Hello Now I am back from my fourth trip to Madagascar. In the course of it, I was able to try out all sorts of organizational variants. At the beginning I was on the road without any planning by simply looking for a R4 with driver at the airport. Then I booked a rental car with driver from Germany and on the third tour I was on the road with a local travel company based in Tana. All these variants had a huge disadvantage that I can now only after I work with Klaus properly estimate. I just wasted time on the first trips looking for hotels, booking ferries, booking guides ....... Klaus takes care of all this for 100%. Also the driver Klaus arranged was anything but a driver. He is rather a travel companion who is available at any time to help and on the spot can regulate much, if not everything. Even things like the visit to the mines of Ilakaka where all other drivers say "that's not possible" Klaus has simply organized in between. With the first 3 tours I had no idea what dimensions a Madagascar trip can have if it is organized by a Madagascar expert. As far as the organization and planning of Klaus is concerned, I can only say "hats off". It is anything but easy in Madagascar to plan everything so that there are no problems on the ground. I had to experience that in the past. Klaus has organized everything perfectly. We were on a 4-day trekking tour through the Andringitra. Porters, guides and a cook were organized. Klaus also arranged the locations like Ilakaka, Andasibe and the salt lake in the south perfectly. The hotels were all booked according to our wishes. In this case even with occupancy of 3 persons in a bungalow or room. I also found the possibility to spend the first and last night before and after the flights in Klaus' own guest house very pleasant. The Villa Sibylle is a TOP bungalow facility that leaves nothing to be desired and invites you to stay. Also for me as a photographer was really everything done in the hand of "Urlaub-auf-Madagaskar". The driver himself was ready from sunrise to sunset. We could stop at any time at different places to take pictures and the guides were obliged to fulfill our wishes. So again a big THANK YOU to Klaus and his team. So in short. IT WAS ALL PERFECT. There will follow some reports about the trip. Also with pictures. Just have a look here. https://www.facebook.com/Mutterthiesfotografie/ Christian Mütterthies... Collapse