Cycling vacation
Explore Madagascar and its different regions by bike; discover the highway 7 and visit national parks full of lemurs, chameleons, endemic plants of the island
The final price will vary according to your wants ,however you can let us know your budget and your plan you have in mind and we will get back to you with the final price that fits your needs.
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Destination
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Departure
Ivato, International Airports -
Departure Time
Approximately 7.30PM -
Return Time
Approximately 7.30PM -
Dress Code
Casual, comfortable and light
Tour Plan
Arrival in TANA
One of our team will meet you at the international airport, local currency changes, after we will transfer to your hotel .on the way, you will discover the way of life of malagasy in the capital and the guide let you know more about Tana (the capital of Madagascar).
Night in the hotel
TANA-MANTASOA(73 km)
After breakfast, we will leave Tana and reach Mantasoa by car. We will admire the beautiful landscape on the way. It’s already possible to bike from Tana until the destination.
Free afternoon for relaxing and there are some activities on the artificial lake built during Jean Laborde period in 18th century (French architecte ) . We can do such as fishing, walking around the lake and pedalo …
Lunch in the local restaurant.
Night in the hotel
MANTASOA-ANDASIBE (93km)
After breakfast, we continue our way and admire the landscape of the northeast and cross the rainforest by car. Visit of Peyreras reserve where we can find the famous biggest chameleon called Caluma Parsoni and endemic colorful frogs and other fauna ... Free lunch in the local restaurant then we carry on our way by bike for the last 30km.
Night in the hotel
ANDASIBE
Early in the morning, we will explore the Analamazaotra national park with the local guide where we see the largest lemur INDRI INDRI and other different species of wildlife like the famous frogs called Mantella, and diverse vegetations.
Free lunch and in the afternoon, we cycle on the pist to Vakona reserve and we can play with adorable lemurs, they jump on your shoulders after go to the crocodile farming and then we cycle back to the hotel.
Night in the hotel
ANDASIBE-AMBATOLAMPY-ANTSIRABE (295 km)
After breakfast, we will leave Andasibe by car and take the national road number 7. On the way, we will discover the architecture of the highland with its beautiful landscape like terraced ricefield. Free lunch in the small village of Behenjy.
We will cycle from Ambatolampy to our destination.
Night in the hotel
ANTSIRABE
After breakfast,we will go cycling to the lake named Andraikiba just 7km west of Antsirabe , we will visit also the extraordinary volcanic lake Tritriva with its history; 8km from Andraikiba.
Free lunch and in the afternoon, go back to the city with bike.
Night in the hotel
ANTSIRABE- AMBOSITRA-RANOMAFANA (230 km)
After breakfast, we leave the hotel and head to the capital of handi crafts Ambositra by car. Somewhere along the way, we will take advantage of the beautiful landscape, and cross the tapia forest, we will notice to the way of life of the local people during the trip.
When we get to Ambositra,we will visit the work shop where they make their products made of precious wood like palisander, rosewood…
Free lunch in Ambositra and after we carry on our way to the southeast of the island. 25 km before getting to Ranomafana, we will bike through the rain forest along the Mangoro river and little stop by the waterfall. On the way, let’s admire the beauty of the nature.
Night in the hotel
RANOMAFANA (NATIONAL PARK)
In the morning after breakfast,visit the national park with car. We will discover the 13 differents pecies of lemurs, carnivorans, the rare birds,chameleons, frogs in their natural habitat. The park too is rich for their remarquable vegetation like the orchids, giant ferns…
Lunch in the hotel and free afternoon but there is place for relaxing by the thermal center. Possibility to bike to the Tanala village 20 km from Ranomafana( Tanala is one of the ethnic groups in the Southeast)
Night in the hotel.
RANOMAFANA- FIANARANTSOA (59 km)
After breakfast, leave the hotel and carry on our way by car until 30km to enter Fianarantsoa (territory of Betsileo ethnic group). Along the way when we cycle, we will find out of betsileo life style and their activity like the brick making, working in the rice field, artemezia annua plantation and we continue the admiration of the highland landscape as a vast rice fields on the both sides.
Free lunch and the afternoon, visit of the old city recognized as world heritage of UNESCO by car
Night in the hotel
FIANARA NTSOA-AMBALAVAO-ISALO (300 km)
Early in the morning after breakfast, we will visit the local market of zoma after continue the way to the small city Ambalavao famous for its Antemoro paper making and its architecture with carved veranda. 13km from Ambalavao, possibility to visit the Anja reserve where we will see a ring tailed lemurs and reptiles like the chameleons...
Free lunch and in the afternoon, continue our way by car until 20km to enter Isalo where we start cycling until Ranohira village (Isalo) .Isalo is amoung of the extraordinary national park in the island.
Night in the hotel
ISALO
ISALO- TULEAR-IFATY (216 km)
After breakfast, leave the hotel and continue to the way in the south by car until 20 km to enter to Tulear. We will pass through the mining village named Ilakaka, in general most of the villages in the south are in the mining industry. On the way, we can admire the extraordinary subdisert landscape in the south. We will find too the different architecture in the extreme south and the life style in each place or village where we will pass by .
The way in the south is very beautiful for making memory your cycling tour in Madagascar by taking picture during the break time.
Free lunch in Tulear and bike to Ifaty
Night in the hotel
IFATY
We can take advantage for relaxing. Possibility to visit the fisherman’s village as well as snorkling.
Night in the hotel
IFATY-TULEAR
TANA-OUT
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