North Tour

East Ankarana National Park Red Tsingy Baobab Nord Emeraude

Description

Program

Day 1:
Nosy Be (Meal not included)
Welcome to Nosy Be airport. Briefing and transfer to the hotel.

Day 2:
Nosy Be - Diégo-Suarez (Antsiranana) (Breakfast,Lunch)
Meeting at the reception of your hotel in Nosy Be. Briefing and transfer to Hellville harbor. Boarding on a speedboat at Hellville port for a tranfer to Ankify.

Transfer from Ankify to Mahamasina - 140 km of damaged road
Meeting at the Port of Ankify with the guide. We will start the transfer to Ankarana, which we will reach after 3.5 hours by crossing ever-changing landscapes, savannah, rice fields, hills with palm forests, villages. We will cross the town of Ambilobe where a colorful local market takes place every day. Arrival in Mahamasina.

Excursion "The Ankarana East National Park"
The massif of Ankarana is known for its attractive limestone peaks locally called Tsingy, that extend over 20km on the west coast.
Ankarana is refuge of 13 species of bats, 10 species of Lemurs and 92 species of birds. Some endemic fauna species can be discovered in this reserve, like the « Fosa », the unique lemurs predator. This animal belongs to the family of Felidae. Ankarana preserves a dense, tropical deciduous forest, spiny forests, baobabs, tall trees. The path changes according to the weather and your physical conditions, from 2.5 to 4 hours visit with several circuits that you can choose in agreement with your guide : La Perte de rivière, the Turret of Tsingy, Tsingy Rary, the suspended bridge and the bats' cave. Lunch "Chez Aurelien".

Transfer to Diego Suarez in the afternoon - 110 Km of damaged road (about 3.5 hours drive)
Arrival in Diego Suarez and transfer to the hotel.

Day 3:
Diégo-Suarez (Antsiranana) (Breakfast, Lunch)
Excursion "Ramena and the 3 bay" - About 50km of road, track sandy
It is about a succession of three bays on the coast situated along the Indian Ocean. They are lined with a long beautiful white sand beach allowing a delicious bathing. Regularly blowed, the bay of Sakalava is the hangout of the windsurfers who evolve on magnificent waves. The bay of Dunes and the bay of the Pigeons are accessible from the bay of Sakalava or cap miné.
Lunch in Ramena restaurant, a traditional village of fishermen bordered with white sand beach and coconuts trees. On the way back to Diégo-Suarez, we will go round the Bay of Diégo which is meant to be one of the most beautiful bay in the world after Rio de Janeiro, where a majestic sugar loaf with its conical karstic structure is towering up above the sea.

Day 4:
Diégo-Suarez (Antsiranana) (Breakfast, Lunch)
Visit of Amber Mountain National Park
Meeting at the hotel with the guide. Visit to the park with a certified MADAGASCAR NATIONAL PARK guide for a journey of about 2.5 hours.
Evergreen forest with tropical humid microclimate, forest paths, botanical trails, waterfalls The park is home of 7 species of lemur and a variety of endemic land species that can be observed in their natural environment.
Lunch at the restaurant «Le Relais de la Montagne d'Ambre, chez Maryline», ancient conial house with tropical garden full of flowers.

Optional stop along the way back to a monastery from which we will enjoy a wonderful panorama immersed in an atmosphere of absolute relaxation.
Here we can visit their well-kept garden of officinal and medicinal plants, from which essential oils and curative balms are obtained, according to local tradition.

Day 5:
Diégo-Suarez (Antsiranana) (Breakfast, Lunch)
Excursion "The Red Tsingy" with Lunch
he Red Tsingy is the result of erosion by rainwater from a thick mantle of laterite. Composed of sandstone and marl, they offer their beautiful draperies ephemeral within single sedimentary basin of Madagascar.
Lunch in a local restaurant at Analamera. Back to the Hotel.

Day 6:
Diégo-Suarez (Antsiranana) - Nosy Be (Breakfast)
Departure from Diego Suarez, start of the transfer through changing landscapes, plantations, expanses of traveller's palms and villages, crossing until Ankify - 250 km in about 6 hours by car.
Boarding on a speedboat at Ankify for a transfer to Hellville port. Take over at Hellville harbor and transfer to your hotel in Nosy Be.

Price includes

- All transfers as mentioned in the program
- Excursions by 4x4 WD / minibus / Boat with guide
- Assistance
- Accommodation in mentioned hotels or similar
- Meals as mentioned in the program
- Entrance fees to the Park or Site
- MNP Guide in the Park
- Fresh bottled water
- Vignettes and tourist taxes

Price does not include

- Drinks
- Meals not mentioned in the program
- International and domestic flights/Airport taxes/visas and travel insurance
- Services not mentioned in the program
- Tips and personal expenses
- Insurances

Note: the visit of the suspended bridge and bats' cave is not included in this program and it is possible only for tours that plan overnight at Ankarana (see "North tour and sea stay")

Itinerary

Accommodations provided in each place