Day
1 : Antananarivo :
Meeting upon arrival .Beginning of the program . After noon :Optional
: visit Ambohimanga palace . Accomodation at Radama hotel.
Day 2 : Antananarivo-Miandrivazo :
(390 kilometers) Drive to the middle west, stop at the hotel Diamant,
Antsirabe, for lunch . Continuation to Miandrivazo , arrive at the
end of afternoon . Accomodation at la Reine Rasalimo .
Day
3 : Tsiribihina :
Beginning of the trip down the river Tsiribihina .Within the river
periphery, we can discover a high concentration of aquatic birds and
a few land species: White wader, Mitred Guinea fowl , malagasy Drongo,
Greater Vasa parrot , Bee eater of Madagascar . Snake bird , Cormorant
, Malagasy sea eagle , Knob billed duck. Bivouac
in the surroundings of the natural pool .
Day 4 : Tsiribihina :
Continuation of the navigation, visit of the small village of Berevo.
Bivouac in the surroundings of Tsaraotana.
Day 5 : Tsimafana -Morondava
:
Continuation of the navigation , crossing the coastal plain of Menabe
; after the lunch , landing and drive to Morondava through the dry
forest and the alley of baobabs . Accomodation at Morondava
Beach Hotel .
Day 6 : Morondava-Tuléar
:
Flight to Tuléar in the after noon . Meeting upon arrival .
Transfer and accomodation at Capricorne Hotel .
Day
7 : Tuléar-Ifaty :
(25 kilometers) After the breakfast, drive to Ifaty. Accomodation
at les Dunes Hotel . Within the
Didieraceae forest , we can observe : Paradise flycatchers , Long
tailed ground roller , Coua , Sicklebill , Rail , White headed vanga
, Vanga....
Day 8 : Ifaty :
Continuation of the visit within the didieraceae forest or up to the
mangroves where we can find aquatic birds such as : Golden plover
, Turnstone , Red billed duck , Flamingo , Tern..
Accomodation at the hotel les Dunes Hotel.
Day 9 : Ifaty-Tuléar-Fort Dauphin
:
Transfer to Tulear airport and flight to Fort-Dauphin . Transfer and
accomodation at le Dauphin Hotel .
Day
10 : Fort Dauphin-Berenty:
Drive to Berenty (90 kilometers) Accomodation at Berenty Lodge. The
private Reserve of Berenty , on Mandrare bank , is the ideal place
to observe different types of birds such as : Vanga , Hawk , Purple
heron , Partridge , Buzzard , Malagasy drongo , Crested coua , Weaver
, Small parrot of Madagascar Accomodation at Berenty
Lodge.
Day 11 : Berenty :
During the stay in the Reserve , the lemurs will be omnipresent .
Drive back to Fort Dauphin in the after noon . Accomodation at the
hotel le Dauphin Hotel . Day
12 : Fort Dauphin-Mahajanga via Antananarivo :
Transfer to the airport and flight to Mahajanga via Antananarivo.
Arrival in Mahajanga at the end of the afternoon. Accomodation at
Vieux Baobab. Day
Day 13 : Mahajanga-Ampijoroa :
Drive to Ampijoroa(125 kilometers). Installation of the Bivouac, this
Reserve offers the possibility to observe differents types of birds:Vandam's
Souimanga, Coua,Greater vasa parrot, Madagascar bulbul , Vanga ...In
the lake of Amboromalandy we can also see aquatic birds species .
Bivouac
Day 14 : Ampijoroa-Mahajanga :
At the end of the day, drive back to Mahajanga . Accomodation at
Vieux Baobab.
Day
15 : Mahajanga-Antananarivo:
Flight to Antananarivo, meeting upon arrival .Optional : visit of
the botanical and zoological parc ..