MAHAJANGA Sightseeing Tour
In the Heart of a cosmopolitan City’s Heritage
2 to 4 people.Duration : Full day.
Tip : Use good sun protection, and a camera.
Program :
- - Leaving at 7:30 am with a shuttle or SUV
- - Arriving in Mahajanga at 8:30 am
- - City sightseeing with a professional guide (flexible depending on group’s interests: History, demography, architecture, craftsmanship, …) until 11:30 am
- - Lunch (See : Choosing the Restaurant)
- - Afternoon program to choose with the guide, rickshaw ride, shopping… (Bazary Be, Library of Madagascar, Mahabibo ... )
- - Back to the hotel at 4:30 pm
Price of the daily trip : 250.000 Ar - Lunch not included (≈ 95 €)
Guided Tour of the FOKONTANY’s Villages
Discovering Authentic Villages
For 2 to 6 people.Duration: Half Day.
Difficulty: easy walking trials
Tip : Use good sun protection and a camera
Program:
- - Guided and narrated by Tsiravay, the village chief of Belamoty
- - Starting at 8:00 / 8:30 am in the small village of Belamoty (explaning lifestyle, climate, culture and food ...)
- - Visiting the dispensary (with information about the ADTIA association, helping the development of these villages)
- - Visiting the village of Antsanitia
- - Walking through the forest (eucalyptus trees, ravinala trees - so-called "traveler's tree" - and the superb mandrarofo ...)
- - Visiting the tree nursery set up by an Italian NGO for local reforestation
- - View over Antranom Bazaha’s rice fields of (the white man’s )
- - Back to the hotel for lunch, via the source of Ravinala, past the fishing village by the sea and along the beach
Price of the Tour : 40.000 Ar (≈ 15 €)
Coastal Walks
One Day like Robinson Crusoe
For 2 to 6 people.Duration : Full day.
Difficulty: 4 hour walk – mostly on sandy soils
Tip: Use good sun protection and organic insecticide, a camera, and drinking water.
Program:
- - Starting at 8:30 / 9:00 am (depending on the season)
- - Crossing the estuary of river Morira on board a motorized canoe
- - Visiting the mangroves to get to Ankorokobe’s natural pool
- - Through the forest towards the village of Manaribe and its crops (chance to see lemurs)
- - Visiting the marshy plain of Ampombifaly (wild ducks)
- - Arriving around 11:00 / 11:30 am on the beach for a shaded picnic (local grilled fish and drinks included), swimming, napping
- - Leaving at 2:30 pm to return via the beach
- - Crossing the river and arriving at 4:00 pm
Price of the Day : 150.000 Ar. (≈ 55 €)
