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Broadway and sportif
5 DAY TOUR
Tour description:
Broadway is the name given to a loop tour in the Big Tsingy circuit in the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park. This is to hike from the first Grand Tsingy called “Ranotsara circuit” with its magnificent view on the amazing skyscrapers of limestones and its suspension bridge and contiunue through caves and canyons to reach the second Big Tsingy locally called Andamozavaky with its infinite view on the roof of the Tsingy or limestone pinnacles.
Sportif is the name given to a full day hike in the Petit Tsingy circuit in the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park. It is very rarely chosen by the tourists for the abseiling and its caves and labirynths…
We challenge the very fit people to hike with our tour guide in the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park for real Adventure experience.
Rating 5: strenuous: Full-day hikes, steep ups and downs, require a high level of fitness
Circuit: Fly to Morondava – Tsingy of Bemaraha (2 days visit) – Kirindy Forest – visit of Baobab trees – Morondava.
The visit starts from the airport in Morondava or from the hotel in Morondava
Day 1: Drive to the Tsingy de Bemaraha
235 kms, 7 hours drive including the car ferry cross and lunch in Belo sur Tsiribihina
- Meet at the Airport of Morondava then drive to the Tsingy of Bemaraha
Lunch time in Belo sur Tsiribihina the Cultural Capitol of the Sakalava tribe
-Overnight in the hotel
Hotel: [Recommended Hotel in the Tsingy de Bemaraha]
Olympe du Bemaraha Hotel (semi luxury), Orchidée de Bemaraha (luxury), Relais de Tsingy (mid range), Tanankoay Hotel (mid range), Tsingy Lodge (Basic bungalows)
Day 2: Full day hike in the Sportif circuit
8 hours hike
- Start the first morning with the visit of the gorge of Manambolo on a dugout canoe: caves, stalactites, stalagmites, the famous family tomb of the Vazimba tribe whom lived in the Tsingy in the 17th century, the beautiful gorge of limestones pinnacles
Start the hike to the Sportif circuit
To see: labyrinth of limestone, 2 view points on the limestone pinnacles, forest canyons, abseiling, the biggest Sifaka of the West of Madagascar called Decken’s Sifaka, red fronted brown Lemurs, Birds species, spiders …
-Overnight in the hotel
Hotel: [Recommended Hotel in the Tsingy de Bemaraha]
Olympe du Bemaraha Hotel (semi luxury), Orchidée de Bemaraha (luxury), Relais de Tsingy (mid range), Tanankoay Hotel (mid range), Tsingy Lodge (Basic bungalows)
Day 3: Full day loop tour in the big Tsingy
- Early morning start to drive 15 Kms to the Big Tsingy (1 hour drive)
- Hike to the first big circuit for its cave, suspension bridge and the magnificent view on the skyscrapers limestone pinnacles
- Go down to the forest canyons and to the rocky canyons and walk to the second big circuit. Picnic lunch is needed with enough water to walk 8 hours.
To see: 30 Meters high cracks, forest’s canyon where lives lemurs and birds…where the flora is truly unique with its endemic and medicinal plants, caves, cathedral of rocks, the infinite view on the highest roof of the Big Tsingy…
- Drive back to the hotel in the evening, hire the local guide for a nocturnal walk to see: chameleons and especially the rare Pygmy mouse-Lemurs.
- Overnight in the hotel
Hotel: [Recommended Hotel in the Tsingy de Bemaraha]
Olympe du Bemaraha Hotel (semi luxury), Orchidée de Bemaraha (luxury), Relais de Tsingy (mid range), Tanankoay Hotel (mid range), Tsingy Lodge (Basic bungalows)
Day 4: Visit of Kirindy forest
Drive to Kirindy Forest which is on the way to Morondava
Night walk to see nocturnal species of Lemurs including the mouse-Lemurs, the fork-marked Lemurs…
- Overnight in Kirindy Forest
Hotel: Kirindy Lodge (a basic bungalow with shower)
Day 5: Visit of the Avenue of Baobabs while drive to Morondava
- Morning visit in the deciduous Dry Forest to see Lemurs, birds and rodents …
- Lunch at the restaurant
- Slow Drive to get to the Baobabs Avenue at sunset for a beautiful sunset and Baobabs photographs
- After sunset, drive to Morondava.
- Overnight in the Hotel
Hotel: [Recommended Hotel Morondava]
Chez Maggie Hotel (luxury), Baobab Café Hotel (luxury), Trecicogne Hotel (mid range)
Day 6: Transfer to the airport of Morondava
After a morning visit of Morondava, transfer to the airport of Morondava to fly to Tulear or to fly to Tana depending on your next step of your visit in Madagascar.
PRICING:
From 1150 Euros for 2 people
- The definitive price depends on your choice of hotels: Luxury Hotels or mid range hotels?
- Please require the price if you are a single traveler or if you are more than 2 people.
This price includes:
- Transfer from the Airport to the Hotel and from the Hotel to the Airport
- Car and fuel with the driver from Tana to Miandrivazo or to the River
- The dugout canoe for the visit of the Manambolo River
- The guide assistance during the whole trip.
- 5 night’s hotels: 3 nights in the Tsingy + 1 night in Kirindy Forest + 1 night in Morondava
- The 4WD during 5 days from Morondava to the Tsingy de Bemaraha and back to Morondava.
- The car ferry crossing 2 Rivers to the Tsingy National Park and the same for the way back to Morondava
This price does not include:
- Your food and drinks during the whole tour
- Airfares to fly out of Morondava
- The guidance fees in the Tsingy of Bemaraha National Park and in Kirindy forest
1. If you have less time, it’s possible to explore the Small and the Big Tsingy in 1 day which still requires 2 nights stay in the Hotel in the Tsingy.
2. The best way to leave Morondava is to fly with Air Madagascar, check your internal flight at: http://www.alternativeairlines.com/Flights
3. Young and fit people instead of flying can take a taxi brousse back to Tana or Antsirabe to save money; check: Taxi brousse.
4. If you don’t have any time to go to the beach, Morondava offers an opportunity to stay on the beach which is on the North of the city.
Also you can visit a fishing village of the Vezo people and know more about this nomad people who work on the sea, camp on small Islands and only go to Morondava to sell sea food.
NB: While you are here, another challenge is to mix this 2 day visit with our Manambolo River trip called OLE.
Contact us if you are interested in the mixed option
Thank you very much!
Madagascar Tour Guide
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