A unique adventure
Anyone who travels a lot by bicycle knows that this travel vehicle enables impressive experiences in nature. With the bike, you can often still go where even all-wheel drive vehicles are no longer reliable. In addition, a bicycle tour allows you to travel at your own individual pace and to discover the island of Madagascar at your personal pace. Since there is not much traffic outside the cities and away from the major roads in Madagascar, there is basically quite the possibility of Explore Madagascar on a bicycle tour. In this context, we have also put together an offer: At our Bike tour with support vehicle you can enjoy the option of traveling some stages of the pre-selected route comfortably by car. After all, the climate on Madagascar is a matter of habit for many Europeans and can definitely drain your strength during a day-long bike tour. But before you now the Madagascar flights and thus also your Madagascar vacation booking, we would like to provide you in advance with some advice regarding cycling on the island. This way we want to make sure that you know exactly what to expect.
A high quality bike is the most important requirement
In Madagascar, you have few options to rent a quality and reliable bicycle. Most of the companions offered to you would not survive a trekking tour or even a day trip in one piece. In Antananarivo, on the other hand, you can rent from us trekking bikes imported from Germany and Austria, as well as mountain bikes rent
Alternatively, you can of course bring your bike on the plane as luggage. However, you should absolutely check the baggage policy of your airline even before you buy your ticketbecause there are sometimes very different regulations as well as very different transport costs. We recommend a mountain bike or a robust trekking bike including good suspension, comfortable seat and waterproof saddlebags. The necessary tools and any spare parts you should have in the best case also directly in stock, because in Madagascar, especially in the villages it is almost impossible to get the appropriate parts.
Many factors determine your travel experience
If you have a Madagascar bike tour If you are planning a trip, you should take various factors into account right from the start: On the one hand, the seasons and the climate are enormous influencing factors, which, for example, also determine the stage length.
In some regions of Madagascar, it is so hot that you need to plan for extensive breaks. In addition, you will also have to Ensure supply of food and drinking water as well as overnight accommodation options at an early stage. Many areas in Madagascar are sparsely populated, so you will not find a store, restaurant or hotel everywhere.
We therefore recommend that you make use of our expert knowledge so that during your Madagascar bike tour not experience any unpleasant surprises.
When you are traveling in Madagascar, you should also take into account the traffic. While there is a lot of traffic chaos in Antananarivo and on certain busy routes, where it is better not to travel by bike, there are other parts of the country where you can ride all by yourself on roads and tracks. In these areas you will often quickly come into contact with the inhabitants and enjoy the landscape as well as the intercultural encounters in a particularly extraordinary way. A Madagascar bike tour needs to be planned carefully.
To the planning belongs of course also the optimal equipment at the Fahhrad itself and in addition there is here a very good councellor to the topic transport possibilities at the bicycle:
https://www.campingliebe.de/fahrrad-packen-die-ultimative-anleitung/
If you do not want to do without a competent and experienced partner on site, we recommend that you contact us.
Furthermore, we would like to recommend our other sporty trips to you. For example, we offer various Canoe tours an and have also for friends of Paragliding Paragliding something on offer. The best thing is to browse right away.