Departure from Paris on a scheduled flight (please consult us for departure from the provinces).
Services and overnight stay on board.

Arrival in Antananarivo.
Welcome and assistance at the airport.
Transfer to your hotel.
Check-in and overnight at the hotel (meals on your own).

Breakfast.

Departure with your English-speaking driver-guide for the great journey of the Malagasy south with for first destination the famous city of Antsirabe, better known for being the thermal city and whose name means: "where there is a lot of salt".
The city whose architecture has inherited from the colonial past, enjoys a peaceful and quiet atmosphere with its hundreds of rickshaws. Numerous lapidaries but also craftsmen of all kinds officiate in Antsirabe which make the joy of the travellers.

Dinner and overnight in Antsirabe.

You leave the Merina lands to enter the Betsileo country during this stage where rice terraces and adobe houses are a photographer's delight.

The visit of craftsmen in Ambositra is an opportunity to meet these sculptors or weavers who master materials such as wood or silk.

Then, the coolness of the eastern rainforests is already felt until the arrival at Ranomafana National Park.

Dinner and overnight in Ranomafana.

Morning devoted to the visit of the National Park of Ranomafana whose 40,000 hectares include many species of lemurs, chameleons and a flora with a high rate of endemism.

At the end of the afternoon, we take the road again to reach Fianarantsoa.

Dinner and overnight in Fianarantsoa.

Fianarantsoa, or rather "where one learns well", is a very large city that can be divided into three parts: the "upper city", the "new city" and the station district that stretches along the railway line to the north. A visit to the city will allow you to appreciate the charm and the particularity of the city.

Your route continues to Ambalavao, the second largest zebu market on the island.
Visit of the Antemoro paper workshop, based on Arab know-how, as well as a silk weaving workshop.

Then, the cliffs of the Andringitra massif and the Ihorombe plateau open the doors to the south and the Isalo National Park. The sunset on the sandstone walls of the massif remains a magical moment.

Dinner and overnight at Ranohira.

Breakfast.

Day dedicated to the exploration of the Isalo National Park. This massif of yellow sandstone extends over nearly a hundred kilometres in a north-south direction and reaches an altitude of 1000 metres.

A 5 to 6 hour hike allows you to approach the canyons and other natural pools that the massif offers... under the gaze of the lemurs that are the hosts of this magical place.

Return to the hotel in the afternoon for a well-deserved rest.

Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast.

Drive to the arid lands of the south. Passing through the picturesque sapphire village of Ilakaka, whose history itself takes you back to the time of the "gold rush".

Before you arrive in Tulear, you can see your first baobabs, a sign of the dry and arid climate. Tulear, meaning "we have arrived", borders the Mozambique Channel.

In the early afternoon, the visit of the arboretum of Antsokay, allows you a beautiful botanical approach of the species of the Malagasy south.

Dinner and overnight in Tulear.

Breakfast.

Transfer to the airport and flight to Tana.

Dinner and overnight in Antananarivo.

Breakfast.

Last day dedicated to the cultural visit of the Malagasy capital.
Free meals.

Transfer to the airport and flight to Paris on a regular airline.

Arrival of your flight in Paris.