Category: Madagascar

The Tsiribihina river descent runs two or three days by pirogue from Miandrivazo down to Belo sur Tsiribihina, camping on sandbanks and passing villages reachable no other way. It is flat water rather than whitewater, and the appeal is the…

Madagascar carries a high malaria risk across the whole country except Antananarivo, so prophylaxis is standard advice for nearly every visitor. Yellow fever vaccination is required only if you arrive from or transit a country where the virus is present.…

Midongy du Sud, also called Befotaka-Midongy, protects the second largest rainforest in Madagascar across roughly 1,920 square kilometres of the southeastern escarpment. It is among the least visited national parks in the country, reached by 200 km of poor road…

Eating out in Madagascar is inexpensive and better than most visitors expect, with Antananarivo holding the widest range thanks to ingredients arriving from every region and a lasting French influence on the upper end. Coastal towns eat well on seafood,…

Five sea turtle species occur in Malagasy waters and two nest regularly: green turtles and hawksbills. Both are present year-round around Nosy Be, so snorkelling with them needs no particular season. Nesting is different, with Nosy Iranja the main site…

Madagascar suits couples who want somewhere genuinely unusual rather than conventionally luxurious. The strongest honeymoon combination pairs a few days of wildlife with a beach stay on Nosy Be or Île Sainte-Marie, and the country's best moments cost very little:…

Mikea National Park protects the richest dry forest in the world for reptiles, holding 65 species alongside nine lemurs, three baobabs and two birds found nowhere else on earth. It is also the territory of the Mikea, among the last…

The RN7 runs roughly 950 km from Antananarivo to Toliara and is the only long sealed road in Madagascar, which is why the southern circuit is the country's standard itinerary. It passes through highland spa towns, the rainforest edge at…

Madagascar holds three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Rainforests of the Atsinanana, six eastern parks inscribed together in 2007; the Andrefana Dry Forests, six western and northern sites listed from 1990 and extended in 2023; and the Royal Hill of…

Madagascar runs roughly 1,600 km north to south and covers about 587,000 square kilometres, making it the fourth largest island on earth. Knowing how the country is laid out explains most of what shapes a trip here: a highland spine…