Madagascar Masoala Peninsula Extension

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight to Maroantsetra town, where you will be met and transferred to your hotel.  Afterward, head into town to see the market and then on a walk to look for tomato frogs.  Spend the night at your hotel, Relais Masoala (or similar).

After breakfast, transfer by boat to the Masoala peninsula, arriving at Ambodiforaha and Masoala National Park in the early afternoon.  After checking in at your hotel, head into the forest in search of Red-ruffed and White-fronted Brown lemurs.  After dinner, consider a night walk to see nocturnal creatures, then return to your hotel, Arol Lodge (or similar) for the night.

Spend a full day exploring in Masoala National Park, the largest of the island’s protected areas. Created in 1997, the park protects 2,300 square kilometers of rainforest and 100 square kilometres of marine parks. The Masoala peninsula offers exceptionally diverse flora and fauna, including ten species of lemur, due to its huge size and variety of habitats. Altogether, the park protects rainforest, coastal forest, flooded forest, marsh, and mangrove. Three marine parks protect  coral reefs and a dazzling array of marine life.  Return to Arol Lodge for the night.

After breakfast, board a boat for a leisurely and scenic transfer to Nosy Manga Be, an island rich in Black, White-ruffed, and White-fronted Brown lemurs, flat-tailed geckos, various frogs, and more.  Enjoy a picnic on the island, then head to Maroantsetra town, where you will spend the night at Hotel Relais Masoala (or similar).

After breakfast, spend the morning at leisure, either exploring Maroantsetra or relaxing, then have lunch. Afterward, head to the airport for your flight to the capital city of Tana (French colonial shorthand for the city’s proper name, Antananarivo), where you’ll be met and transferred to Hotel Combava (or similar) for the night.

After breakfast, embark on a morning visit to Lemurs Park, then head back to the hotel for packing and transfer to the airport for your flight back home.