From Diego Suarez to Nosy Be

Antananarivo - Diego Suarez I Antsiranana

• Welcome upon arrival in Antananarivo, and connecting flight to Diego Suarez.

  The Détours Madagascar team welcomes you at the airport. Visit of the city with its colonnaded houses, its market and its port. Lunch and afternoon free.

Amber Mountain - Amber Mountain

• A full day visiting the Amber Mountain National Park. This volcanic Quaternary structure is 300 000 ha wide. The diversity of its fauna and flora makes it one of the most visited natural parks in the Northern part of Madagascar.
  Accompanied by a local guide, we will discover this very interesting botanical site, by the Thousand Trees Way, going from lichen to orchids, from various species of palm trees to "strangling" ficus, and passing by the ramy, an endemic tree whose sap has a strong turpentine smell.
  Animals are not left aside, with 11 species of lemurs living inside the park : among them the crowned lemur, the Sanford Lemur, and also one of the smallest chameleons in the world, Brookesia tuberculata (barely 3 cm long, including the tail). We will need the trained eye of our local guide to spot this one.

  We might also spot the uroplatus, a flat gecko whose nickname is the King of Camouflage, because he covers up perfectly with the trees' bark on which he sits.

  Picnic lunch at the Roussettes Forest station, and back to the hotel at the end of the day.

Diego Suarez I Antsiranana - Red Tsingy

• From the small village of Sadjoavato, we will do a little detour towards the village of Irodo, to visit the Red Tsingy. Made of stoneware, limestone, marl and laterite rich in iron oxide (which gives them their red colour), the Red Tsingy are the result of the erosion of a layered ground uncovered by deforestation. This unreal place, which can be visited by foot, is pretty outlandish, and definitely worth seeing.

Red Tsingy - Ankarana

• Departure a little early for the Tsingy de l’Ankarana, heading south on the national 6. At the village of Sadjoavato, we will make a small hook to the village of Irodo to visit the Red Tsingy. Made of sandstone, limestone, marl and laterite rich in iron oxide (which gives the red color), the Red Tsingy are the result of erosion on a different strata ground made bare by deforestation. This surreal site can be visited on foot and is particularly exotic. Then, we find the national 6 to lead us towards Mahamasina, gateway to the Tsingy of the Ankarana.

• Accompanied by a local guide, we leave for a walk to the foot of the Ankarana Tsingy National Park. Endemic fauna is present everywhere: lemurs, Mongoose, bats, owls…

  The picturesque sites and landscapes are not left with the Tsingy Rary and turrets of Tsingy. Picnic lunch along the way.

Ankarana - Ankify

• Road to Ankify, village by the seaside where we take the boat to Nosy Be at the end of the morning. The navigation on the collective speed boat lasts about 45 mn.

Ankify - Nosy Be

• After breakfast, transfer by speedboat from the port of Ankify to Nosy Be.

  Nosy Be, or "the big island" is the best known of the Malagasy islands. Also called the island of perfumes, Nosy Be alternates cultures of ylang-ylang, cane sugar, coffee, cocoa, cinnamon, pepper and other spices.

  Arrival to the port of Hell Ville, welcome at the harbor by your hotel and transfer to your hotel. The rest of the day is free.

• Explore freely Nosy Be, the island of Perfume and its surroundings.

  Many activities are possible from the hotel : water sports, fishing, swimming and snorkeling, strolling around the archipelago and sea excursions, motorbike, quad or bike rental, pirogue stroll to the Lokobe Reserve, visiting the local villages or an essential oil distillery at Domaine de Florette, strolling in the local market or to the Sacred Tree, to the waterfall…

  We also advise you take stroll to Mt Passot, best spot to watch the sunset on the entire island.

  You hotel will be able to advise you on those activities. Visits and activities ar your own charge. Possibility to organize excursions and activities, please consult us if needed.