Tsiribihina river expedition

The Tsiribihina River tour is a tour to the West of Madagascar. This canoe trip down the Tsiribihina River offers opportunity to spoting the 2 duirnal species of lemurs in the west coast such as the Red fronted brown lemurs and the Verreaux’s Sifaka. During our passage througt the gorge of the Tsiribihina river, we spend our first night to the waterfall (anosin’Ampela)then you allow to swim in a natural swimming pool. Second day after the morning bath in the waterfall, we paddling down the river and visit the little village of Begidro (a lot of lemurs) to see the local lifestyle, after lunch rush down to our last camping place on this River then you will see the most beautiful sunset on the river. At the end of the canoe, we will take the zebu cart to reach a remote mall village of Antsiraraka the place we met our jeep. Then we drive to Kirindy reserve to see the wildlife there, nocturnal visit to spoting (somenight species of lemurs, cameleon, geckos). The day after in the morning, we visit again this folicadicious forest of the west prt of Madagascar, to see the famous FOSA (like puma creature), some lemurs, birds, the endemics plante. Then after lunch, we drive slowly to visit the baobabs (sacred baobab, twisty baobabs in love, indead the famous sunset to the baobabs avenues). Then we drive to Morondava.

This tour is disponible from may to november
Delay : 6 days

Antananarivo to Antsirabe

Tana-Antsirabe: 175 kms distance

• Drive from Tana to Antsirabe, see handicraft market on the way, beautiful landscape of the Merina tribe area, the everyday life of the Merina people,
• Visit of Antsirabe: the hot spring city with its rickshaws, semiprecious stones, lakes.

Overnight in hotel
day 1

Antsirabe to Miandrivazo

Picnic lunch between the 2 cities, beautiful landscape on the way.

Overnight in hotel
day 2

Miandrivazo, Tsiribihina, gorge and swim at the waterfall

today we leave early morning from the hotel because we need 1h drive until the harbor, and after that we start or adventure cruising the river by canoe or by boat, we discover some species of birds, crocodile, lemurs, and the beautiful cliff scenery in the gorge and then we will have our camping site close to the waterfall.

Overnight in hotel
day 3

Waterfall, visit village and canoening

Second day on the river:

• People and village, fishers, beautiful scenery and landscape, birding, chameleons
• Paddling from the waterfall to the small village Begidro, walk to visit a Sakalava traditional village, after lunch paddling to the last camping place in the river.

Overnight on camping
day 4

Tsiribihina river to Kirindy

After our half day paddling, we reach the small village of Tsaraotana, the place we meet our jeep, and we drive to Kirindy reserve, after the check in of our hotel.

We are going to arrange our nocturnal visit to see :

• the smallest lemurs
• giant jumping rat
• FOSA
• chameleon

Overnight in hotel
day 5

Kirindy, baobabs and Morondava

We visit again the park to see :

• the famous FOSA
• red fronted brown lemurs
• verreauxi sifaka
• birds
• endemics plants
• and more

After lunch we drive lowly to Morondava. On the way, stops to visit a sacred Baobab tree of over 800 years old. Visit of the twisty Baobabs in Love. The highlight is to spend the sunset at the Avenue of Baobabs for taking amazing pictures of the Baobabs Avenue.

Overnight in hotel
day 6