Positive Madagascar · 25 days, 24 nights
Twenty-five days, up to twenty-six lemurs.
A comprehensive expedition through four biomes, combining domestic flights and overland 4x4 to find the island's rarest primates.
The shape of the journey
Route and highlights.
- Andasibe
- Palmarium
- Masoala
- Marojejy
- Kirindy
- Ranomafana
- Anja
- Isalo
- Indri, aye-aye, silky sifaka and red ruffed lemur
- 12 to 14 species guaranteed, up to 26 with good trackers
- Night walks for mouse lemurs at Kirindy
- Ring-tailed troops of 20+ at Anja
Chapter 01 · Days 1–9
The singing east and the wild north-east
Day 1Arrive in Antananarivo
Meet and greet at Ivato, private transfer and rest.
Day 2Peyrieras and Andasibe
RN2 east, chameleons and tomato frogs at Peyrieras, twilight walk for mouse lemurs.
Day 3Indri and Vakona Lemur Island
Dawn trek in Analamazaotra to hear the indri, track diademed sifakas, then close encounters on Lemur Island.
Day 4Pangalanes Canal to Palmarium
Drive to Manambato, boat across the lakes, and a twilight boat trip to see the aye-aye.
Day 5Palmarium to Tamatave
Walk among friendly lemurs, then boat and road to the port city.
Day 6Flight to Maroantsetra, Masoala
Morning flight, then a 2-hour crossing of Antongil Bay to the Masoala Peninsula.
Day 7Masoala rainforest
Primary lowland forest: red ruffed lemur and the helmet vanga.
Day 8Nosy Mangabe
Island reserve for white-fronted brown lemurs and leaf-tailed geckos.
Day 9Flight to Sambava
The vanilla coast. Beaches or a vanilla curing visit.
Chapter 02 · Days 10–18
The dry forest of the west
Day 10Sambava to Marojejy
Drive to Manantenina and trek 3 to 4 hours to Camp Mantella (450 m).
Day 11Camp Marojejia, silky sifaka
Steep climb to 775 m, then tracking the all-white silky sifaka.
Day 12Cloud forest and descent
A final morning among silky sifakas, then back to Camp Mantella.
Day 13Return to Sambava
Hike out, 4x4 to Sambava, seafood dinner by the ocean.
Day 14Flight to Antananarivo
Fly across the island and rest at a transit hotel.
Day 15Flight to Morondava, baobab sunset
Fly west and drive to the Avenue of the Baobabs for sunset.
Day 16Kirindy Forest
2.5 hours through baobab country, then a night walk for Madame Berthe's mouse lemur and Coquerel's giant mouse lemur.
Day 17Kirindy and Morondava
Watch Verreaux's sifakas dance, look for the fossa, then return to Morondava.
Day 18Morondava to Antsirabe
Full day east, about 7 to 8 hours, up to the volcanic highlands.
Chapter 03 · Days 19–25
The southern spine
Day 19Ambositra to Ranomafana
The RN7 to Zafimaniry woodcarvers, then down the escarpment to the rainforest.
Day 20Ranomafana National Park
Golden and greater bamboo lemurs and Milne-Edwards's sifaka.
Day 21Anja Reserve to Isalo
Ring-tailed lemurs on granite boulders, then across the Horombe Plateau.
Day 22Isalo canyons
Piscine Naturelle and the Canyon of Monkeys, with ring-tailed and red-fronted brown lemurs.
Day 23Sapphire country to Toliara
Ilakaka, Mahafaly tombs and the coral coast, then Ifaty beaches.
Day 24Flight to Antananarivo
Final domestic flight and a farewell dinner.
Day 25Rova and departure
Morning at the Queen's Palace, then Ivato for your flight home.
Before you go
What is included.
Hotels, meals and entry fees are confirmed in your personalised day-by-day quote.
Good to know
Species counts are realistic ranges. Night treks in Kirindy and the high trails of Marojejy need good fitness and sharp-eyed local guides. The previous website listed an 11-day lemur trip at €1,360; ask us for the shorter version.
Afterlight
Make it yours.
You receive a clear quote before you decide, and every day can change.
On request
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