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West Tours: Tsiribihina River Trip
| Tsiribihina river | Tsingy TOUR |mixed tsiribihina-TSINGY |
6 DAY-TOUR
Tour description:
The Tsiribihina River tour is a tour to the West of Madagascar. This canoe trip down the Tsiribihina River offers opportunity to see the Red fronted brown lemurs and the Verreaux’s Sifaka. The second day on this River tour allows a beautiful passage through the gorge of the Tsiribihina River. The lunch time at the Waterfall allows swims in a natural swimming pool. This camping trip allows photography of the beautiful sunset along the River. It also includes visit of the villages to see how the life of the people along the Tsiribihina River is. At the end of this canoeing tour, you will take a zebu cart to reach a remote little village. You will visit the Baobab trees all along the drive to Morondava and you will spend the sunset at the Avenue of Baobabs.
NB: Possible extension from Antsirabe: see Bicycle Tour
Rating 1: easy: this canoe trip along the Tsiribihina River is a relaxing break. You are required to carry your pack on and off the dugout canoe, up hotel steps, etc
Rating 2: easy to moderate: The last day on the River requires walking 1 to 2 hours but this is on mainly flat ground. To cross 2 Rivers and floods, you have to get on the zebu cart and the ride is a bit rough.
Circuit: Tana – Antsirabe – Miandrivazo – River trip – Tsingy of Bemaraha – Baobabs - Morondava
The visit starts a day after arrival or on arrival at the international airport.
Day 1: Drive from Tana to Antsirabe
Tana-Antsirabe: 175 kms distance, 3 and a half hours drive
- Drive from Tana to Antsirabe, see handicraft market on the way, beautiful landscape of the Merina tribe area, the everyday life of the Merina people.
- Visit of Antsirabe: the hot spring city with its rickshaws, semiprecious stones, lakes…
- Overnight in a hotel
Hotel: [Recommended Hotel in Antsirabe]
Residence Camelia (luxury), Arotel (Luxury), Hotel de Thermes (semi luxury), Hasina Hotel (mid range)
Day 2: Drive from Antsirabe to Miandrivazo
Antsirabe-Miandrivazo: 220 kms distance, 4 hours drive
- Drive from Antsirabe to Mandrivazo
- Picnic lunch between the 2 cities, beautiful landscape on the way
Overnight in a hotel
Hotel: [Recommended Hotels in Miandrivazo]
Baobab Hotel (Basic to mid range), Lakana Hotel (Basic to mid rang)
Day 3: Canoeing along the Tsiribihina River
- First day on the river:
People and village, fishers, beautiful scenery and landscape, birding, chameleons
Lunch on the river bank,
Get to the gorge of the Tsiribihina for camping:
- Camping and picnics: Dinner with candles on the river bank, beautiful sunset, stars or moonlight
Day 4: Gorge of the Tsiribihina River and swim at the Waterfall
Always on the river:
Exploring the gorge of the Bemaraha area
- Lemur watching, shower and swim at the waterfall, lunch
- Paddling from the waterfall to the second camping site, in between: walk to visit a Sakalava traditional village.
- Camping and picnics: Dinner with candles on the river bank, beautiful sunset, stars or moonlight
Day 5: Zebu cart ride after the Tsiribihina River
Third and last day on the river: see crocodiles, bats, lemurs and sifakas, baobab trees
Pass across the second gorge, see flying foxes (bats) and other bird species, crocodiles if lucky then lunch under some trees.
- Walk in the forest to see lemurs and sifakas.
- Finish the river trip once out of the second gorge
- Last night camping
NB: Another possibility is to take a zebu cart to Tsiraraka village, walk through remote villages then spend the third night in a basic bungalow where cold drinks are served under a baobab tree.
Hotel: [Recommended Hotel in Tsiraraka]
Sakalava Hotel (Basic bungalows)
Day 6: Drive to Morondava and visit of the Baobabs
(145 Kms, 5 hours with visit of the Baobabs)
- Drive from the river bank or from the bungalow to Morondava. On the way, stops to visit a sacred Baobab tree of over 800 years old. Visit of the twisty Baobabs in Love. The highlight is to spend the sunset at the Avenue of Baobabs for taking amazing pictures of the Baobabs Avenue.- Overnight in the hotel
Hotel: [Recommended Hotels in Morondava]
Chez Maggie (luxury), Baobab Cafe (luxury), Renala du sable D’or (semi luxury), Trecicogne Hotel (mid range)
PRICING:
From 790 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 3 days
- The guide-cook assistance during the whole trip.
- The boatman for 3 days
- 4 nights in hotels 1 night in Antsirabe+1 night in Miandrivazo+1 nights in Tsiraraka village +1 night in Morondava
- The food and mineral water: Full board during the 3 day trip on the river
- The 4WD from the river bank or from Tsiraraka village to Morondava.
This price does not include:
- Your food and drinks in Antsirabe, in Miandrivazo and from the river bank to Morondava
- Your own sleeping bags
- Airfares to fly out of Morondava
1. It is possible to drive straight from Tana to Miandrivazo if you have less time
2. It is possible to go down the river with only 2 nights camping and get to Tsingy on the 3rd day.
3. 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.
4. The best way to leave Morondava is to fly with Air Madagascar, check your internal flight at: http://www.alternativeairlines.com/Flights
5. Young and fit people instead of flying can take a taxi brousse back to Tana or Antsirabe to save money; check: Taxi brousse.
6. If 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 fisher’s 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.
Thank you very much!
Madagascar Tour Guide
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