Tsingy Of Bemaraha Expedition

Welcome by our team at your arrival at Ivato airport. Transfer to the hotel where you will spend the night. Presentation of the program of your tour and delivery of your travel documents. Dinner and night at the hotel. • Duration: 30 min • Distance: 15 km • Accommodation: ROVA HOTEL or similar

After breakfast, departure for Antsirabe, discovery of the Central Highlands with their rice fields and red laterite brick houses. Crossing the magnificent landscapes along a winding road lined with small waterfalls extending the view over carpets of rice fields arranged in terraces. Lunch on the way. A small stop in Ambatolampy to visit the aluminium foundry, the art of pot making and other items. Continuation of the road, you will appreciate the magnificent landscape, the rocks, the fertile plain with volcanic soil. Arrival in Antsirabe, visit the town of Vakinankaratra, from the avenue to the thermal baths by walking in a rickshaw. Depending on the availability, you can visit workshops of gemstone and zebu horn cutters. Dinner and overnight at the hotel. • Duration: About 4 h • Distance: 170 km • Meals included: Breakfast • Accommodation: FLOWER PALACE or similar

Departure from the town of Water after breakfast to join Miandrivazo which literally means "waiting for a wife". According to history, King Radama I, after his conquests of the southwestern territory, stopped in this locality. He sent his messenger to find Princess Rasalimo from the nearby town to become his future wife. Passers-by asked him what he was doing there, he just answered "Miandry Vazo aho", translated as "I am waiting for a wife". Along the road, you can admire the landscape, like savannahs, mountains, rivers with bridges made during the colonial period. Arrival in Miandrivazo, the city which, together with Maevatanàna, is the hottest city in Madagascar, because both are in a bowl. Installation at your hotel. • Duration: About 4 h • Distance: 220 km • Meals included: Breakfast • Accommodation: Hotel PRINCESSE TSIRIBIHINA or similar