Arrival at the international airport of Antananarivo.

After immigration and customs formalities, meet and greet with your English speaking driver/guide. Proceed to money exchange then transfer to the hotel which is situated in the city centre.

Overnight Stay.

Meals: Dinner

After breakfast, drive to the eastern part of Madagascar, to reach Andasibe or Perinet. After about 4 hours drive on the national road with stop on the way, arrive at destination by lunch time. Afternoon visit of the private park of Vakona where you will start the wildlife expeditions: spot lemurs, birds, crocodiles etc…followed by an evening walk to spot night active wildlife.

Overnight Stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, begin a day expedition to the Mantadia side of the national park with pic nic lunch.

Here you will have the chance to see species such as the Diademed Sifaka, Eastern Grey Bamboo Lemur and the Black and White Ruffed Lemur. Mantadia national park is also a home to some of the ground welling birds such as the Pitta-like Ground Roller, Short Legged Ground Roller, Blue Coua, Paradise Fly Catcher and some Asities.

Then walk to a nearby natural pool, spotting more animals along the way. After this day expedition, you will drive back to the hotel for a short break then go on for another evening walk. You may see animals such as the Brookesia; Leaf tailed Gecko and Parson’s Chameleon during this visit.

Overnight Stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

This morning after breakfast, enjoy another expedition in the forest in the Analamazaotra National Park. This park is the home of the Indri, the largest living lemur, famous for its haunting call. Others species of lemur also share the forest with the Indri such as the Common Brown Lemur, Diademed Sifaka and the Eastern Wolly Lemur.

After expedition, have lunch and drive back to Antananarivo.

Overnight Stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Your Masoala Adventure fly-in package starts in Antananarivo. You will be welcomed by the pilot of the charter aeroplane at their private hanger at Ivato airport. With no check-in and wasted time, this is a tranquil and hassle free start to your adventure. After an approximately two hours flight, with magnificent views of the rugged hills and rainforests of eastern Madagascar, you will descend over Antongil Bay and land on the airport of Maroantsetra.

• Here you will be met on arrival and transfer directly to the boat for the voyage across Antongil Bay to the Masoala Forest Lodge. The journey takes around two hours, with the possibility of dolphin and whale sightings in season and the forested mountains of the Masoala Peninsula as a dramatic backdrop to the destination.
• On arrival at the lodge beach, you are welcomed ashore and settle into camp.
• After freshening up in the accommodation, lunch is served in the beach house.
• The afternoon activities include exploring the beaches and coastal forest in the lodge area and maybe enjoying a swim in the sea, before taking a guided walk along the coast past Tampolo Point, with the possibility of spotting white-fronted brown lemurs in the coastal forest.
• Return to camp for sundowners around the fire on the beach and dinner in the lodge.

Overnight Stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Awaken early for coffee and breakfast on the sea deck before setting off on the day’s adventure.

• Today this is a walk down the coast and up into the primary rainforest in search of the Red-ruffed lemurs, Dwarf chameleons and other wildlife endemic to this forest.
• After some hours in the dense forest with the giant hardwoods and majestic tree ferns return to camp by boat for a well-earned lunch and rest.
• The afternoon activity could be a snorkel on the nearby coral reefs, rich in diversity, or a guided sea kayak to the look-out rock at the “Secret Cove” for the sun set, with the chance of a close encounter with Bottlenose Dolphin or Green Turtle.
• Dinner in the lodge.

Overnight Stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

A relaxed start to the day and breakfast on the sea deck.

• Depart on a guided walk through the coastal forest, in search of more birds and mammals.
• After a couple of hours walk, take a welcome swim in the crystal-clear water of the cascades of the Tampolo River at the foot of the forested mountains.
• Return to camp on a traditional dugout canoe paddled down the shady river.
• After lunch, enjoy a relaxed afternoon swimming on the private beaches or snorkeling on the coral reefs.
• A guided nocturnal walk with the intriguing possibility of seeing some of the secretive nocturnal wildlife such as Leaf-tailed Gecko, Dwarf and Mouse lemurs and maybe even the elusive Aye-Aye.
• Dinner in the lodge.

Overnight Stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

• An early breakfast on the sea deck.
• Board the boat for the voyage to the island of Nosy Mangabe.
• Once ashore on the densely forested island, explore the network of trails with your guide with a chance of spotting Black and white-ruffed and White-fronted brown lemurs, leaf-tailed geckos and perhaps a Madagascar tree boa. You can view the traditional Malagasy tombs in a cave and the engraved rocks on the “Plaige des Hollandaise”.
• After a picnic lunch on the beach, you board the boat once more for the voyage to Maroantsetra and transfer to the airport in time for the flight out to Antananarivo with the private charter aeroplane.

Upon arrival, meet with your English speaking guide, then have lunch followed by an afternoon city tour.

Overnight Stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Depending on your international flight schedule, today, you will be transferred to the airport to take your exit flight.

Meals: Breakfast