Southern To The Highland

Arrival at the Ivato International Airport. Reception by HT Agency Tours, 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 card, and anything else you need. We will provide 1 SIM cards with internet access (Where available) + National Call + 10mn International call for your stay in Madagascar; it will be easier for us to contact each other. Transfer directly to the hotel in town.

In the morning, after breakfast, around 10:00am transfer directly to the Airport for flight to the south to reach Toliara. A private car with Driver and National Guide with English Speaking will be waiting for you at the Toliara Airport. Drive directly to your hotel in the small fishermen village of Vezo located at 25 km after Tuléar “Ifaty”. Check-in at your hotel and relaxe on the beach before starting your first visit at the Reniala Reserve, a typical dry forest of the south, meeting the diversity of fauna and flora of the region, including the varieties of Baobab (Baobab Forest). 

After breakfast, back to the road for the North to reach the city of Ranohira, to meet Isalo National Park with one stop for a little detour at the arboretum of Antsokay for discovering the endemic and threatened  plants of the South Area. One another stop, 11 km after Sakaraha and 147km after Toliara, visit in the Zombitse National Park. This park is reputed with their endemic fauna species, with about 60 species of birds including 47% endemic to Madagascar, 24% endemic to the Malagasy region and a local endemic species - the Phylastrephus apperti, endemic Lacertilians and vulnerable species. Ispidina madagascariensis was recorded in the Zombitse forest. It is the only Protected Area with Phelsuma standingi and Phyllastrephus apperti. There are also 08 species of lemurs, some of which are almost endangered, such as the Phaner furcifer pallescens. After the visit, Continu to the Isalo. During the journey, you could often stop to enjoy the various changes of the mountain and landscape. On arrival, Check-in at your hotel. This afternoon, a horse ride is organized to discover the authenticity and the beauty of the area; the visit will take about one hour.