Adventurous East Coast Tour

Spend a flexible day discovering Madagascar's highland capital, from bustling markets and historic streets to restaurants and museums.

Travel east to Andasibe-Mantadia, where primary rainforest, waterfalls and lakes create one of Madagascar's best-known wildlife landscapes.

Enjoy a slower day in Andasibe with time to relax at the lodge or join an optional night walk through the community forest at Park Mitsinjo.

Walk early in the rainforest when indri are most active, then return to Antananarivo for an overnight stop before continuing south.

Travel south through the central highlands to Antsirabe, a colourful city of pousse-pousses, wide boulevards, thermal springs and artisan workshops.

Drive through the mountains to Ranomafana National Park, a UNESCO-listed rainforest landscape known for rare lemurs, research and thermal waters.

Choose a Ranomafana trail suited to your fitness, from shorter wildlife circuits to longer forest walks with waterfalls and quieter wildlife encounters.

Meet the Tanala community and learn how life changed after families moved outside the forest, including how livelihoods and traditions have adapted.

Travel through lush hills, rice paddies and villages to Mananjary, settling beside the Pangalanes Canal in a wooded spice plantation.

Cruise calm waterways linking freshwater lakes and lagoons, with lunch on board and time to visit communities living along the canal.

Continue south to Manakara, where the Pangalanes Canal meets the Indian Ocean and colonial-era architecture sits beside modern coastal life.

Choose between a canal excursion, village and market exploration, hiking, cycling or a relaxed day near the coast.

Continue along increasingly remote roads to Vangaindrano, passing river crossings, rice fields and villages rarely visited by international travellers.

Travel deeper into the southeast to Sandravinany, staying in simple accommodation that reflects the adventurous nature of the route.

Leave the main road and travel to Antanitsara for a two-night homestay in Bethany and Tsiraiky's traditional-style village house.

Spend a full day exploring Antanitsara with Tsiraiky, choosing from a village walk, cooking lesson, school visit, zebu herding, vanilla harvesting and wild swimming.

Continue along the coast to Sainte Luce, a village landscape surrounded by wetlands, lakes, beaches and some of Madagascar's last littoral forest.

Explore littoral forest, wetlands and beach, or cross the lake by pirogue to see flying foxes and coastal landscapes.

Spend the day tsanga-tsanga—wandering through the villages—and learn how mahampy reeds are harvested, prepared and woven with Sonimeny.

Leave Sainte Luce and return to Fort Dauphin, settling beside Ankoba Beach for the final part of the journey.

Choose between a town tour, beaches, surfing, Hery's silversmith workshop, dressmakers, Cascades Manantantely or sunset drinks at Talinjoo.

Return to a favourite beach, complete a custom craft purchase or choose another locally run activity before departure.

Fly from Fort Dauphin to Antananarivo, transfer to Nosy Manga if required and continue to Ivato International Airport for your departing flight.