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NOSY BE/ AMBANJA/ MANGABE
Day 1 Cacao circuit: ATV / 4x4
Welcoming at the Fascène airport. Your guide will take you directly to the port for embarking on the main island, where you'll discover a variety of plantations (ylang-ylang, vanilla, fruit trees, cacao...), an authentic example of nature's beauty, including the tropical rainforest of the northwest. At the end of the town, you cross the Sambirano river on the bridge. After 5km from Sambirano is the famous "manga be" village, the magical flora spot where you'll start your tour. Lunch on site and enjoy the sunset.
Overnight in a tent in the middle of the cacao plantation.
Overnight in a tent in the middle of the cacao plantation.
MANGA BE/ AMBANJA
Day 2 Vanilla circuit: mountain biking / 4x4
At 06:00, you'll have breakfast, then set off by cart to work in the cocoa field. You'll learn how to process cacao naturally to obtain the flavor of chocolate. Lunch will be with the locals, and in the afternoon, you'll take a stroll through the heart of the village, where the nearest elementary school located. At the end of the day, you'll visit the garden of Ambanja's main leaves(hot) mafana supplier, and take part in a tour of the vanilla plantation.
MANGABE/ ANDRANOMANDEVY
Day 3 Reniala circuit: mountain biking / 4x4
Departure 07:00 Am the guide picks you up, you'll go to the far end of the town, southeast of Ambanja you'll see the "sambirano" valley a few kilometers after you'll visit a species of baobab "Adansonia za". You'll then visit a village that makes bamboo baskets. Lunch is always prepared by the Andranomandevy women's association. In the afternoon, you'll head off with a guide to the surrounding area for a panoramic view and visit a bird roost (Great Egret, dying body,...) around the sacred lake of Andranomandevy. Overnight in the gite.
ANDRANOMANDEVY/ ANTANAMBAO/ ANDRANOMANDEVY
Day 4 Jatropha circuit: ATV / 4x4
06:00 After the breakfast, you'll visit the natural swimming pool about 3 hours 30 minutes walk away in the shelter of the cocoa field; for relaxing and swimming . Afterwards, you'll visit a village where most of the men are blacksmiths. You will have a picnic lunch on arrival at Antanambao. This is a loop circuit that allows you to admire a variety of landscapes. The return journey is by mountain bike to Andranomandevy, where you spend the night in a community gite.
ANDRANOMANDEVY/CASCADE AMBOBAKA/ AMBANJA
Day 5 Ravinala circuit: ATV / 4x4
Departure 07:30 with the guide, you return to the town of Ambanja and cross a bridge where there is a river called "ramena". Take a canoe to visit the famouse (BON PERE) waterfall for a relaxing swim. Lunch in the middle of nature, then return to the village of Ambobaka. It's a place that still welcomes national tourists, who also use traditional medicine to heal fractures and sprains. The guide will take you on a short tour of the village before continuing on to Ambanja.
AMBANJA/MAHALOGNY/ANTREMA/ANKATAFA
Day 6 Musa circuit: ATV / 4x4
Departure 07:00 by mountain bike, heading west out of the town about 15 km. Next, you'll visit a village where there's a sacred mountain with a white flag called "agnabo saigny", a Sakalava king's cemetery, where wishes can be made. Afterwards, you'll enjoy a view of the landscape, before continuing on your way by bike for a few kilometers. You'll cross a mangrove channel by canoe to small village of farmers and fishermen called Antrema. This is the river's exit to the sea. Lunch at Madame Eugenie's. Overnight stay with the inhabitants of Ankatafa.
ANKATAFA
Day 7 cocotier circuit: ATV / 4x4
At 06:00 in the morning, you'll start by visiting the coconut plantation, not forgetting the place where coconut juice is made into alcohol, which you'll be able to taste. Then you'll visit the different crops (vegetable, food, etc.) and you can even join in with the villages peasants. Taste the local dish with fresh produce for lunch. Before the end of the day, a short visit to the Ankatafa elementary school to bond with the village children.
ANKATAFA/ ANKIFY/ NOSYBE
Day 8 Transfer: 4x4
After breakfast at 07:00, the driver and a guide will pick you up, and you'll take another track heading north to Ankify. There is a boat waits you for the crossing to the port of Nosy be, and another cab will take you to your hotels or direct to the airport.
NB
Our transport priority is mountain biking, by the wya XY, it is possible to book a 4x4 car.
- The daily cycling route varies between 12 and 27 km.
- Young travelers aged 15 and over are welcome to take a mountain bike, depending on their physical condition.
- All trips are accompanied by our guides.
- Transport costs are calculated separately to the nearest airport (Nosy Be).
- - The round-trip cab fare between Ambanja and the port of Ankify in a private 4-seater 4x4 car is 78 euros.
- Crossings by private boat from the port of Ankify to the port of Nosy Be and a cab in town to the hotel in Nosy Be or to Fascène airport (round trip) cost 126 euros.
- A single transfer costs half the price.
- D3 and D4: The Baobab and Jatropha tours always stay in tents with typical Malagasy meals.
- Apart from these two tours, all overnight stays are near the town. So, if you'd like to spend the night in comfortable, we can arrange hotels in Ambanja.