Birdwatching Tour

(21 days / 20 nights)This tour will take you the most important bird whatching areas in the west, east and south of Madagascar, where you can see many endemic and other birds. You’ll also see several nationalparks and reserves, such as Ampijoroa, Andasibe/Périnet, Ranomafana, Ranohira and Zombitse.  

Birdwatching Tour

Madagascar Day1:
ANTANANARIVO
arrival in Tana, meeting at the airport and transfer to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel

Madagascar Day2:
ANTANANARIVO – AMPIJOROA
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the flight to Majunga (possibility of driving). Collect at the airport and transfer to Ampijoroa reserve located around 120km from Majunga. Overnight at Ampijoroa Lodge.

Madagascar Day3-4:
AMPIJOROA
02 days for the visit of the park with its the reserve with its chameleons, lemurs as the Sifaka Coquereli, birds (Sickle-billed, White-headed and Hook-billed, Torotoroka Scops Owl, Grey-headed Lovebird, fish eagle, and Red-capped couas. … Overnight at the same lodge.

Madagascar Day5:
AMPIJOROA – ANTANANARIVO
Back to Majunga and flight to Tana (possibility of driving). Transfer to the hotel.

Madagascar Day6:
ANTANANARIVO – ANDASIBE
After breakfast, morning visit of Tsarasaotra park in Alarobia to watch water birds such as : Goliath and Purple Heron, Black herons, Red billed teal, Knob billed duck,….. Then drive to Andasibe through a landscape composed of rice fields , waterfalls, and scarce forest stations. Optional: visit of the butterfly park in Marozevo, nocturnal visit…. Overnight at the hotel.

Madagascar Day7-8:
ANDASIBE
02 days for the visit of the park where we can find the species dwelling inside this forest like Indri Indri, the tallest of all lemur species, chameleons, birds as the madagascar pond heron, Madagascar coucal, Madagascar Hoopoe, Fody Madagascariensis, Madagascar white-eye…. Overnight at the hotel.

Madagascar Day9:
ANDASIBE – ANTSIRABE
Drive back to Tana, then continuation to Antsirabe tour of the “Town of Water” or “Town of Rickshaws”: so called because of its numerous thermal springs and the existence of two lakes and its thousands of rickshaws. Overnight at the hotel.

Madagascar Day10:
ANTSIRABE – RANOMAFANA
After breakfast, drive to Ranomafana a national park. Stop in Ambositra for the visit of some Zafimaniry handicrafts centres: woodcarving…. Continuation to Ranomafana, check-in at the hotel, overnight.

Madagascar Day11-12:
RANOMAFANA
02 days visits of this beautiful NP of rainforest where we can see various species of of lemurs such as the golden bamboo lemurs, brown lemurs, chameleons, frogs, birds: Madagascar crested ibis, Henst’s goshawk, various Vangas notably Blue, Rufous, Hook-billed, Red-tailed…. Overnight at the hotel.

Madagascar Day13:
RANOMAFANA – RANOHIRA
Early departure to Ranohira. Optional: visit the Anja park, where you can see some families of ring-tailed lemurs in their natural surroundings. Continuation to Ranohira, arrival in Ranohira at sunset. Overnight.

Madagascar Day14:
RANOHIRA – ZOMBITSE
Optional: visit of Isalo NP with its ruine-like rocks, canyons, endemic fauna and flora such as Lemurs , plants such as Pachypodiums, aloes, the Satrana ( Medemia palms ). Then drive to Zombitse-Vohibasia NP. Overnight at a simple lodge.

Madagascar Day15:
ZOMBITSE – TOLIARA – IFATY
Morning visit of the park with plants, lemurs, birds… the endemic Appert’s greenbul, as well as Zombitse’s many other specials. We will look for Madagascar partridge, Madagascar buttonquail, the stately Giant coua, Madagascar sandgrouse,;Madagascar lesser cuckoo, Madagascar cuckoo-shrike, Thamnornis warbler, Common newtonia….. After the visit, off to Tulear along a straight road. The landscape is composed of high bushes, thick gallery forests and some proudly decorated Mahafaly tombs. Arrival in Tulear, drive to Ifaty with  4WD car. Check-in at the hotel. Overnight.

Madagascar Day16:
IFATY
Day free in Ifaty (4WD car at your disposal). Optional visit of the spiny forest with its Baobab, pachypodiums, Euphorbia….In ifaty we can find also with some luck Madagascar buzzard, Madagascar harrier hawk, Madagascar kestrel, Madagascar button Quail, Sub desert Mesite, Whimbrel, Common greenshank, Black-winged stilt, Grey Plover, Lesser crested -tern, Madagascar turtle-dove, Madagascar green pigeon, Greater Vasa parrot, Lesser vasa parrot, Grey-headed lovebird, Madagascar lesser Cuckoo, Red-fronted Coua, Running Coua, Green-capped Coua, Crested Coua, Madagascar Coucal, Madagascar Nightjar, Madagascar swift, Madagascar bee-eater, Madagascar Cuckoo-shrike, Red-tailed vanga, Hook-billed vanga, Sickle-billed Vanga, White-headed Vanga, Chabert Vanga, Madagascar magpie robin, Long-billed greenbul, Sub desert brush-warbler, Thamnornis Warbler, Common Newtonia, Archbolds Newtonia, Common Jery, Madagascar Munia, Sakalava Weaver, Madagascar fody, Madagascar Lark.,…. Overnight at the hotel.

Madagascar Day17:
IFATY – TOLIARA
Morning free, in the afternoon, drive back to Tulear (4WD car at your disposal). Overnight at the hotel.

Madagascar Day18:
TOLIARA – ANAKAO
Morning transfer to the Mahavatse port for the boat to Anakao. Overnight at the hotel.

Madagascar Day19:
ANAKAO Excursion NOSY VE
Excursion to Nosy Ve where we can see the red-tailed tropicbird. Back to Anakao, overnight at the hotel.

Madagascar Day 20:
ANAKAO – TOLIARA – ANTANANARIVO
Boat transfer to Tulear, then transfer to the airport for the flight to Tana. Collect at the airport and transfer to the hotel. Overnight

Madagascar Day21:
ANTANANARIVO – EUROPE
Transfer to the airport. End of services.

RATES per person in € (based on a double room):

1 pax 4594

2 pax 2544

4 pax 1963

6 pax 1750

supp SGL 476

supp Guide full tour 2313 (mandatory from 4 pax) (this is the tariff for normal guide, tariff for birdwhatching expert guide upon request)

supp flights  Antananarivo-Majunga -Antananarivo 520,  Tulear-Antananarivo 250

supp best hotels, per person

SGL 1115 DBL 640

Including:

-transfer airport-hotel-airport
-boat transfer Tulear-Anakao-Tulear
-transfer Majunga-Ampijoroa-Majunga
-accommodation in middrange hotels based on Bed & Breakfast
-transportation with a driver (Tana-Andasibe-Tulear)
-4WD car with a driver (Tulear-Ifaty-Tulear)
-fuel and driver’s indemnities
-tourist levy
-vat

Excluding:

-English speaking guide for the full tour
-domestic and international flights with their taxes
-visa fees 35 € for a stay up to max. 30 days
-meals and drinks
-optional activities
-shopping
-personal insurance
Tariffs are subject to changes, especially if heavy fluctuation in exchange rate and/or fuel prices. All tours are subject to changes in case of cancellations or overbooking of flights or train, changes in timetable, bad weather and road conditions, strike, political troubles, problems with fuel supply, tribal and other war, closing of sites, natural disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods and other acts of God.