ANTANANARIVO

The capital, also called The Town of Thousand, is undoubtedly the first touristic town of Madagascar, with its fine avenues, especially Independance Avenue, its steep and picturesque streets, its quaint houses of malagasy style dwarfed by towering modern buildings. The Botanical and Zoological Garden of Tsimbazaza is situated in the southern part of the town, there you can find samples of endemic plant and animal species of Madagascar.