Departure from Paris at 10.40am for an arrival at Antananarivo Ivato airport at 10.10pm.
Meals and services on board.

Meet your English-speaking driver-guide at the airport.
Transfer and overnight stay at the Akany Ny Avoko association.

Following the major floods that hit the capital in 1959, many families and children found themselves on the streets. A group of Swiss social workers came up with the idea of taking in these children in a centre they named Akany Avoko (nest followed by the name of a flower).

Over the past 50 years, thousands of children between the ages of 1 month and 18 years have been taken in at this centre. There are currently 120 children in the centre. Most of them are girls from very difficult social backgrounds, who end up at the association following a court judgement.

Breakfast.

Departure for Ambatomanga, about 1? hours from Antananarivo, with a stop en route at the Dieudonné tinplate factory.
On arrival in Ambatomanga, you will be welcomed at the Fi family home for an aperitif, a presentation of the cooperative and the activities planned for this first stay.

Afternoon and evening free, dinner and overnight in guest rooms at the Fi family home.

The Maisons Familiales Rurales are ideal structures for supporting young people and adults in their social and professional integration into rural life. Most of them focus on agricultural training.

The idea is to develop a space for cultural and social promotion.

Even if the vocation of the Maison Familiale Fi is no longer focused on training young people, it has borrowed the spirit of these houses through the importance of "living together", the importance of solidarity, the role of the family (parents) in the structure to consolidate the link:

"Maison" because we live together, in one house,
"Family" because the parents are responsible for the running of the centre.

At the Maison familiale Fi, you'll feel this desire to act for a world that is more united, more responsible and closer to people's needs.

Breakfast followed by a visit to the cheese dairy and farm, where you can watch milking by hand.

After lunch at the Fi family home, you will discover the historic village and then climb the Ambatomanga rock for a panoramic view of the region.

After dinner, a lively cultural evening is on offer.

Overnight at the Fi family home.

Breakfast followed by a drive through the countryside to discover the typical villages of the Hautes Terres, a Protestant temple and a Catholic church in the middle of a rice-growing landscape.
This walk will take you to meet craftsmen: weavers, blacksmiths, charcoal makers and brick makers, where you can discover their work and, of course, buy their products.

After lunch, you will visit a craftsman (Da dabe) and observe the different stages of working with sisal and raffia; he may even offer you an introduction to the loom...

Dinner and overnight at the Fi family home.

After breakfast, you will leave this charming house to drive to Andasibe, around 3 hours away.
During the transfer you will enjoy the panorama of the eastern forest corridor

On arrival you will be welcomed by members of the MATOR association (Madagascar Tourism rural), who will present their activities to promote and develop rural tourism based on solidarity and respect for the environment, and to support rural communities by involving them in tourism development.

Lunch and rest.

A night-time visit to Mitsinjo Park is also on offer.

Dinner and overnight stay at the Aina Vao Association.

Your day will begin with a visit to the Parc Analamazoatra to meet the largest of the lemurs, the Indri - Indri. Many other species of lemur, chameleon and bird will surprise your camera, not to mention the exceptional endemic flora (03h forest walk).

Then, back in the village, you can help Monique prepare the meal.

In the afternoon, the MATOR association will be offering a range of activities, including handicrafts, work in the rice fields, gardening and fishing...

A new evening of song and dance awaits you after dinner...

Dinner and overnight stay at the Aina Vao Association.

Breakfast followed by a transfer by road and solar boat to the small fishing village of Andranokoditra. Situated on a small piece of land between the Pangalanes Canal and the Indian Ocean, the isolation of this little village means that it is protected from mass tourism.

You will be staying with Nolah, who will introduce you to the local fishermen.

Visit the ecomuseum.

Evening free.
Dinner and overnight at Nolah's.

After breakfast at Nolah's, set off for a walk in the Vohibola forest in the company of Mr Liva (one of the managers of the NGO Homme et Environnement). You'll learn about the current issues in the forest...

Boat trip on the Pangalanes Canal.
Picnic on the banks of the canal before continuing along the Pangalanes and meeting the villagers of Ambodirotra.

Dinner and overnight at Nolah's.

Breakfast at Nolah's.

The programme includes an early-morning meeting with the village fishermen, followed by a pirogue trip through the forest in search of raw materials for handicrafts.

Lunch at Nolah's, followed by craft activities in the afternoon.

Dinner and overnight at Nolah's.

Breakfast at Nolah's, then departure by boat for Tamatave. During this transfer, you will cross a number of lakes.

Lunch at leisure in Tamatave, then the road to Mahambo through lush vegetation.

Dinner and overnight at Raoul's.

A shuttle will take you to the quay to take you to Sainte Marie by boat.

Free time in Sainte Marie, room and breakfast at the Ravohara hotel.
The hotel offers a wide range of activities during your stay.

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight from Sainte Marie at 1.40pm to Tana at 2.45pm with Madagasikara Airways.

On arrival, you will be met at the airport and transferred to your guest room.
Visit the city and its market depending on your return flight.

Dinner and transfer to the airport for your flight to Paris, departing at 00.55.

Arrival at Paris CDG at 10.45am.