Interests :
- Madagascar has a rich birdlife, with over two hundred species recorded, including a high rate of endemism. Due to deforestation is now threatened. To assist in their preservation, we offer this birding tour in collaboration with the Association ASITY, which includes Malagasy birdwatchers. By choosing this tour, you make
- your contribution to the preservation of birds of Madagascar.
Feasibility: August to December
Best time: September to November
With Ornithologist Guide
Prices :
1767 Euros per person
2014 USD per person
Based on 2 person
Without Ornithologist Guide
Prices :
1126 Euros per person
1284 USD per person
Based on 2 person
D1: TANA / ANDASIBE
Morning visit the private park of Tsarasaotra, scored a RAMSAR site. This tranquil oasis is a nesting site for several bird species such as Squacco Heron, Little Grebe, Black Heron…
Then departure to Andasibe (3H drive). Visit of the Pereyras reserve on the way. This reserve has a remarkable collection of insects, reptiles and amphibians of the island. The chameleon, stick insects, frogs, geckos and colorful are well represented and are easily observable. Free lunch at the restaurant. Then continuation to Andasibe. Free dinner.
Night in Andasibe
D2 : ANDASIBE / MANTADIA NP (B)
Full day birding in the Mantadia National Park which is a medium altitude rainforest and is home to no fewer than 109 species of birds, including the Scaly ground roller, blue coua, nuthatch vanga… The park is home also to Diademed Sifaka.
Free picnic lunch. Return to the hotel in the afternoon, free dinner.
Night in Andasibe
D3 : ANDASIBE / ANALAMAZAOTRA NP / TANA (B)
Breakfast at the lodge and during the morning, we visit the Analamazaotra National Park. The rainforest shelters the largest lemur, the Indri Indri, easily observable. The park is also home to other bird species like red-fronted coua, tylas vanga, velvet asity…
Free lunch in a restaurant and drive back to Tana (3H30 drive). Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Free dinner.
Night in Tana
D4 : TANA / ANTSIRABE / RANOMAFANA NP (B)
Breakfast and departure to Antsirabe (3H30 drive). Free lunch in a restaurant and continuation to Ranomafana National Park (5H drive). Arrival and installation to the hotel, free dinner.
Night in Ranomafana
D5 : RANOMAFANA NP (B)
Day devoted to bird watching. The lowland rainforest of the national park is home to 96 species of birds, some of them are endemic as the brown mesite, Pollen’s vanga, yellow-bellied sunbird-asity or Henst’s goshawk.
Free picnic lunch in the park. Return to the hotel in the afternoon, free dinner.
Night in Ranomafana
D6 : RANOMAFANA NP / ANJA RESERVE / RANOHIRA (B)
We leave very early to reach Ranohira (7H drive). Along the way, we visit the Anja community forest to observe the ring-tailed lemur. This reserve is a fine example of a successful ecotourism initiative led by the local community. This site is home to several species of orchids, succulent plants and a colony of ring-tailed lemur easy to observe. Entrance fees and guide charges are directly transferred into a fund used to build clinics, schools and promote rice technologies.
Free lunch in a local restaurant. Continuation to Ranohira. Arrival and installation to the hotel, free dinner.
Night in Isalo
D7 : RANOHIRA / ISALO NP (B)
Discovery of Isalo National Park. We leave for a trek through the ruiniform massif to observe the Benson rock-trush, Madagascar cuckoo-roller, white-throated rail… Free picnic lunch in the park. Free dinner.
Night in Isalo
D8 : RANOHIRA / ZOMBITSE-VOHIBASIA NP / ARBORETUM ANTSOKAY / TULEAR (B)
Early departure to the dry forest of Zombitse National Park (1H30 drive), home to endemic birds such as Appert’s greenbul, crested coua, white-browed owl. After a short hike through the park, we continue to Tulear (2H drive). Visit of the arboretum Antsokay along the road. Free lunch at the restaurant. The arboretum Antsokay is a botanical garden of more than 900 plant species endemic to the great south of the island. Continuation to Tulear and transfer to the hotel. Free dinner.
Night in Tulear
D9 : TULEAR / ANAKAO / TSIMANAMPETSOTSE NP / ANAKAO (B)
Transfer by boat to Anakao (1H of boat), then drive to Tsimanampetsotse National Park (2H30 of bumpy road). The site is of biological importance especially for its waterfowl. Among the 112 species of bird, some are endemic such as the Madagascar plover or Perigrime. But the main attraction is of course the flamingo colonies. Free picnic lunch in the park and drive back to Anakao (2H drive). Arrival and installation to the hotel, free dinner.
Night in Anakao
D10 : ANAKAO / NOSY VE / ANAKAO (B/L)
We go for a pirogue ride to Nosy Ve (45min pirogue), to observe the Paille en Queue, the island is a nesting site of this very rare bird, picnic lunch based on seafood on the beach then pirogue ride back to Anakao in the afternoon. Free dinner.
Night in Anakao
D11 : ANAKAO / TULEAR / IFATY (B)
Speedboat transfer to Tulear (1H of boat) and drive to Ifaty (1h of bumpy road).
On the way we visit the Honko community reserve.
Birding along the edge of the mangrove and reeds that offers a great place for bird watching.
The site offers the opportunity to observe a variety of wetland birds in the region such as the little grebe, Little Bittern, the Black Heron, purple heron and Madagascar kestrel.
Free lunch and transfer to the hotel, free dinner.
Night in Ifaty
D12: IFATY / TULEAR / TANA (B)
Breakfast and visit the spiny bush of Reniala Baobab forest to observe the long-tailed ground roller, Lafresnaye’s vanga, subdesert mesite…Free lunch. Then transfer to the airport for the flight Tulear / Tana/ End of services.
B : Breakfast
L : Lunch
D : Dinner
