The Tsingy de Bemaraha Nat. Park (Ex NBO)

Meet and greet by our representatives at Antananarivo airport and then transfer to Antananarivo city. You will visit Antananarivo in the afternoon.

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Luxury hotel: Palissandre hotel
Mid Range: Sakamanga hotel

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After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight to Morondava. Upon arrival, you will be met by our representatives and travel to Bekopaka, passing by Tsimafana, crossing rivers before arriving at Belo Sur Tsiribihina by noon. You will have lunch at the local restaurant then continue to Bekopaka and its arid landscape.

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Luxury hotel: Orchid hotel
Mid Range: Chez Ibrahim

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After breakfast, transfer to the park to visit the small Tsingy. This circuit of 4-5 hours of duration passes through a labyrinth of limestones and two view points over the impressive pinnacles. There is a good chance you will spot the Decken’s Sifaka and red-fronted brown lemurs. After the picnic lunch, we will visit Manambolo Gorge; it is a canoe trip along the gorge combined with an easier path through caves, stalactites, stalagmites and the famous family tomb of the Vazimba tribe. After the visit, transfer back to your hotel.

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Luxury hotel: Orchid hotel
Mid Range: Chez Ibrahim

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After breakfast, departure to visit The Big Tsingy. This is probably the most rewarding halfday trip within the park as it goes deep into the limestone forest passing through several hanging bridges with the impressive karstic formations below your feet. The trail is not technically difficult and even children can cope with it, but you certainly should not suffer from vertigo! The look down from the hanging bridge is something to avoid for the faint of heart. After the visit, transfer back to your hotel.

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Luxury hotel: Orchid hotel
Mid Range: Chez Ibrahim

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THE TSINGY OF BEMARAHA NATIONAL PARK

 

Designated a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO in 1990, comprises a surface of 1.575km². This remote area was not a tourist trek until 1998, when the southern part (723 km²) was declared a National Park. The northern section is an Integral Reserve so tourists are not allowed to enter the zone. The reserve’s canyons, gorges, undisturbed forests, lakes and mangrove swamps display an astonishing richness of fauna and flora which have not been completely recorded. The rate of endemism is about 85%, and 47% are even local endemic!

We can spot 11 lemur species, including for Decken’s sifaka, red-fronted brown lemur, fattailed dwarf lemur, grey mouse lemur or the Cleese’s woolly lemur and the Sambirano lesser bamboo lemur, which only occur here. Other resident mammals are the small carnivorous falanouc and ring-tailed mongoose, and several bats. More than 100 bird species have been catalogued at present inside the National Park, including the critically endangered.

Madagascar fish eagle and crested ibis, Madagascar wood-rail, giant coua or Coquerel´s coua. The 45 reptiles and amphibians which are found here are all endemic. Some significant species which only occur in Bemaraha are the Madagascar iguana, a local endemic long-tailed skink and the Antsingy leaf chameleon.

After breakfast, depart to join Morondava but first, we will pass by Sakalava’s village tombs and the Baobab alley which is unique in the world with its very beautiful sunset.  After the sun set, departure to join Morondava and then check in at your hotel.

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Luxury hotel: Palissandre hotel
Mid Range: Chez Maggie

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Transfer to the airport for your flight to Antananarivo. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel.

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Luxury hotel: Palissandre hotel
Mid Range: Sakamanga hotel

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Transfer to the airport for your international flight