Northern Madagascar Family Highlights

Duration: 14 days

Location: Madagascar

Highlights: Rainforest, Tsingy, Lemurs, Caves, Beach

Price: £3,697pp

This
exciting 13 night family adventure to northern Madagascar visits some of the best wildlife reserves in the country. It’s packed with activities, visit the villages and stay on a small, beautiful island in the Nosy Archipelago. Lemurs, chameleons, geckos, ancient primary rainforests, vast tsingy formations, Indiana Jones caves, vibrant coral reefs and stunning beaches should keep all the family happy.

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DETAILED ITINERARY

Day 1: London to Antananarivo
Fly this morning from the UK to Antananarivo. On arrival into the Madagascar capital this evening you will be met and transferred to Relais des Plateaux to spend 1 night in a family room. This is very comfortable small hotel and one of the most convenient for the airport.

Day 2: Antananarivo to Amber Mountain NP
Returning early to the airport this morning you will fly to Diego Suarez in the very north of Madagascar to start your family wildlife adventure. On arrival you will be met and transferred to Joffre Ville, the gateway to Amber Mountain National Park, to spend 2 nights in 2 neighbouring bungalows at Nature Lodge, a small rustic lodge with only 12 bungalows, a lovely little restaurant and amazing views over the 3 bays of Diego Suarez. Remember, this is just a starting point idea to give you a flavour of what we can do. All our family holidays are uniquely designed for each family. Contact us on 01273 923100 or holidays@sundownerholidays.co.uk to start designing yours.

Day 3: Amber Mountain National Park
Full day with your local specialist guide to explore Amber Mountain National Park. A beautiful region of primary rainforest this area is excellent for hiking with lots of waterfalls to discover and although it doesn’t offer the varied lemur sightings like the eastern rainforests it does still offer 7 different species plus 60 different reptile species including the leaf-tailed gecko and the tiny Brookesia chameleon. Want another day exploring here? Contact us to tailor this holiday to your family.

Day 4: Amber Mountain NP to Ankarana Reserve
Today you will drive south, stopping en route at the surreal red tsingy formations, heading to the eastern side of Ankarana Reserve to spend 1 night in 2 rooms at the Relais de l’Ankarana, a rustic little guesthouse, owner run by a local Malagasy family and perfectly located about 100m from the park gates. This afternoon you will enter the reserve with your local guide to search the dry forests and vast tsingy formations for crowned lemurs, Sanford’s brown lemur and northern sportive lemurs.

Day 5: Ankarana Reserve
Heading back into the eastern side of the reserve this morning you will definitely need your Indiana Jones hat and whip as you explore some of the incredible cave network within the reserve, containing 14 species of bat, endemic blind shrimp and the only cave-dwelling crocodiles in the world! You will then continue to the western side of the park to spend 2 nights in 2 cabanas at Iharana Bush Camp, a beautiful rustic eco lodge with funky traditional cottages and an amazing location overlooking a lake and huge tsingy mastiff – a great spot for a “Sundowner Moment”!

Day 6: Ankarana Reserve
Full day to enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Iharana. Activities at the lodge include incredible hikes through the tsingy of Ankarana, guided bikes tours through the villages, village walks and boat excursions on the lake which are perfect at sunset.

Day 7: Ankarana Reserve to Nosy Sakatia
After a final morning hike through the tsingy you will get on the road, heading south to the port of Ankify where your boat will be waiting to transfer you across to the Nosy Be Archipelago, heading to Nosy Sakatia where you will spend 6 nights in the 3 bedroom Beachfront Villa at the owner run Sakatia Lodge. A true Sundowner favourite the lodge is relaxed, the staff are very friendly, it has beautiful beaches and amazing diving run by the owner Jose.

Days 8 to 12: Nosy Sakatia, Nosy Be Archipelago
Five full days to relax and enjoy. As one of the best diving spots in Madagascar and a house reef only 400m away from the lodge, the snorkelling and diving is highly recommended and you can also enjoy kayaking, island excursions, hikes and a host of adventure activities on neighbouring Nosy Be. Want more time on the beach? Contact us on 01273 923100 to start designing your Madagascar family holiday.

Day 13: Nosy Sakatia to the UK
Saying goodbye to Jose and the Sakatia team you will be transferred to Nosy Be Airport for your flight back to the UK.

