Andasibe And Tsingy De Bemaraha (Madagascar)

Arrival in Ivato International Airport. Reception by Across Africa Tour and Travel, Meet and greet.  Once you have passed customs formalities, it is to the Guide to smooth through the rest of the arrivals  process - changing money, setting up your phone with the new SIM, and anything else you need. Money  and SIM are best and easiest done before you leave the airport. Transfer directly to the hotel.

Breakfast, to start the adventure, transfer to the airport for flight (Departure at ..:..) to the west  coast of the island, destination to Morondava (Arrival at ..:..). On your arrival, drive directly to the North,  about 42 km following the secondary road which a bit winding, to reach the famous Kirindy Park. Checkin at your hotel (Relais du Kirindy). Around 6:30 PM, beginning of the Guided night walks at Kirindy  Reserve. Kirindy is the best place in the whole island to observe fosa. Other nocturnal species includes: the  rare Coquerel's giant mouse lemur and pygmy mouse-lemur, fork-crowned lemur, grey mouse lemur,  western fat-tailed dwarf lemur and redtailed sportive lemur. Several bats, tenrecs, mongoose and rodents  complete the mammal population. 

After breakfast, around 7:30 AM, beginning of the Guided day visits at Kirindy reserve. Kirindy  Reserve is home to seven species of lemur. The most common are the common brown lemurs and the  Verreaux's sifakas. These long-legged, seven-pound lemurs, white with dark patches, leap among tree  trunks high in the canopy, propelled by their powerful hind legs but continually maintaining an upright  posture. 40 bird, 50 reptile and 15 amphibian species are also found in this magnificent forest. After the  visit, back to the road and continue by a ferry crossing to reach the small village of Belo sur Tsiribihina,  where we stop for lunch. Then, continue to the North through a landscape of rice fields and small village,  to arrive at the end of the afternoon at Bekopaka.