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SAFARI BAOBAB TREES TOUR MADAGASCAR

Published: 01 Dec 2024

HIGHLIGHTS: Kirindy Reserve Park Morondava
Kirindy Mitea National Park Belo Sur Mer
Baobab Lovers Morondava
Baobab Sacred Morondava
Baobab Avenue Morondava
Baobab Giant
Tattooed baobab
Baobab Bootle
Excursion Betania Island
Local culture, Nature, Craft, Village Life, Reef

DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN ANTANANANARIVO
Reception at the airport by Mada Sky Tour Staff and transfer to the hotel.
Dinner and overnight at the Hotel San Cristobal Hotel Antananarivo

DAY 2: DOMESTIC FLIGHT FROM ANTANANARIVO - MORONDAVA
After breakfast, flight to Morondava “1:15 minutes”. Reception at the airport and drive directly through to the hotel. Up arrival in Hotel check your hotel . Then get ready with a local ‘pirogue’ (a dugout canoe) to explore Canal Hellot. You will enjoy the mangroves with different species of fish migratory birds and hardworking locals along the water repairing their pirogues or transporting their catches of the day.
This island is where a majority of local fisherman live and will give visitors the opportunity to see the traditional huts made from mud and Satrana (dried palm leaves). This island is a perfect place to relax and take in stunning views of the Mozambique channel. After visit in the morning back to your hotel and ejoy the rest to relax on the beach.Have a drink and merely get a massage, a tan or sleep on the beach... Relaxing, toning or slimming. An absolute must after stiffness of the road, quad bike raids or just for some relax.
Dinner and Overnight at the Hotel Baobab Café Morondava

DAY 3: VISIT KIRINDY RESERVE PARK –BAOBAB AVENUE
After breakfast, visit the Kirindy reserve about 3 hours. It homes one of the most outstanding and threatened wildlife habitats in Madagascar: we are trying to spot the red fronted brown lemur, the Verreaux's sifakas, fulvus rufus and the Fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) which are the best highlights of Kirindy reserve. You will discover some endemic birds, turtles, and Baobabs. After visitin Kirindy Forest you have time for lunch then we will drive to Baobab Sacred and Baobab Lovers . Then we will back to Morondava and make a stop at and enjoy a sunset in perhaps one of the most famous locations in all of Madagascar, the Avenue of the Baobabs. Once you've soaked in this beautiful location, and taken some amazing photos, we will make our way to the center of the city.
Dinner and Overnight at the Hotel Baobab Café Morondava

DAY 4: MORONDAVA-BELO SUR MER
After a night in Morondava, your guide will take you to Belo sur Mer, a fishing village surrounded by mangroves located 80 km south. Apart from the main concrete road, the road is mostly made up of dirt tracks, not very comfortable but which adds to the adventure. You cross a region whose landscape is characterized by the presence of a dry and arid vegetation. During in the road you will stop in different place to visit the different species of baobab. Up arrival in Belo Sur Mer, you will drop off your luggage at the hotel Then we cross the village of Belo, to go to the saltworks, it is the largest of Madagascar. You can discover all the work around the production of salt. This is often a "family work", under an overwhelming sun, people wash the salt to make it suitable for consumption. This is how you will be able to admire the pyramids of salt letting the sun dry them before reaching the salt port by tractor or zebu carts where they begin, carefully enclosed in 50 kg bags, their journey on the typical dhows of Belo sur mer.
Nearby, we reach the baobabs and the dhow port, from where the dhows loaded with salt leave. Dinner and Overnight at Ecolodge du Menabe Belo Sur Mer

DAY 5: BELO SUR-VISIT KIRINDY MITEA NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast departure for visit Kirindy Mitea National Park (sometimes spelled Kirindy Mité, not to be confused with the Kirindy Private Reserve fairly close by) is a great, varied, extensive and little visited National Park (722 km²), right in the heart of the ancient kingdom of Menabe. The park is perhaps best known for the lemurs and birdlife associated with the sacred lakes in the southern part of the park.
Kirindy Mitea National Park is a lemur-lovers delight. But the main draw at Kirindy Mitea National Park is the birdlife – 58 species in total, 18 of which are endemic to the region. The baobab trees forest. The national park also includes a marine component. Whales, hammerhead sharks, nudibranchs, and coral reefs are among the many sights within the marine park. The marine area includes 7 small islands.
Dinner and Overnight at Ecolodge du Menabe Belo Sur Mer

