Top Things to do in Toamasina Province
What to do and see in Toamasina Province, Toamasina Province: The Best Things to do
Discover the best top things to do in Toamasina Province, Madagascar including Masoala National Park, Phare de l'Ile aux Prunes, The Mitsinjo Reserve, Analamazaotra Special Reserve, V.O.I.M.M.A. Community Reserve, Parc Ivoloina, La Palmeraie de l'Ivondro, Fort Manda, Vakona Private Reserve, Piscine Naturelle d’Ambodiatafana.
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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. Phare de l'Ile aux Prunes
3. The Mitsinjo Reserve
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 93 reviews
Reviewed By baiuinting - Beijing, China
we stayed 5 days in andasibe, and went to 4 parks, this was my best day in here , the park is good , we saw a lemur very near , we took a 4 hours trekking in day , and same day took a night safari , because our guide is wonderful , he can speak English very good , and he is always the first one to find the animals in night safari , the most amazing thing is :he found a tiny frog in the wild at least 5 meter from us when we walking on the main road in the whole dark.thank you for the park have wonderful guide here, we enjoyed. our guide: Divana
4. Analamazaotra Special Reserve
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 91 reviews
Reviewed By Rainforests_Rollerco
We visited this park whilst staying at Vakona Lodge. Out guide purchased the tickets and arranged the local park guide for us, to start with we found it quite busy with lots of other people all trying to watch and follow the same lemurs. However as our walk progressed everyone seem to head off in different directions and the second half of our walk was much quieter. We spent around 3.5-4 hours in the park & saw numerous types of birds, Sifaka lemurs, brown lemurs and Indri lemurs. Hearing the indri song up close was amazing and by this point it was just us and our guides! We also had a young lady with us that was a trainee guide, she lives in the local village and is training to be licensed as a national park guide - great to see and hear about the initiatives in place to introduce and teach the new generations about the wildlife around them.
5. V.O.I.M.M.A. Community Reserve
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 52 reviews
Reviewed By Katana107 - Abbotsford, Canada
I really enjoyed my night walk (the forest one ) and my day time walk. On the day walks, we saw brown lemurs and the indri indri up close. We saw a parson's chameleon and several leaf tailed geckos. On the night walk, we saw a small species of chameleon, leaf tailed chameleon, nocturnal lemur (I can't remember the name) and a mouse lemur.
6. Parc Ivoloina
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 113 reviews
Reviewed By DrEmma1975 - Cape Town, South Africa
I have returned for a second visit as my 1st last year was so wonderful. The guides are so knowledgeable and are able to show you things like minute silver frogs that we would have walked straight passed. The park should be commended for their education projects aimed at local school children and communities as this is such important work. The sanctuary is beautiful and very well maintained even after heavy rains. I suggest that you don’t try drive by yourself unless you have a 4x4 or high vehicle as the roads are bad, especially during rainy season. They have a number of different lemur species, along with frogs, snakes and the exquisite giant chameleons. While the park is relatively small, it is very well worth going for the beautiful tropical scenery, very knowledgeable guides and animals.
7. La Palmeraie de l'Ivondro
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 8 reviews
8. Fort Manda
9. Vakona Private Reserve
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 429 reviews
Reviewed By LynseyUK55 - Stafford, United Kingdom
I feel they do some good work here the lemurs which live here cannot be returned to the wild. We saw many Lemurs wild on our travels however to get up close and personal was an amazing experience. We went with a guide and met the brown Lemurs first, they were naughty and greddy however great fun. One even stayed on our shoulder to trek with us. We then saw the small and beautiful bamboo Lemur with a baby, so beautiful however they stayed at a distance. We then got a canoe to the dancing Lemur who did just that, incredible. We then went on a canoe ride through the beautiful forest to see King Julian and his pals, they were fun and very interested in us, It was a great experience and I understand people will have their own views on this place however they have a huge amount of space to live in, they dont have to come to the tourists which some didnt and I feel they are trying to do some good work. I would suggest a visit if in the area you will have fab time.
