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1. Masoala National Park
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 95 reviews
Reviewed By marleensera
During our trip to Madagascar last year, my husband and I visited some of the National Parks. Although it is off-the-beaten-track (or maybe exactly for that reason), we decided to go to Masoala, a patch of primary forest with amazing biodiversity and very few tourists. We contacted Lauriot from Visit Masoala, who organised the tour for us with professionalism and kindness. They have multitude of options (including hikes, etc.) and they all seem to be interesting but due to our schedule, we chose to stay 3 nights in Masoala and 1 night in Nosy Mangabe. It was one of our best experiences in the trip. In Masoala our lodge was just a couple of meters away from a beach that belonged to the lodge. You could listen to the waves from our room, it was mind blowing. We did day excursions and saw lots of animals thanks to our very knowledgeable guide. There was also time for relaxing and to swim and snorkel. Food was delicious. Nosy Mangabe is a tiny island covered by primary forests. The accommodation is very basic (tent) but they provide everything you need, so it is really easy. So, if you want to visit Madagascar, Masoala is one of the must see places and you can contact Lauriot on [email protected] if you need help with the organisation.
2. Madagascar Tropic Voyage
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 123 reviews
We create tailor made private and group tours at a competitive price. We are locally owned and operated offering authentic discovery of this beautiful country and intimate cultural experiences. You can choose from a wide variety of multi-day tours that can include camping, hiking through the Picboby Mountains, off-road adventures everywhere in Madagascar, boat trips down the Tsiribihina or Manambolo rivers, and much more. From luxury to simple trips, we can be extremely flexible with your budget. We offer tours everyday of the year and will be your local knowledgable guides for your adventure in Madagascar.
3. Madagascar Touring
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 156 reviews
TOUR OPERATOR - CAR RENTAL Madagascar Touring help you plan your ultimate adventure to Madagascar, a land of incredible landscapes, people, and wildlife. Our guides, staff, owners - all of whom are native Malagasy and fluent in French and English - have a wealth of knowledge and contacts that only years of experience can bring.
4. Madagascar Endemics and Resorts
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 52 reviews
Madagascar Endemics and Resorts [MER] is a wildlife expedition and luxury vacation specialist based in Antananarivo, Madagascar. We endeavor to provide the best possible service to our clientele thanks to our devoted qualified and experienced English-speaking staff, including trip leaders, driver-guides, naturalist guides, all of them born and raised in Madagascar. In order to properly meet our customers' needs and aspirations, as we value their precious time, we give our all to respond in a timely manner to any inquiry we've received, which makes our service unique and most reliable. Eventually, we make a sincere effort to live up to our motto: "Only for the best experience in Madagascar." Try our premium service today!
5. Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 256 reviews
The amazing landscapes of limestone pinnacles, gorges and pristine forests protect many rare birds, lemurs and reptiles.
Reviewed By AndrejM973 - Bratislava, Slovakia
Amazing national park, totally worth the bad road that you have to take to get there, great views from Grand Tsingy, you are literally climbing to the top, passing caves, the hike itself is fun, using ferrata. Small Tsingy are also nice, it is possible to do both in one day.
6. Isalo National Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 647 reviews
Distinguished by a canyon and beautiful, rolling plains, the Parc National de Isalo is an attractive reserve of Madagascar's land and wildlife.
Reviewed By PeterE5 - Sydney, Australia
I spent 3 days in Isalo National Park and loved it. Although it's rainy season here this area is relatively dry and a good place to go at this time of year. It is difficult to get to sites and trailheads without transport, and the access roads are poor, but I managed to join another traveller with a vehicle, making things much easier. I am sure my experience was made much better by my guide Sandra. Sandra is a local Ranohira woman, has 3 years experience as a guide, has recently completed her tourism degree and speaks excellent English, as well as French and Malagasy. There are over 100 guides for the park, but only 5 females. So just in the interests of advancing women in Madagascar I would recommend hiring a woman, but Sandra was excellent. The guide rates are set at 120,000 ariary for full day, or 80,000 for half day. You can hire a guide at the guides office, across from the National Parks office, or they may approach you first. The Fenetre (Window) of Isalo is a unusual rock formation and great place for sunset - you need a vehicle to get there. My first hike was to the Piscine Naturelle, then we crossed within a wide canyon to Namaza camp site where there were lemurs and many birds, and then up the gorge to Piscine Bleu and Piscine Noire with waterfalls and beautiful natural swimming pools. Beautiful! My second hike was to Canyon des Makis and Canyon de Rates (but no rats!). They are two beautiful gorges. We were the only ones hiking there that day. I thoroughly recommend the Park and these hikes.
7. Parc National de l'Andringitra
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 125 reviews
Reviewed By bendeus44
Travelled in Madagascar for a month, and the Andringitra was absolutely one of the best things I discovered in the country. Stunning landscape, amazing hiking paths and a close connection to nature. In comparison to Ranomafana and Isalo for instance, this never felt like a park to me, which I truly loved. With a limited budget background, I decided to stay 3 days, of which one day truly in the park (45k ariary entrance fee each day you're in). The other days were a walk back and forth from Vohitsaoka to the tiny village of Antambohobe, where I spent the nights with my guide and the local villagers (Vohitsoaka is reachable by taxibrousse from Ambalavao and costs way less than hiring a 4x4 to the alternative 'main entrance' of the park. If you have the money though, very recommendable to take this option as well). The villagers over there were incredibly kind and generous in a very honest and joyful manner, which is unfortunately not so often the case in this country... Anyway, also had an extremely good guide, named Tovo from Marcellin Guide Ambalavao, an officially recognised guide instance. He's a regional guide, but he's working in close connection to the local villager guides in the Andringitra area (taking such a local guide is compulsory once entering the park). He is very well organised and pays 100% attention to you as a visitor, but also to the sustainability of the local community. Really felt like the money I paid for guidance, food, etc. was very thoughtfully used to back the local, still very poor villagers. Don't know about the performance of other guides, but would never want to change guidance anymore going here. Totally up to you personally, but [email protected] if you would be interested. Anyway, in short, what a time!
8. Kirindy Forest Morondava Madagascar
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 192 reviews
Reviewed By shiraziwine - Shiraz, Iran
Need to mention that there are two parks named “ Kirindy” in Morondava One is “kirindy Mitea national park”, this park really does not worth a visit AT ALL, IT IS WASTE OF TIME. During my visit i saw just two parrots and one snake. Thats all The office of this park is located in Belo sur mer village just right next to the church. The second park is “Kirindy Forest” which you can visit with Avenue of Baobabs in one day. This park is amazing and we saw many kind of birds and Lemurs just in our 2 hours walking. Our guide was also a perfect man. You can book a tour via your hotel I highly recommend this park
9. Mada Mirendra Day Tours
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 99 reviews
