Day 1: Nosy Be
Nosy Be (Dinner)
Welcome to Nosy Be airport. Briefing and transfer to the hotel.
Day 2: Antsiranana
Nosy Be — Diego-Suarez (Antsiranana) (Breakfast, Lunch)
Meeting at the reception of your hotel in Nosy Be. Briefing and transfer to Hellville harbour. Boarding on a speedboat at Hellville port for a transfer to Ankify.
Transfer from Ankify to Mahamasina — 140 km of damaged road
Meeting at the Port of Ankify with the guide. We will start the transfer to Ankarana, which we will reach after 3.5 hours by crossing ever-changing landscapes, savannah, rice fields, hills with palm forests, villages. We will cross the town of Ambilobe where a colourful local market takes place every day. Arrival in Mahamasina.
Excursion “The Ankarana East National Park”
The massif of Ankarana is known for its attractive limestone peaks, locally called Tsingy, that extend over 20 km on the West Coast.
Ankarana is a refuge of 13 species of bats, 10 species of Lemurs and 92 species of birds. Some endemic fauna species can be discovered in this reserve, like the « Fosa », the unique lemurs predator. This animal belongs to the family of Felidae. Ankarana preserves a dense, tropical deciduous forest, spiny forests, baobabs, tall trees. The path changes according to the weather and your physical conditions, from 2.5 to 4 hours visit with several circuits that you can choose in agreement with your guide : La Perte de rivière, the Turret of Tsingy, Tsingy Rary, the suspended bridge and the bats' cave. Lunch “Chez Aurelien”.
Transfer to Diego Suarez in the afternoon—110 Km of damaged road (about 3.5 hours drive)
Arrival in Diego Suarez and transfer to the hotel.
Day 3: Antsiranana
Diego-Suarez (Antsiranana) (Breakfast, Lunch)
Excursion “Ramena and the 3 bay” — About 50 km of road, track sandy
It is about a succession of three bays on the coast situated along the Indian Ocean. They are lined with a long beautiful white sand beach allowing a delicious bathing. Regularly blew, the bay of Sakalava is the hangout of the windsurfers who evolve on magnificent waves. The bay of Dunes and the bay of the Pigeons are accessible from the bay of Sakalava or cap mine.
Lunch in Ramena restaurant, a traditional village of fishermen bordered with white sand beach and coconuts trees. On the way back to Diego-Suarez, we will go round the Bay of Diego which is meant to be one of the most beautiful bay in the world after Rio de Janeiro, where a majestic sugar loaf with its conical karstic structure is towering up above the sea.
Day 4: Antsiranana
Diego-Suarez (Antsiranana) (Breakfast, Lunch)
Visit of Amber Mountain National Park
Meeting at the hotel with the guide. Visit to the park with a certified MADAGASCAR NATIONAL PARK guide for a journey of about 2.5 hours.
Evergreen forest with tropical humid microclimate, forest paths, botanical trails, waterfalls The park is home of 7 species of lemur and a variety of endemic land species that can be observed in their natural environment.
Lunch at the restaurant «Le Relais de la Montagne d'Ambre, chez Maryline», ancient colonial house with tropical garden full of flowers.
Optional stop along the way back to a monastery from which we will enjoy a wonderful panorama immersed in an atmosphere of absolute relaxation.
Here we can visit their well-kept garden of official and medicinal plants, from which essential oils and curative balms are obtained, according to local tradition.
Day 5: Antsiranana
Diego-Suarez (Antsiranana) (Breakfast, Lunch)
Excursion “The Red Tsingy” with Lunch
he Red Tsingy is the result of erosion by rainwater from a thick mantle of laterite. Composed of sandstone and marl, they offer their beautiful draperies ephemeral within the single sedimentary basin of Madagascar.
Lunch in a local restaurant at Analamera. Back to the Hotel.
Day 6:
Diego-Suarez (Antsiranana)—Nosy Be (Breakfast)
Departure from Diego Suarez, start of the transfer through changing landscapes, plantations, expanses of traveller's palms and villages, crossing until Ankify—250 km in about 6 hours by car.
Boarding on a speedboat at Ankify for a transfer to Hellville port. Take over at Hellville harbour and transfer to your hotel in Nosy Be.