DAY 6: BELO SUR MER – MANJA- MOROMBE
After two night spent at the hotel on Belo sur Mer, on the way to Morombe, our next step! We make this crossing in 4×4, considering the impressive state of the roadThis trip lasts all day. But the bad state of the road can be forgotten thanks to the vegetation, always different, from a corner to another of the Big Island. On the approach to Morombe, the baobabs still constitute the essential of the landscape. Morombe is famous for its giant baobab, with a circumference of almost 20 meters here, the wooded savannah spreads its colors. We will discovery different species than you seen before during the road until Morombe.
Up arrival check your hotel and enjoy your time on the beach.
Dinner and Overnight at Hotel Le Palétuvier Morombe

DAY 7: MOROMBE - ANDAVADOAKA
After breakfast. Here we go again of 4×4! This time we make the route connecting Morombe to Andavadoaka. We are here in the presence of a dry vegetation, a savanna punctuated with trees by place.
As we advance, the trees are more numerous, just like the people we can meet. The colors also change, gradually giving way to a brighter green and typical villages.
On the road to Andavadoaka, we will pass by a forest of baobabs… Like on the avenue of the baobabs, majestic trees which flirt with the sky. The waking dream for the visitors… The sensation of the tiny importance of the human being in front of the immensity of the nature…In Andavadaoka, your guide will install you at the hotel for the night.
Dinner and Overnight at Hotel Olobe Lodge Andavadoaka

DAY 8: ANDAVADOAKA
After breakfast, Visit Baobab Forest - Just five minutes away, rises an enchanting forest corroborated by numerous Adansonia Madagascariensis, is the famous Baobabs of Madagascar. An adventurous journey through cactus, shrubs and tamarind will lead to the discovery of these gigantic trees. Your will be accompanied and guided to discover the qualities of medicinal plants and the rituals of Malagasy people. At the border of the forest, you will find a holy lake, a place of worship and meditation; Then we continue to the Giant Baobab - Everything is big in Madagascar. Enjoy this full day excursions to see one of the biggest trees of the world. This baobab has a 31 meters of diameter!The excursion lasts 8 hours and includes a stop for the launch. The whole trip will be in a 4wd car with air-conditioning and all comforts.
Dinner and Ovenight at Hotel Olobe Lodge Andavadoaka

DAY 9: ANDAVADOAKA – SALARY BAY
With your accompanying driver, you continue your crossing in 4×4. Direction: Salary, small village of the Vezo fishermen. We take a sandy track for a two hours trip.
Leaving the village of Andavadoaka, the track that we have to cross is relatively in good condition, with around, a landscape essentially constituted of dry vegetation. In some places, we meet some houses, traditional huts, made essentially of wood.
We are still in the world of baobabs and can discover different types, including the tattooed baobab, on which nature has drawn curves, shapes and lines.
Upon arrival in Salary, a small village of white sand and wooden houses, your guide will install you at the hotel.
The afternoon will be free: you will be able to rest, after these several days of car…or visit the surroundings.
Dinner and Overnight at Hotel Salary Bay

DAY 10 – SALARY – TOLIARA – ANTANANARIVO
. Direction South West: heading to Toliara for 5 hours of track, following the coast.The city of Toliara is known for its warm climate; it is the most important city of the South, bordered by a coral reef. In the architecture of the city persists the colonial heritage.On the program of this day, your transfer to the airport of Toliara where you will take the plane for Antananarivo, the capital, up arrival transferred to you Hotel.
Dinner and Overnight at San Cristobal Boutique Hotel

DAY 11: ANTANANARIVO – AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL
After breakfast, you prepare you luggages then you are transferred to the airport to catch your international flight. End of our services

SERVICE INCLUDED:
 Private Meet & Greet
 All airport transfers and sightseeing are on Private basis
 English speaking guide for whole tour
 Private Comfort car with driver and fuel (4WD) during whole trip
 Driver’s meals and his accommodation
 All Accommodations based on bed and breakfast during whole tour
 Entrance fee/local guide in Kirindy Forest park
 Entrance fee/local guide in Kirindy Mitea National Park (night visit)
 Domestic Flight from Antananarivo to Morondava
 Domestic Flight back from Tulear to Antananarivo
 Excursion Betania Island
 Visit Baobab Lovers Morondava
 Visit Baobab Sacred Morondava
 Visit Baobab Avenue Morondava
 2 bottle of water (1.5L) per person per day during whole tour
 Ferry in Bevoay river
 All Parks Entrance / reserve and local guide fees mentioned in the program
 Discover local village and village life, crafts, nature, reef
 Ferry
 Taxes, VAT and handling fees

SERVICE EXCLUDES:
 Tips and personal expense and none specified items.
 International flight costs and visa fees or assistance unless otherwise specified.
 Drinks
 Lunch and Dinner