Day 1: Nosy Be - big mitsio
Embarkation at the crater (Ambatoloaka) and departure towards Grande Mitsio, visiting the island, the magnificent beach of Ampasindava and the Pachypodium forest.
Behind the southwestern tip of the island are basalt organs, a geological formation of black basalt. |
Day 2: Cape Saint Sebastian
After breakfast, the route continues towards Cape San Sebastian.
Snorkeling or diving.anchoring on site.
This site is located far above the diving areas normally frequented around Nosy Be, the dive sites are therefore intact and unexplored. |
Day 3: Nosy Hara-Baie du Courrier
Departure to the archipelago of Nosy Hara in the middle of the Baie du Courrier.
Protected since 2012, the area consists of 17 islands surrounded by coral reefs and offers you the opportunity to see seabirds, Bats and many Reptiles to observe, including the Brookesia micra, the smallest chameleon in the world.
Located in the northwest of Madagascar, the Nosy Hara is a small piece of paradise that is still little known. However, this place contains one of the most extraordinary seascapes in the world. This has earned it the status of a marine national park since 2012. The elongated island of Nosy Hara covers an area of 312 hectares and measures two to three kilometers from north to south with a width of a few dozen meters. It consists mainly of tsingy, characteristic of Madagascar, and magnificent white sand beaches.
It is an idyllic place, cut off from the world.
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Day 4: Nosy Lava
Nosy Lava is a volcanic island lined with cliffs that drop steeply to the sea.
A sand spit connects the two parts of the island.
This island is located in front of the city Analalava on the mainland. With its turquoise waters, coconut palms, fine sandy beach and white limestone cliffs, Nosy Lava offers everything that makes a paradise. Nevertheless, this island has a strong history: from 1911 to 2000, it was the last island prison of Madagascar.
Today, the prison is completely abandoned and you walk through the remains of old buildings that are gradually covered with vegetation.
Behind the old buildings, a path leads through the mangroves and allows you to go deep into the savannah of tall yellow grasses and climb up to the lighthouse, from the top of which you have a magnificent panoramic view of the whole island.
Visit the shark fishing village. |
Day 5: Nosy Ankarea
Nosy Ankarea is a table-shaped basalt island bordered by white sand.
A path leads to the top of the island to admire the magnificent panorama of the entire archipelago.
This dive site is located far above the diving areas that are normally found around Nosy Be frequented, the areas are therefore intact and unexplored.
This small island offers beautiful beaches.
It is the highest island of the Mitsio Archipelago, its highest point is 238 m and it is covered with forests. |
Day 6: Nosy Tsarabanjina
A magnificent island bordered by a white sand beach (in Madagascar its name means the island of white sand).
The Nosy Tsarabanjina Island is a small piece of paradise in the middle of the ocean.
Starting from Nosy Be promises this island of the Mitsio Archipelago white sandy beaches and lush land.
It is considered the most beautiful island of the Mitsio.
Colorful fish and corals teeming with life will leave you with memories full of eyes
On the bottom there is a Sakalava cemetery created in a large cave.
You will be able to observe fishing eagles, herons and water fowl. |
Day 7 - The four Brothers
The Monoliths, which emerge from the sea and on which a variety of birds nest, such as cormorants and frigatebirds.
Northwest of Tsarabanjina stand the very characteristic monoliths of the "4 brothers", which fall 20 or 30 m vertically into the water.
They form a square that emerges from the water surface.
These rocky domes with smooth, rounded walls prevent access to their tops, but offer Thousands of birds ideal shelter and, above all, a nesting place where hundreds of families of Brown Boobies (Sula leucoblaste) defend a few square decimeters to build their nests in the cliffs, establishing a noisy colony. |
Variant with the visit of the parks of the north
During your stay, you will have the opportunity to take a 7-8 day catamaran cruise and visit the Mitsio Islands and then the islands of the Nosy Hara archipelago.
During the second part of your stay, you will go ashore in Ampasindava, where a 4×4 will be waiting to take you to Diego-Suarez to bring.
You will visit the city and its remains from the colonial period, as well as its large market.
The next day you will visit the Three Bays (Sakalava Bay, French Mountain and Emerald Sea).
Then, the next day, you will discover the Montagne d'Ambre, a true primary forest, home to numerous endemic species of flora and fauna, as well as a magnificent waterfall.
On the way back, you can visit the Red Tsingy and Ankarana Park in one day or in two days, depending on your program. |
Return trip to the Land route
In this variant a car with driver is available to you to complete or extend the tour by land as you wish.
Through individual planning, the end of the trip is worked out and the logistics for it are set in motion. |
Variant by sea without visits to the mainland
This third variant remains resolutely Maritime.
You stay on the catamaran and it goes with different variants on the sea way back to Nosy Be.
Again, we can customize the sailing trip, both in its length and content and possible activities.
Diving, snorkeling, fishing, whale or whale shark and sea turtle watching-these can all be part of the trip.
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