EXOTIC TOURS

Day 1: Arriving Antananarivo
Transfer to Antanarivo. Overnight in the Hotel Restaurant La Ribaudière Antananarivo, 4 star Hotel.

Day 2: Antananarivo – Diego (Flight 1:55h)
You will be picked up so early from your hotel because the only flight to Nosy Be leaves at 7:0 am. You
will be picked up at the airport by a Spanish tour guide and transferred to the hotel in Ramena Beach 18
km from Diego. Your breakfast will be waiting for you at the hotel and after that you can relax on the
beach. Another possibility is windsurfing on the Emeraude Sea. All the materials are already there.
Overnight in Hotel Lakana Ramena Diego, 4-star Hotel.
RAMENA
Ramena Beach is located directly at the village of Ramena, 18 kilometres from Diego Suarez, at the
entrance of Diego Suarez Bay – the second largest natural bay in the world. The beach is very popular
among the day visitors of Diego town, especially on weekends. Ramena Beach is several kilometres long
with a number of hotels and small local restaurants spread along the beach. At the south end of the
beach there is a mangrove vegetation. This is a small lively fishing village in northern Madagascar. This
place is known as a popular destination for swimming and relaxing on the beach.

Day 3 : Hiking in Tsingy Rouge and Ankarana (352 Km – 7:00h)
Today will be long days because we will visit 2 different interesting places. After breakfast we will drive to
Tsingy Rouge – named Red Tsingy. We will hike to one at a very interesting place. The hike will take about
2:00 hours. Then we will drive to Ankarana and have lunch at Chez Laurant Ankarana. Afterwards we will
hike in Tsingy Ankarana on a colourful and bizarre landscape. The hike will take about 4:00 h. Then we
make our way to Ankify for an overnight stay. This trip will take around 4 hours. Overnight in Ankify
Lodge , 3 star Hotel.
ANTSIRANANA
The city of Antsiranana in northern Madagascar was named Diego Suarez in colonial times. Today a few
architectural remains to remind us of the French past. One of them is the old “Hôtel des Marines”, which
was left to decay and is now being reclaimed by nature. Antsiranana is especially interesting for all
travelers who want to combine a white sandy beach holiday with clubs, discos and nightlife.
The urban atmosphere is characterised by East African, Arab and Asian immigrants and makes the small
business centre a lively place with colorful painted houses. Antsiranana is one of the most beautiful cities
in Madagascar. The streets are wide boulevard style and are bordered by colonial buildings
TSINGY ROUGE
The red tsingy are located in the north of the island, about 50 km from Diego Suarez. The Tsingy can be
reached within an hour via a sand road. Compared to the Tsingy de Bemaraha in the west, the red Tsingy
are made of sandstone and not limestone and are therefore much more sensitive. The reddish colour is
given to this formation of hundreds of peaks from the red laterite earth, which is so typical for
Madagascar. The peaks of the Tsingy rouge are up to 10 meters high and shine in various shades of red.
The Tsingy rouge are located in a gorge where more and more tsingy appear due to erosion, but also
tsingy disappear due to wind and water erosion. So this formation changes again and again and makes it
especially interesting.
ANKARANA
Ankarana is a special reserve located about 90 kilometres south of Antsiranana and can be easily visited
from there. The reserve is not very big and is primarily known for the Tsingy. Tsingy are calcareous rock
structures that rise razor sharp from the ground. Over thousands of years they have been transformed
from rainwater into their present. What can we do there? Take a hike to the green lake “Lac Vert”.
Discover bats in underground cave and cave systems. The 140 km long underground cave system is
covered with many prohibitions, the fadys of the poor. Discover the Green River, an underground river
that only briefly rises to the surface in the canyon

Day 4: Ankarana – Diego – Antananarivo – Europe (97 Km – 4:00h – flight 2:00h)
After breakfast we will return to Diego. The trip takes around 4 hours. You will have lunch in Diego and
afterwards you will be accompanied to the airport and fly directly to Antananarivo. The flight will start at
15:00h and will arrive in Antananarivo at 17:00h. From there you will continue your flight to Europe.