This reserve provides a sustainable way of saving the remaining rainforests in the area by creating a livelihood for the local communities through reforestation projects.
During your stay, you will have the opportunity to visit the V.O.I..M.M.A community reserve. This reserve provides a sustainable way of saving the remaining rainforests in the area by creating a livelihood for the local communities through reforestation projects.
DAY 1: ANTANANARIVO TO ANDASIBE, MADAGASCAR
Arrival in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, where you will be met in the morning at the airport or at your hotel,
depending on required collection point. After a brief driving tour around Tana, we will drive to Andasibe through the
green and luxuriant vegetation of the east. This first step brings us to the humid part of the country with many primary
forests and lakes, and the landscape consists of rice fields, waterfalls, and scarce forest stations. Along the way we will
see villages of the Merina people scattered throughout the rocky mountainside. We stop for lunch at the Reptile & Butterfly
farm, finally arriving to Andasibe between 15h00 and 17h00.
Check-in to the hotel, and then at approximately 19h00 we enjoy a night walk within the Andasibe area to observe night
active lemurs and other nocturnal animals.
Accommodation: Vakona Forest Lodge, Andasibe Hotel or similar (bungalows surrounded by the forest, with en-suite bathrooms, and veranda)
DAY 2: NATURAL RESERVE OF ANDASIBE, MADAGASCAR
After breakfast, we take a morning visit to the Special Reserve of Andasibe, where you will discover the many species
dwelling in the forest. In particular, your guide will search for the Indri, the largest lemurs on the island. This 810 ha reserve
is unique with its endemic fauna and flora. It contains a wide variety of orchids, canopy, and endemic animals like
chameleons, tenrecs, and many birds.
In the afternoon, we visit the V.O.I.I.M.A community reserve. This reserve provides a sustainable way of saving the
remaining rainforests in the area by creating a livelihood for the local communities through reforestation projects. Here
you will also come across a variety of wildlife, ranging from brown lemurs, indri, chameleons, geckos and birds.
Accommodation: Vakona Forest Lodge, Andasibe Hotel or similar (bungalows surrounded by the forest, with en-suite bathrooms and veranda)
DAY 3: ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR
After breakfast, we head back to Tana, where your lemur experience comes to an end.
