Essentials of the West and Tsingy of Bemaraha

Antananarivo - Morondava

• Transfert to the Ivato Airport for your connecting flight from Antananarivo to Morondava.

  The Détours Madagascar team welcomes you upon arrival at the Morondava airport, and transfer to you hôtel.

Morondava - Bekopaka

• Early departure towards Bekopaka. We take the direction of Belo Tsiribihina. The dusty track sneaks into the dry forests of western Madagascar, dotted with baobabs.

  
  Almost at the end of a morning journey, we discover the first village in the Center West of the Menabe region: Tsimafana. This is the place of embarkation to take the first ferry and discover this opulent territory of the Tsiribihina River, a journey punctuated by groups of birds. We reach the village of Belo on Tsiribihina and have lunch there. We highly recommend the Mad Zebu local restaurant, of amazing quality, which will delight the most discerning gourmets.

  
  To reach the entrance of Bekopaka, we take the second ferry on the Manambolo River. The beauty of the landscape is so breathtaking that it will be able to hold us longer on this river and stop time. High, steep cliffs surround us, this unbelievable discovery, the "grandiose landscapes" and this particular sensation of measuring immensity are worth the detour..

  
  We reach Bekopaka at the end of the day, guardian of the Tsingy Massif of Bemaraha (Tsingy-bemaraha National Park), classified as a Natural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
  Settling down at the hotel for the night.

Bekopaka - Bekopaka

• A day visiting the outstanding Tsingy of Bemaraha National Park.
  The Tsingy are real limestone cathedrals. This dense network of faults, canyons and limestone blocks shaped like blades, is one of the most spectacular landscape in Madagascar.
  Inboard a pirogue and by foot, inside canyons and mazes, we set foot to discover great spaces, vertigo and sensational hikes.

Bekopaka - Tsingy of Bemaraha

• We go to discover great spaces : the Great Tsingy of Bemaraha.

  Our tour starts by a transfer by car, 17 km North of the village of Bekopaka, to reach these huge limestone cathedrales, the dense faults network, deep canyons, and limestone blocks carved in blades or peaks forming the Tsingy.

  Through canyons with humid vegetation and mazes, we will reach the "Tsingy's Rooftop".
  Back to the village at the end of the day.

Bekopaka - Morondava

• Early in the morning, we take the direction of Morondava. In spite of the quality of the track, we will relive with nostalgia our unbelievable discovery of the high steep cliffs and the grandiose landscapes. The peculiar sensation of measuring immensity regains us again.

  
  First ferry on the Manambolo River to get to Belo Tsiribihina in the late morning. We take lunch there and then continue with the second folk crossing of __ Tsiribihina River __ in ferry. We pass by the famous baobabs avenue. We would want to hasten on the red dirt track to get there in time, photograph and immortalize the beautiful sunset that gives the baobabs its orange color.

  
  Arrival in the evening in Morondava and settling down at the hotel.

Morondava - Antsirabe

• Road to Antsirabe, crossing the rice fields.
  After the small village of Mahabo, the landcape becomes more rough until Miandrivazo. We stop in some small villages to visit the market.

  Little by little, the dry landscapes of the middle-west and the eroded mountains of the Bongolava leave space for the patchwork of terrace rice fields and diverse crops, with hills overlooked by the typical red brick houses of the central Highlands.
  Arrival in Antsirabe at the end of the day.