Travelers' reviews about Madagascar

the scenery was outstanding ,the people were very friendly, food was good and most of all the dancing lemur

We mostly took the RN7 route through Madagascar from east to west, heading from Andasibe through the highlands to Ranomafana, then through the Savannah and Isalo national park to Ifaty and Tulear, and ending our trip in Anakao on the west coast. On our second day, we hiked in Andasibe-Mantadia national park, and a highlight of the entire trip was watching the incredible Indri lemurs and hearing their famous call from right above us in the tree canopy. Hiking in the rainforest was fantastic, and our guide in Andasibe was really enthusiastic - we saw so much wildlife! Throughout our trip we saw about 13 species of lemur, lots of chameleons, gheckos, frogs, orchids, incredible plants etc. The highlands were beautiful and we met so many wonderful people on our trip, and we would've loved to stay and hike in Isalo national park for much longer than 1 day! It was also great to end our trip with a relaxing couple of days on the white sand beaches of Anakao, and the *** (spiny forest) near Ifaty was great to see lots of baobab trees. Take a minute to look up too - nowhere else in the world have I seen a night sky like we saw in Madagascar, with the Milky Way clearly visible. The landscapes, unique wildlife and wonderful people of Madagascar all meant we had a fantastic trip - even if it was tough at times to pass through some very poor parts of Madagascar - we wished we could help every kid we met in some way. We can't wait to come back!

Beautiful country but very difficult travelling around, very high poverty and average accommodation

Destinations were amazingly beautiful. Nosy Iranja and Home the Residence at Nosy Be were top of all. Snorkeling at Nosy Tanikely, Andasibe and Ankarana safari was great. For us vegetarian food options were arranged. Food at Allamanda hotel, Diego Suarez was great. Overall we enjoyed a lot. More than a holidays.

It was a great trip, i felt really good knowing that the travel agent was always there to answer any questions I had she was great!! and made the trip easier

We spent 4 weeks in Madagascar however I think we should have only stayed for 3 weeks.

From East to West and the South we saw a huge variety of landscapes, geological formations, fauna and flora as well as pristine beaches. Watching many different Lemurs, the hikes and walks we did, were a major highlight as well as the gastronomic delights. But it is really the wonderful and nice people of Madagascar what makes a major positive impact of any journey in the country! I made lots of posts of our journey in Facebook and you can visit my page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004500789117

We flew into Antananarivo (Tana) and were taken to our lovely guest house where the hostess gave us a gracious welcome and fed us a delicious meal. We stayed in a beautiful, quiet, relaxing bedroom.  The next morning we headed to the Eastern section of the country for our first look at sifakas, lemurs, and fosas!  We also had time to relax at 3 different beautiful resorts (including Lodge de la Saline between Kirindy and Tsingy, where we were treated like royalty, as well as taking a birding trip and seeing baobobs at sunset by ourselves, without any other tourists within miles).  After our trip to the East, we headed down through the Central Highlands to see more interesting environments (rain forests and deserts), birds and lemurs before reaching the beautiful South where we took multiple guided walks through incredible spiny forests, saw more birds and baobobs, and relaxed in more charming resorts. After a quick flight back to Tana and another relaxing night in our beautiful guest house, the next morning we headed West, having more opportunities to see and hear new lemurs (Indri Indris!), birds, snakes, insects, chameleons, frogs....  We spend 3 lovely relaxing days at Le Palmarium Reserve walking though their endless reserve, taking guided walks to see all the different plants and learning about their many lemurs (including a hybrid lemur), and taking a night time visit to see aye aye lemurs.  After 20 wonderful days of touring the country, we returned to Tana to take our final tour of the city (including a visit to Ambohimanga) and to do a bit of shopping.  After 22 incredible days, we flew home.  We're still talking about the trip and showing a slide show of the wonders of Madagascar to our friends. Our Favorites: It is difficult to describe our trip to Madagascar in a few words; we tell everyone that we felt like we could write an entire book on every hour of the trip.  It is just as hard to describe our favorite places or times.  All our time in Madagascar was special to us. We have a lot of praise and thanks to Linah, our local agent representative from Evaneos, who worked with us non-stop, and was always available, despite the time changes and distance involved, to answer all of our questions, set up such a pleasing tour, and ensure that we had a fun and knowledgeable driver who took such good care of us during our 22 day stay in Madagascar. 

Started in Anatanarivo and spent a night before driving to Ansirabe where we spent two nights visiting the city, hiking the highlands and seeing handicrafts. Drove to Ranamofana and spent two nights and hiked the rainforest seeing the lemurs- which was was personal favourite part of the trip. We added an additional night hike to see the mouse lemurs which I would recommend. Drove to Isalo stopping in Anja to see the ring-tailed lemurs. In Isalo we spet two nights and an entire day hiking the subdesert and seeing the oases- my boyfriend's personal favourite part of the trip. Drove to Ifaty where we spent 4 nights (our customization ) where we snorkeled and visited the spiny forest. This was a great way to unwind after many day of sweating and hiking. Flew back to Tana and toured the royal palace before spending a night then flying home.

The destination, parks in the west, was interesting and worth the trip

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Linah and Mirindra from the travel agency were incredibly helpful and enthusiastic. The airline lost our luggage and they were able to retrieve it for us without any disruption to our trip. Our driver, Gael, was wonderful, and always helpful. Whenever we needed him, he would magically appear. My husband and two teenage children and I had the trip of a lifetime in Madagascar. We loved every bit of it, the hikes, the driving, the meals, everything. We discovered that Madagascar is an absolutely beautiful country with a wonderfully friendly and kind population. One of our very favourite activities was the all day excursion at Isalo National Park. We never felt over scheduled, always had time to relax each day. I loved the fact that all the organization and planning had been done ahead of time, so we didn't have to do anything but enjoy the activities that were planned. I can't say enough great things about the trip, and every member of my family would agree, even my teenagers. Madagascar is an exceptionally beautiful country which offers many sights that cannot be seen anywhere else in the world. Evaneous, and the staff from the agency that organized the trip, gave us the trip of a lifetime that we will never forget. We all agreed at the end of the trip that we didn't want to leave, that we would have loved to continue on to more exciting locations, and that we must some day return to Madagascar. If and when we do, we would book through Evaneos again, and hope to see Linah, Mirindra and Gael again.

All in all we loved Madagascar! The people are very friendly and respectful, and the landscapes and nature beautiful. We learnt a lot about the history and current affairs. Our tour guide Marila was very competent and provided a lot of insights on Madagscar life as well as teaching us about the flora and fauna. Its a facinating country with so much potential and many challenges. I was very impressed with the agency who were very friendly, super responsive and really put a lot of effort into taking into account our wishes and making our holiday wonderful. i was particularly impressed when they called our hotel on the last day to ask us if we were happy with the trip. We would definitely recommend them to our friends.

It is an interesting place to visit with a diversity of landscape. The wildlife was amazing. We spent 16 days there and visited several locations, driven by a very competent driver who spoke good English and was very knowledgable. Our trip was marred by the Air France strike which caused delays and they managed to loose our luggage on the way out.

Madagascar was wonderful. We liked the people and the land and found it to be n intriguing place. We have traveled to 110 countries and this is one of the most unspoiled places we have seen.