Madagascar Leafy tails & Lemur Tales

Post breakfast, we transfer to the airport to fly to Morondava. Upon arrival, we drive northwards to the Kirindy Reserve, nestled within a dry deciduous forest. Kirindy is  home to the famous Fossa - the largest predator in Madagascar, and a variety of lemur species. 

After a relaxed late evening, we head out on a night walk through the reserve, where you will have the opportunity to spot nocturnal creatures, including reptiles and lemurs, in their natural habitat.

Today, we explore Kirindy reserve through day and night walks. We'll work on photographing various species of lemurs, including Red-fronted brown lemur, Red-tailed sportive lemur, mouse lemurs and the iconic Verreaux's sifaka, often referred to as the dancing sifaka. If we are very lucky, we might run into the fossa too! 

We'll keep our eyes peeled out for other forms of wildlife too, including birds, chameleons, geckos and more. 

After breakfast, we drive to Morondava.
Late afternoon, we visit the iconic Baobab avenue to get some wonderful silhouettes of the towering trees, an icon of Madagascar, at sunset. 

At dawn, we head to Baobab Avenue to get another perspective of the iconic place at sunrise.

Depending on the flight schedule, you will be transferred to the airport and fly back to
Antananarivo. Upon arrival, transfer to hotel and relax.

After the breakfast, we will visit Tsarasaotra Park in Antananarivo. This is a great place to watch some of the waterfowl in Madagascar, along with some of the animals that call the capital city home.
Then, we will drive eastwards to Andasibe National Park. We reach late afternoon and check into our rooms.
In the evening, we head out on a night walk on the border of the forest to spot nocturnal animals.

After a 4WD ride on a bumpy road, you will reach Mantadia National Park. The hike through Mantadia is rather challenging but worth it to explore the primary rainforest. We will look for Diademed sifaka, Black-and-white ruffed lemurs, the
insectivorous tenrecs and the rainforest-dependent ground rollers.

In the afternoon, you will get closer to lemurs at Lemur Island, a private reserve managed by Vakona lodge.

After breakfast, we will head to Analamazaotra National Park. On this hike, we hope to see the two largest lemur species - Indri and Diademed Sifaka. In addition, we'll also look for other interesting animals like the Mossy leaf-tailed gecko, Parson's chameleon, Peacock day gecko and more.

Then, you will continue eastwards to reach Manambato. From there, you will have a boat transfer to reach Ankanin’ny Nofy with its white beach situated in board of Ampitabe Lake. Check-in at hotel and relax.

We will spend an entire day in Akanin'ny Nofy. We will visit the private reserve of Palmarium with a guide. This is one of the best places in Madagascar to photograph lemurs at close range.

In the evening, we will take a boat trip for a night walk in a private Island. Our main target this evening will be the magnificent Aye-aye, a one of a kind lemur. 

In the morning, we will have boat transfer and then drive back to Andasibe by end of afternoon.
After dusk, we will do a night walk in Andasibe.

In the morning, we hike inside VOIMMA reserve. This is a community-managed reserve that has an incredible diversity of wildlife within a small area. We will try to see Indris here again, in addition to other wildlife.

We will head back to Antananarivo after the hike in VOIMMA.

Today, we fly out of Antananarivo, with our memory cards teeming with photographs.