Day 14: Home
Welcome home…..(they won’t believe the photos!)

Nature Lodge

Waterfall at Amber Mountain National Park

Leaf-tailed gecko

Red tsingy at Ankarana

Sportive lemur

Guided explore of the caves, Ankarana

Nosy Sakatia

Sakatia Lodge

Sakatia Lodge – view from the beachfront villa

This Madagascar family holiday idea costs from £14,788 per family (based a family of 4 with children aged 5 -11 years) and includes international flights (price based on London), all internal flights, all accommodation on a sharing basis (as outlined above), 1 night B&B in the capital, 11 nights half-board, all park fees, a driver & private 4×4 vehicle for the duration of your wildlife tour, specialist local guides and all transfers. It does not include additional meals, taxes or tips.

Now let’s make this family holiday yours

Want to slow the pace and spend more time on the beach? Want to feed a lemur? Want to get some other perfect family hotel options? Let us do the work. Call 01273 923100 now or complete an enquiry form.

Want to find out more about visiting Madagascar for your family? Fire questions at us to help make up your mind – call us or email holidays@sundownerholidays.co.uk. Or take a look at our family holidays page for more inspiration.

The latest word on the street about Sundowner’s Madagascar holidays:

We had an absolutely fantastic time. You totally understood what we were looking for and delivered in every way. Your Madagascar team were great, helpful and flexible.

Sarah Mott Madagascar

Our itinerary was just right and the suggestions of the sites did not disappoint. I believe the main aim of our trip that my wife gave you was “lemurs, lemurs, lemurs”. You helped us to achieve this in spades and in so many different settings.

Terry Dalton Madagascar

It was a super and absolutely unforgettable holiday. We were so lucky with wildlife – with lemurs, chameleons, frogs, birds, strange plants all around us. A big thank you to all.

Ernest Jenson Madagascar

Thank you for all help in arranging my trip, which was hugely successful. Tsara Komba, with its magical setting, was lovely. Also, the Le Pavillon de l’Emyrne in Tana was perfect. Again the staff could not have been more charming, positive and helpful. Having the garden to sit and read in, was a welcome retreat as Tana is hectic.

David McCue Madagascar

I just wanted to tell you what an amazing time we had in Madagascar. It all went perfectly and we enjoyed very minute of it. The visits to the Reserves and the wildlife we saw were out of this world. Our guide, Eunice was a great guy and a pleasure to be with. All in all we had the most wonderful time.

Sue Lesley Madagascar

A fantastic holiday with an amazing combination of charming people, extraordinary wildlife, stunning contrast of terrain. Thank you for all your recommendations.

Keith Bye Madagascar

FANTASTIC! It was the most incredible experience. We loved the variety that you had planned for us, from the rainforest in Andasibe to Isalo which was stunning (the hotel was really special). Ifaty was also a really interesting place but the piece de resistance was definitely Anjajavy. We thought we had died and gone to heaven! The honeymoon package was wonderful but the best part was Cedric and his passion for the environment. Another aspect which we were thrilled by was the quality of the guides. A special thanks for the guide in Isalo and Ifaty – I think he was called Sedeer. He was so knowledgeable and good company.

Judith Lamb Madagascar

Our Holiday was AMAZING! Loved Vakona. And Anjajavy…well ‘paradise’ just about sums it up! BEST Place we have ever stayed.

Mel Fewtrell Madagascar

I have just returned from a holiday in Madagascar. We both had an amazing and enjoyable time. We were very impressed with our driver/guide. He was helpful, full of interesting information, answered all our questions (and there were a lot!) with good humour and excellent English. Always flexible and willing to cope with special requests (especially for my photo stops) and even taught us some Malagasy. At Andasibe National Park we had a top class wildlife guide who was very knowledgeable and his ability to spot wildlife in the forest was uncanny. He even managed to spot a Leaf-Tailed Gecko (a master of camouflage in the wild) which was amazing.

Sarah Hay Madagascar

Excellent holiday. Spoilt totally at both our lodges. The guide, Andreas was outstanding in knowledge of not just wildlife but also culture, politics and history of the people. He managed his trackers to best advantage and discreetly. Great to be able to view wildlife on foot, on boat and canoe. Staff and locals determined that we saw as much as possible. Endlessly patient and willing to tell us about their lives and country.

Mr & Mrs Milsom Madagascar

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