15 nights, 7 stops — rainforest, baobabs, tsingy and reef.
Andasibe-Mantadia → Ranomafana National Park → Isalo National Park → Morondava → Tsingy de Bemaraha → Nosy Be → Antananarivo.
Round trip · returns to Andasibe-Mantadia
Arrive in Andasibe-Mantadia, met and transferred to your accommodation. Close to the capital and reliably rewarding, Andasibe is the natural first stop of a Madagascar journey.
Rainforest walks for the indri and other lemurs, plus a night walk. Arrive and settle in.
Transfer to Ranomafana National Park. Steep rainforest walks for bamboo lemurs and endemic birds, plus a night walk. Arrive and settle in.
Steep rainforest walks for bamboo lemurs and endemic birds, plus a night walk. Ranomafana exists because of one discovery — a vivid example of how a single species can protect a whole ecosystem.
Transfer to Isalo National Park. Hike the sandstone canyons to natural pools, with lemurs at the oases.
Hike the sandstone canyons to natural pools, with lemurs at the oases. Isalo is the visual high point of the southern circuit — pure landscape between the forests.
Transfer to Morondava. Photograph the Avenue of the Baobabs at sunrise and sunset. Arrive and settle in.
Photograph the Avenue of the Baobabs at sunrise and sunset. No picture says 'Madagascar' like the Avenue of the Baobabs — and Morondava is where you stand to see it.
Transfer to Tsingy de Bemaraha. Climb the via-ferrata through the limestone pinnacles, with lemurs in the maze.
Climb the via-ferrata through the limestone pinnacles, with lemurs in the maze. The Tsingy is the single most extraordinary landscape in a country full of them — worth the hard road to reach it.
Climb the via-ferrata through the limestone pinnacles, with lemurs in the maze.
Transfer to Nosy Be. Snorkel the reefs and islets, with a forest visit to Lokobe for black lemurs.
Snorkel the reefs and islets, with a forest visit to Lokobe for black lemurs. After the forests and the Tsingy, Nosy Be is the sea-and-sand finale — with a last hit of wildlife.
Transfer to Antananarivo. Overnight in the capital and connect by air; optional old-town visit. Arrive and settle in.
Overnight in the capital and connect by air; optional old-town visit. Madagascar's regions are linked by air through Tana — a night here is part of almost every route.
A final morning in Antananarivo — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
The dry season. Comfortable trails and active wildlife; September–November is superb.
Hot and wet. Lush, with reptiles and amphibians at their best; some rain.
A comfortable lodge above the Andasibe rainforest, well placed for the indri.
A hillside lodge over the Ranomafana valley, handy for the rainforest trails.
A stylish beach resort at Morondava, an easy base for the baobab avenue.
A dramatic lodge perched near the Tsingy, the most comfortable base for the stone forest.
A spectacular private-island lodge off the north — one of the Indian Ocean's finest.
A long-standing forest lodge with lake and lemur island nearby.
Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.