Madagascar Family Safari
Day 1 - Antananarivo
On your arrival in Antananarivo (Tana), the capital of Madagascar, you will be met and transferred to your hotel for the night. Antananarivo is a colorful city with lively markets throughout the center of town. Spend the day relaxing or exploring the city.
Madagascar is the perfect family holiday destination. It has hundreds of endemic animals, diverse cultures, and some stunning beaches.
Days 2, 3 and 4 - Adasibe-Mantadia National Park
After breakfast, your driver/guide will collect you from the hotel and drive you 3 hours east to Andasibe National Park for the start of your Madagascar lemur safari. Andasibe is one of the more accessible national parks in Madagascar, making it one of the most popular forests to explore. Home to some of the more impressive lemurs including the largest lemur in Madagascar, the indri-indri. A large black and white teddy bear-looking lemur, the indri’s calls can be heard echoing through the forest mist in the mornings. The eerie cry gives their location away as you head into the forest in search of these beautiful animals.
Other iconic lemurs in Andasibe-Mantadia include the diademed sifaka which is a gold, grey, white and black sifaka. Truly arboreal, they are masters of the forest moving from tree to tree with such ease.
Spend your days exploring the forests in search of lemurs, chameleons, and the other endemic creatures of this incredible island. This is the best way to start your Madagascan family safari.
Days 5, 6 and 7 - Palmarium Reserve
From Andasibe-Mantadia National Park you continue east to Manambato village where you will be met and transferred along the Pangalanes Canals to the private reserve of Palmarium. The small reserve is home to several semi-habituated lemur species from around the country, making it an ideal place for photographers and families. The reserve has indri-indri, diademed sifakas, black lemurs, crowned lemurs as well as black and white ruffed lemurs. One of the strangest and rarest lemurs to live in Madagascar is the aye-aye, a gremlin-looking creature that only comes out at night looking for grubs that live under the bark of trees. The Palmarium Reserve has some wild aye-aye that lives on a wooded island in the middle of the lake, making this one of the best places in Madagascar to see them.
Spend 3 nights at the Palmarium Reserve exploring the forests in search of the charismatic lemurs that live here.
Day 8 - Antananarivo
From Palmarium Reserve head back to Tana for the night.
Days 9, 10, 11 and 12 - Nosy Komba
From Tana, you fly to the island of Nosy Be off the northwest corner of Madagascar. You will be met at the airport and transferred to the jetty for your boat transfer to the lodge where you spend the next 4 nights. Depending on the lodge you chose, you will have the chance to explore the island and the different lemurs as well as snorkel the turquoise waters off Nosy Be. For those looking to relax, find your perfect beach and just sit back and chill.
