Madagascar

An exploration to three diverse corners of the vast island of Madagascar taking in national parks, sand dunes and shimmering islands.

Begin your Madagascan odyssey in one of the country’s most beautiful national parks, Parc National d’Isalo. Here you stay at the very comfortable, French-run Relais de la Reine from where you have very easy access to the park and excellent local guides. After a morning’s hike through stunning scenery, cool off in one of the shaded ’piscines naturelles’.

After three nights here you fly further south to Fort Dauphin, on the south coast. From the Madagascar Classic Camping camp at Mandrare River you will have great opportunities to interact with the local villagers including visits to their traditional wrestling matches and dance displays as well as hearing their songs from the camp as they fetch water from the river each morning. There are four species of lemur in the local area, impressive sand dunes overlooking the ocean, sisal plantations and ’spiny forests’.

After an overnight in Tana you’ll fly to the far north of Madagascar and the island of Nosy Be. From here, a two hour boat ride takes you to the remote island of Nosy Mitsio where you complete your holiday with a relaxing stay at Constance Lodge Tsarabanjina. The lodge has a very relaxed atmosphere (you can go barefoot in the bar) and has several white sand beaches. Guests can take a tour on foot right around the island with the resident marine biologist at low tide and enjoy the excellent snorkelling and diving nearby.

Please see our itinerary below. This is simply a suggested itinerary and can be tailor-made to suit your requirements.

A suggested itinerary